| Place of birth | Azerbaijan, Bilasuvar district, Baydili village | ![]() |
| Date of birth | 01.08.1961 | |
| Education | Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University | |
| Scientific degree | Doctor of philological sciences | |
| Title | professor | |
| Topic of PhD thesis:
- specialty code - specialty name - topic name |
10.01.03; 10.01.08 Azerbaijani Literature, Literary Theory The World Model and Its Mythological Structure in Nizami’s Seven Beauties |
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| Topic of doctoral thesis:
- specialty code - specialty name - topic name |
5719.01 Folklore Studies Mythology of the Oghuz Turks The structure of the Oghuz myth (semiotic reconstruction based on Oghuz texts) |
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| Total number of printed scientific publications:
- number of scientific publications printed abroad: - number of papers published in journals indexed and abstracted in international databases |
350 39 |
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| Number of patents and certificates of authorship | ||
| Staff training:
- number of PhD - number of Doctor of sciences |
14
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| Basic scientific achievements | ||
| Names of scientific works |
1. Islam Aghayev: studies of life and creativity. Baku, “Tural-A” NPM, 2002, 121 p. (In Azerbaijani) 2. Nizami’s poetry: Myth-History context. Baku, “Agridagh”, 2003, 211 p. (In Azerbaijani) 3. Paradigms of the Oghuz myth. Baku, “Sada”, 2004, 199 p. (In Azerbaijani) 4. Memory and personality. Baku, “Sada”, 2004, 130 p. (co-authored with M. Hakimov), (In Azerbaijani) 5. The Oghuz myth and the Oghuzname epic. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2007, 181 p. (In Azerbaijani) 6. The folklorized life of a scholar. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2007, 197 p. (In Azerbaijani) 7. History of Azerbaijani folklore studies and Sednik Pasha Pirsultanli. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2008, 212 p. (In Azerbaijani) 8. Mythology and folklore: theoretical-methodological context. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2008, 188 p. (In Azerbaijani) 9. Oghuz mythology. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2009, 363 p. (In Azerbaijani) 10. Myth and ritual in Abulghazi’s “Oghuzname”. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2013, 172 p. (In Azerbaijani) 11. Modern Azerbaijani folklore studies. In 2 volumes, Volume I. Issues of myth and epic. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2013, 364 p. (In Azerbaijani) 12. Novruz carnival in Mughanly. Tbilisi, “Tbiliselebi”, 2014, 103 p. (In Azerbaijani) 13. The shaman-hero archetype in Azerbaijani epics. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2015, 436 p. (In Azerbaijani) 14. Ustad-name. Nakhchivan, “Nuh”, 2016, 107 p. (co-authored with R. Babayev), (In Azerbaijani) 15. Myth and ritual in Abulghazi’s “Oghuzname”. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2013, 172 p. (E-book), (In Azerbaijani) 16. The transmediative structure and ritual-mythological semantics of the “Kitabi-Turkman lisani” Oghuzname. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2020, 472 p. (In Azerbaijani) 17. Modern Azerbaijani folklore studies. In 2 volumes, Volume II. Issues of the artist, text and environment. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2020, 308 p. (In Azerbaijani) 18. Nizami Ganjavi: ethnogenesis and mythology. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2021, 120 p. (In Azerbaijani) 19. Myth, folklore and Sufism in Nizami’s poem “Seven Beauties”. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2021, 344 p. (In Azerbaijani) 20. Great Azerbaijani Thinker Nizami. Bursa, “Turk Ocakları Association Bursa Branch”, 2022, 197 p. (co-authored with M. Huseynova and E. Guliyev), (In Azerbaijani) 21. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book I. The death-and-rebirth of the hero. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2022, 128 p. (In Azerbaijani) 22. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book II. The first reconstruction attempt of the Alp Aruz version of the epic. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2024, 304 p. (In Azerbaijani) 23. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book III. The journey of the shaman-hero into the world of Chaos. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2025, 176 p. (In Azerbaijani) 24. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book IV. Salur Gazan’s killing of Tepegoz. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2025, 276 p. (In Azerbaijani) |
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| Membership with international and foreign scientific organizations | Member of the editorial board of journals on folklore and literature in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan, expert at Dergi Park. | |
| Pedagogical activity | Baku Engineering University, Baku Eurasian University, Azerbaijan Teachers’ Institute | |
| Other activities | Participation in TV and radio programs | |
| Awards and prizes | ‘Tərəqqi’ Medal; Honorary Certificates from the Presidium of ANAS and the Humanities Division of ANAS | |
| Main place of work and its address | Institute of Folklore of ANAS, AZ1001, Azerbaijan Republic, Baku city, Icharishahar, Kichik Gala, 8 sidestreet, 31 | |
| Position | Head of Department | |
| Office phone | ||
| Mobile | (+994 51) 8217470 | |
| Home phone | (+994 12) 5510260 | |
| Fax | (+994 12) 4929314 | |
| seyfeddin_rzasoy@mail.ru | ||