ABSTRACT

This study focuses on three silver dishes exhibited in the exhibition room no: 68-69 in the State Hermitage Museum. Various (Arabic, Hungarian) historical sources have revealed that Volga Bulgarians were specialized in jewelry and metal work and also did trading of them. Given the animal and human motifs and symbols in the silver dishes that belong to Volga Bulgarians, it can be said that they, in fact, date back to an earlier period rather than the period they were dated. The traces of this period should be sought in the mythology and legends. In this research, we will try to explain examples of deer-wolf, alp (warrior)-deer-wolf and deer-snake fight scenes and their place in Turkish culture and art along with their symbols.