Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

ANAS Institute of Folklore and Goychay executive power held scientific seminar on "One World, Thousands of Nations".

The purpose of the seminar held in the Goychay was to study the mythological semantics of the pomegranate in Azerbaijani folklore and discuss its place in our ethnography.

Speaking at the event with the report "Mythological semantics of pomegranate in Azerbaijani folklore", the director of the Institute of Folklore, Academician Mukhtar Imanov noted that, in various genres of Azerbaijani folklore - fairy tales, dastans, bayati, ashug art and folk songs, a wide place is described for the description of the pomegranate. Academician said that, even in the Koran, a pomegranate is mentioned as a symbol of love, strength and fertility.

During the seminar, were listened reports of the scholarly secretary of the Institute of Folklore, Ph.D. in Philology Elchin Abbasov on "The Symbolism of a Pomegranate in Azerbaijani Tales", PhD in Philology Atesh Akhmedli on "Pomegranate and its semantic hues in bayati", methodist of the Goychay District Education Department Akpar Aliyev on "Appeal to a Pomegranate in classical poetry", deputy chief at the Goychay Central Hospital Laman Hajiyeva on "Pomegranate in Medicine", chairman of the religious community of Goychay central mosque Mushvig Askerov on "Pomegranate in the Koran", general consultant of the Goychay District Sector on plant growing Famil Nabiyev on "Economic importance of grenade production".

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