Article Title：From Constantinople to Istanbul -: Two sources on the historical folklore of a city
Abstract：
This article explores the folklore of Istanbul at the end of the nineteenth century, based on two written sources: Folklore de Constantinople (1894) by Emile Henry Carnoy and Jean Nicolaides, and Istanbul Folkloru (1947) by Mehmet Halit Bayri. Focusing on the nineteenth-century Istanbul data, these two sources merge the themes of 'Istanbul' and 'folklore' from different perspectives. Folklore de Constantinople covers an assortment of diverse legends and stories, mostly of non-Muslim origins. These stories are related to different places in Istanbul before and after the Ottoman conquest Istanbul Folkloru, however, gives a survey of a variety of folklore genres from the nineteenth-century Muslim life of the city. It presents a composite picture of the culture of 'Istanbulism', or of belonging to Istanbul (Istanbulluluk), when the city made a transition from the late Ottoman period to the early Republican era. The article will first focus on the content of each work, with references to contemporary Istanbul and the concept of Istanbulism. It will then try to evaluate these sources from the point of view of modern folkloristics, suggesting new openings for studying the folklore of contemporary Istanbul.
Keywords: Istanbul; epic; legend; proverb; lullaby; folk medicine; folk religion
DOI: 10.2307/1178974
Source：ASIAN FOLKLORE STUDIES
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