MYTHOLOGICAL-ARTISTIC ANALYSIS OF SLEEP IN “THE DWART'S TALE”

Abstract

In Azerbaijani fairy tales, the dream motif plays a special role in the formation of the text. Therefore, the problems of dream and myth, dream and fairy tale require the disclosure of the genetic code of the text. To reveal this process, it is necessary to search for the signs of the fairy tale in its degenerative time.

"The Dwarf's Tale" is a famous Azerbaijani tale. The fact that the Dwarf is smart and the Ogre is stupid is what makes this tale so popular among children. When approached from this perspective, why does the Dwarf seem smart to children? The thing is that the intelligence of the Dwarf is connected with the formation of historical consciousness in ancient people. The mythological Dwarf should be depicted as intelligent in the transition to historical consciousness. This is because in the process of historical consciousness, stupidity is replaced by intelligence. This happens as a result of psychological sublimation. Consider that the most ancient people lived in the era of stupidity. In the transition from mythological consciousness to historical consciousness, the status of being intelligent and the status of being unintelligent change places. In later periods, the unintelligent was described as intelligent. It is possible to come across intelligent and stupid characters in the tales of many peoples in the world. As we said, this process started after the formation of historical consciousness and understanding in ancient people. So what does mythology say about this? The roots of this issue are very deep. Did the Dwarf and the Giant go through these processes in mythology? We can definitely say that the Ogre went through this process, while the Dwarf did not.

Ancient totems and ongons such as Dragon, Arslan and Tepegoz are at the beginning of the Ogre's passing through mythological processes. The Dragon served as a sacred ongon in the eyes of those who worshipped it as a benevolent god. After losing its sacredness, it became a demonic ongon. Arslan also served at the totem level, later turning into a demonic power, and Tepegoz was born from these demonic powers in mythological consciousness. In "Kitabi-Dede Korkut", Tepegoz is the child of the demonic dragon Aruz.

Drakon, Arslan, Tepegoz and Ogre existed in their own mythological eras. In the mathematical-mythological perspective, the number 4 is reflected as the symbol of death. From this perspective, there was no creation after the Ogre, which is in the fourth place. The negative big Ogre goes through the processes of Death-Resurrection and Growth-Shrinkage and turns into the positive Dwarf. In the tale, the reason why the negative and mindless Ogre turns into the intelligent and positive Dwarf is the processes of Death-Resurrection and Growth-Shrinkage. From that moment on, the Ogre and the Dwarf remained in the lower layer of history as twin brothers from the same origin.