The Amazons are known as a society consisting entirely of female warriors in classical and Greek mythology. Important historians such as Herodotus point out that the homeland of the Amazons was Anatolia. Amazon Warriors are often depicted in battles with the Greeks. In the history of the Hellenistic period and the Roman period, many Amazon attacks in Central Asia are mentioned.
The word Amazon is used synonymously with a female warrior. Most of the explanations about the word Amazon have the meaning of contradiction. Since it is a very different community in terms of diets and lifestyles, the word contrary is a widely used meaning. On the other hand, the most accepted definition is; The word Amazon means “without breast”. The word “mazos” in Greek means “without breast”. Amazon warrior women cut off their right breasts to better shoot arrows. Among the captives, they only get along with men who are in good shape. After getting pregnant to continue their generation, women who gave birth to a son would deliver this child to his father in the neighboring tribe and never see his face again.
Amazon Female Warriors Connection with Turks
In many excavations on the shores of the Caspian Sea, important findings were obtained about the female warriors of the Saka. For example, in addition to war tools such as arrows, bows and swords found in women’s graves, earrings, accessories they wore on their heads, and even perfume bottles of the period were found. The bodies of the women found are full of war wounds. These are important evidences that the origin of female warriors is these peoples. During the excavations that continued in 2019, similar female graves were unearthed in the same geography.
In the stories told, one of the places where female warrior Amazons live is mentioned as the Black Sea coast. This geography mentioned is one of the places where he lives in Saka. According to another claim; Amazon women living in the Black Sea region migrated to the region where the ancient Saka Turks lived for various reasons and mingled with it. The most famous place they are estimated to have lived in Anatolia is the region known as the Terme district of Samsun. There is an artificial Amazon village in Samsun where statues and belongings of Amazon women are exhibited.
Apart from the legends told, it is known that Amazon women lived somewhere in the Anatolian geography. With the recent excavations, it is thought that Amazon women took an important place in Saka-Scythian societies, and even Amazon legends were born from the warrior women of this society. The world’s first female ruler Tomris HatunThe warrior women in the army are thought to be Amazon warrior women.
There is also a connection between Amazon women and the Amazon River in Brazil. In 1541, the Spanish explorer was attacked by female warriors while exploring the Amazon river. Because of these women, whom he likened to Amazons in Greek mythology, the name of the river began to be called Amazon after that time.
Amazon women are also encountered in Dede Korkut stories in a similar geography. Dede Korkut refers to these women as Alpine girls living in Azerbaijan. Historians, on the other hand, think that Amazon legends have a lot to do with the female warriors of the Saka-Scythian peoples, who are emphasized to be Central Asian and possibly Turkish. Although Amazon women are older than these rights, they agree that they have become a part of this society afterwards. In a DNA test, the DNA of Amazon female warriors matched exactly that of a Kazakh girl.
