Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

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5719.01

Folklore Studies

Turkic creation myths and Azerbaijani legends

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-          number of papers  published in journals indexed and abstracted in international databases

60

3

-         number of  PhD

Interpretation of the Turkic creation myth as a cosmogonic concept; clarification of the connection between the creation myth and the legend genre from cosmogonic-historical, artistic-poetic, and aesthetic-cognitive perspectives; investigation of the process of genre formation based on these principles; identification of traces of the characteristic cosmos–chaos–cosmos model of the creation myth in Azerbaijani legends.

Analysis of Azerbaijani folklore thinking in terms of tradition and modernity: exploration of the deep roots of Tengrist (Sky God) beliefs, national values, and family traditions in epic thought; examination of the expression of mythological images and the ideas of Good and Evil in classical literature; study of human–nature relations in Azerbaijani folklore; investigation of the thematic and ideological features of the legends of the Karabakh region, and more.

Books

•Creation myths and Azerbaijani legends. Baku, Elm və Təhsil, 2020, 180 pages.

•Teacher–student relations in higher education: pedagogical and psychological aspects. Methodical Guide. AzMIU, 2024, 46 pages.

•Azerbaijani folkloric thought: tradition and modernity. Baku, Elm və Təhsil, 2025, 240 pages.

Articles & Conference Papers

•The mythological layer in the legends related to the “Koroghlu” epic // Proceedings of the 6th International Folklore Conference “From the Common Turkic Past to the Common Turkic Future”, Baku, 25–26 November 2010, pp. 116–121.

•A cosmogonic perspective on the concept of “genocide” (based on Azerbaijani legends and narratives) // Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “Genocides in the Memory of Nations”, Baku, Elm və Təhsil, 2015, 296 pages, pp. 61–76.

•The turkic concept of creation in the “Kitabi-Dede Gorgud” // Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “‘Kitabi-Dede Gorgud’ and the World Epic Tradition”, Sumgait, 16–17 December 2015, pp. 152–159.

•The turkic creation myth as a cosmogonic concept // Bulletin of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Philological Series, No. 2, 2016.

•The Shirvan ashiq tradition and repression (based on the life and creativity of ashiq Mirza Bilal) // Proceedings of the Scientific Conference “Repression and Folklore”, Baku, 18 December 2017, pp. 44–57.

•The Azerbaijani balaban art: how tradition is preserved? (based on the life and creativity of the renowned balaban player Kalvali Ali Dede) // 4th International Mediterranean Symposium, Full Proceedings, September 2020, Vol. 1, pp. 364–373.

•The Armenian Theft of Azerbaijani Folklore // 3rd International Congress on Dede Korkut Turkic Culture, History and Literature, 18–20 September 2020, Baku. Institute of Folklore, ANAS, pp. 78–88.

•The study of the bayati genre in the works of Emin Abid // 4th International Nowruz Conference on Scientific Research, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, 18–21 March 2021, pp. 388–400.

•Azerbaijani Nowruz and national values // Oriental Renaissance: Innovative, Educational, Natural and Social Sciences, Uzbekistan, June 2021, pp. 672–686.

•The philosophy of the Azerbaijani Saz // Âşık Art Symposium — “Abdal Year”, Cappadocia University, Turkey, 28–29 July 2022.

•Historical and theoretical foundations of the problem of tengrism in turkic ethnic–cultural thought // Proceedings of the 6th International Dede Korkut Conference on Turkish Culture, History and Literature, Azerbaijan, 2023, pp. 94–106.

•The art of ashiq in southern Azerbaijan: tradition and modernity // Research on Azerbaijani Oral Folk Literature, Issue 60, Baku, 2023, pp. 82–94.

•Similarities and differences between the zurna–davul tradition of Azerbaijan and Turkey’s Amasya region // Social Sciences Publications — International Amasya Social Sciences Research Symposium I, Amasya University, Turkey, 16–18 May 2024, pp. 205–223.

•Kalvali Ali Dede — the founder of the modern Azerbaijani zurna–balaban school // Turkic World Folklore Studies, Vol. 1 (Turkey–Kazakhstan–Azerbaijan), Bengü Publications, Ankara, 2024, pp. 633–654.

•Children’s games in the Shirvan region of Azerbaijan // 11th International Symposium on Children’s and Youth Literature “Fairy Tales, Epics, Legends, Mythology, Oral Literature, and Intangible Cultural Heritage”, 4–5 October 2024, Ankara, Turkey, pp. 571–577.

•Scientific–pedagogical foundations of teacher–student relations in higher education // Azerbaijan School Journal, 2024, No. 2, pp. 90–96.

•Human–nature relations in Azerbaijani folklore // Elm Newspaper, 13 September 2024. etc.