THE SEMANTICS OF HORSE IN FOLKLORE AND LITERATURE

Abstract

In the article, sacred meanings are analyzed, as well as the artistic reflection of the semantic theme of the horse in national folklore and written literature, its important functions in the entire Turkic world, including the life, life and economy of the Azerbaijani people, are considered. The study reflects the sacred and real values ​​of the horse in folk life, epic-cultural thought and economic life since ancient times. It is explained that horse breeding had such an exceptional importance in the everyday life of the people that these important factors inevitably influenced the creativity of our writers, poets and writers. From this point of view, the verses of the poet Akbar Goshaly, in the literary interpretation of which the horse acquires a special semantic layer, are presented as an illustrative example. In his verses based on folk thought, the artistic and semantic paradigms of the image of a horse are specially studied.The article expresses the relationship to the sacred values ​​that the cult of the horse brought to the life of the people and its epic-cultural thought. A number of higher qualities arising from the natural, real nature of the horse, both in archaic and artistic thought, allow us to draw certain logical principles and scientific conclusions.

For the first time in the article, on the basis of sources published both in Azerbaijan and in Turkey, the ideas of the use of horses by Turks in everyday life, using them for various purposes, are considered. In the conclusion, the ideas and conclusions about the fundamental penetration of horse breeding in the life of the people, reflected in our toponyms – “Atyaly”, “Atbulag” and others, are summarized.