Water cult in Azerbaijn ceremonial folklore and its semantic related to the ancestors cult

Abstract

The connection of the Water cult with the Ancestors cult within a single mythical system has been investigated in the article. Here on the basis of the specific examples the place and role of water in ceremonies, beliefs and proverbs have been involved in research. The article has also mentioned the direct participation of the elders’ cult in the beliefs connected with water in Azerbaijani folklore and in the realization of the customs related to Water Wednesday, the ancient and the first Wednesday of Novruz. The research shows that the cult of elders and the cult of water are closely related to each other at the archetypal level. There is an idea that the cult of water is an image transformation of the elders’ cult in the basis of this connection. This transformation is also the basis of its sacralization.