COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PROVERBS AND SAYINGS COLLECTED IN THE ZANGILAN REGION

Abstract

One of the charming corners of our native Azerbaijan, the ancient city of Zan­gilan, is one of the most famous regions of Eastern Zangezur. The city of Zan­gilan occupies a leading position in this area, both in terms of scientific potential and from a creative point of view.

The peculiar folk art of Zangilan goes back to the most ancient layers of the oral folk literature of Azerbaijan. In the Zangilan region, labor songs, proverbs and sayings, lullabies and scary tales are widespread, associated with the forces of nature, which occurred in the initial period of human creativity. However, the proverbs and sayings collected from the Zangilan region involved in the study in this article cannot be found in any of the books we mentioned.