This research examines the deer myth, which has a deep-rooted and continuous history of fifteen thousand years in the Turkish cultural basin, on an interdisciplinary level. Rather than solely focusing on textual structures, our main objective is to reveal the intricate semantic bridges between the lyric cries echoing in the oral tradition and the visual memory embodied in traditional weaving looms. As the methodology of the study, qualitative research approaches that offer an in-depth understanding of phenomena in social sciences were adopted, and the case study design was preferred as the primary framework. In this broad context, thirty-six folk song lyrics registered in the TRT Turkish Folk Music repertoire were analyzed in detail through qualitative content analysis techniques, while visual embroidery on regional carpets and cross-stitch surfaces was examined via semiotic analysis. The obtained analyses clearly demonstrate that the deer image is not only an aesthetic nature ornament but also a highly active belief system symbolizing the unreachable lover, deep loneliness, and the desire to take refuge in the bosom of sacred nature. The hunting and hunter tragedies processed in the lines of the minstrels flawlessly support those harsh animal struggle scenes in textiles extending from Pazyryk to the present day. These serve as highly functional memory transmission tools that engrave ecological boundaries into minds. Ultimately, it has been scientifically proven that the voice of our culture in the auditory world and the mute knots on the looms feed from a common philosophical root.

Deer, Turkish folk music, traditional weaving, cultural memory, semiotics.