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Traces of Multicultural Values in Folklore and Written Examples



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Günel Hummatova (Peniyeva) Saleh

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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2025.04.008

Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

The article consists of an introduction, three headings, a conclusion, and a list of literature. The introductory part discusses multiculturalism and multiculturalism in Azerbaijan. The basis of Heydar Aliyev’s policy is the main line of multicultural, tolerant, and humanistic values. The policy of Heydar Aliyev, where human rights are considered a supreme value, not only saved Azerbaijan from civil war, but also touched upon the issues of multicultural values of Azerbaijan as a model. In the main parts, traces of multiculturalism, which include national and spiritual values that have come down from the historical sources of Azerbaijan to the present day, are examined on the basis of Azerbaijani literary examples. The direction of the research was carried out on the basis of the genres of the epic type in folklore samples. From folklore samples, research was carried out in two directions: (1) Multicultural values in legends and tales; (2) Multicultural values in epics. The main object of analysis was conducted on folklore samples and the research found its final result. The legend about Alexander was analyzed from the aspect of multiculturalism. By bringing examples of anecdotes about Molla Nasreddin, Mukhtar Imanov’s research was touched upon and multicultural traces were noted in this anecdote. The direction of analysis under the second title of folklore samples is epics, where the epics “Kitabi-Dede Gorgud”, “Koroglu”, and “Gachag Nebi” were noted, and the main research was the epic “Asli and Kerem”. In the third section of the article, the first native-language literary example is the anonymous epic “Dastani-Ahmed Harami”. The epic was approached from the aspect of multiculturalism and the analysis went in this direction.

folklore, Azerbaijani literature, legend, epic, narrative, written example

Günel Hummatova (Peniyeva) Saleh. (2025). Traces of Multicultural Values in Folklore and Written Examples. US-China Education Review A, April 2025, Vol. 15, No. 4, 322-328.