This study will compare the understanding of women in Turkish mythology and beliefs on the axis of mythology and religion. Discussions about the understanding of women continue in societies. Mythology or religious rituals are effective in evaluating the relationships between men and women. Academic studies on the understanding of women in Turkish culture on the axis of mythology and religions were investigated by Social Sciences Citation Index, Google Scholar, and Internet publications. Research shows that mythological practices rather than religious practices were effective in women's relationships with men and in the distinction between men and women. In Jewish mythology, Lilith was created before Eve as the first woman and was believed to bring evil to the world. In Greek mythology, it was seen that Zeus created woman as punishment to men and sent Pandora as a source of evil. According to ancient Turkish mythology, the woman called Eje came under the influence of evil forces called Erlik, Satan, or Körmös, and made people called Törüngey become instruments of their evil, and God punished them. From the moment the holy book, the Holy Quran, was first revealed in the Arabian Peninsula, it has defended the equality of men and women and women's rights with verses, and women have begun to take their rightful place in society. The basis of the discrimination between men and women lies in mythological beliefs rather than in the practices brought by known sacred religions. Mythological beliefs on the perception of women have also been influential in Turkish societies.

Women, Turks, mythology, religion.