NOEL FATHER ---- AYAZ ATA
It is known by the names Aya Nicola -Sainte Nicola. According to Christian beliefs, it is a holy personality. Towards 300 Patara becomes a son of a rich wheat merchant living in the city while he is in prosperity and is called Nicholaos. When it is born, a gift of the womb has been pointed out to the world as a savior of the parenthood of the parents, and a fruit of the offering of the offerings of the poor. Even younger is believed to create miracles. Nicholaos, under the wreckage of a church that was built according to this belief, was relieved firmly from the bottom of the stones piled on it, while her mother cried and groaned. In another legend:
In Patara, a person who is very rich at the beginning became poor and became unable to make the daughters of her daughters. In a situation where they even think of selling their daughters desperately, Nicholaos decides to help them by seeing the situation. It goes to the girls' house at night to avoid showing themselves and at the same time not breaking their pride. When they are asleep, they throw a pouch of gold into the dessert window of the big girl's open window. The big girl who finds the money in the morning is very happy and gets rid of the bad situation.
Later on, Nicholaos, who wanted to meet the medicinal and tiny girl's dowry, would throw it away because the windows were closed. That's how the story of Santa's gift-giving at the beginning of the year is born. A third legend: Nicholaos goes to Jerusalem to be a pilgrim. He rescues the ship which was held to the storm by returning from the sink, and also a seafarer who drowned in the sea. From that day on, St. Nicholaos was accepted as the patron saint of the marines. Nicholaos is thought to have died at the age of 65 on December 6, 343. The grave is called Demre. The northern peoples of the Scandinavian countries are often referred to with their snow and deer because of their very ownership of it (as the same Hungarians own the Flagrant Father in Gallipoli - another time I will touch this issue).
We Turks also have a Ayaz Ata in the pre-Islamic belief in Göktan, just like Dede Korkut (I will publish it another time). It is known as Ayas Khan.It is created from the light of the night.This causes the cold weather.The name is called "Ak Ayas ".The six stars of the bullfighter are under the womb and the cold air blows and the winter comes.Ayaz means the burning cold in the whole Turkish geography, It is thought that the moon has been sent to the god of the Moon (or the Ayas Khan attached to it) because it has appeared in the open air in the sky, and there is a white bearded soul that emerges in the cold winter and helps the horns. Like Santa Claus, but with a little extra and an assistant KAR KIZI (Snow girl)
