The Evaluation of common public believes in Narman in resperct of the history of religions

ABSTRACT THE EVELUATION OF COMMON PUPLIC BELEVIEVES IN NARMAN IN RESPERCT OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS People have felt the need to believe in something in every period of history. For this reason, religion has continued to exist in parallel with human history. People living intertwined with religion have also associated some of their beliefs, traditions and behaviors from their own cultural past with religion. Folk beliefs formed in this way have gained a social dimension over time and turned into the common value and practice of the society. Thus, folk beliefs are important in terms of serving to recognize and understand societies. Since it will be an important deficiency to evaluate a society without its beliefs, the society should be researched comprehensively in every aspect as a whole . In this context, in the study titled "Evaluation of the Folk Beliefs of Narman and its Surroundings in terms of the History of Religions", the beliefs and customs of the people of the region in question and the practices related to them were tried to be determined. The study consists of an introduction and two parts: In the introduction: The subject, purpose, method, scope of the research and general information about Narman and its surroundings are included. In the first part: Beliefs and practices related to the transition periods of Narman and its surroundings are included, information compiled from oral sources is directly conveyed and an evaluation is made in terms of the History of Religions. In the second part: Beliefs and practices related to the visiting places, tombs and various subjects in Narman and its villages have been identified and the information compiled from oral sources has directly been transferred and various results have been obtained by using the methods of the History of Religions and evaluating them with the descriptive method. With this study, it has been seen that Narman and its surroundings have a rich culture and the folk beliefs and practices within this culture have continued from the past to the present. Keywords: Narman, Folk beliefs, Birth, Marriage, Death, Visit