Fairy tales

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 449.

Folk tales

Auezov M. classified Kazakh tales into:

1) legends- philosophy

2) social tales- life style, morale and ethics
3) satirical- fight between good and evil, truth and lies

4) epic stories about heroes

5) fables for entertainment

Are one of the most archaic forms of Kazakh folklore, exists in 3 major genre types: 1) fairy/magical tales; 2) routine tales; 3) tales about animals. The root traditions are based on the legends common for all the Turkic peoples, but particular Kazakh stratum was formed as the cultural mix/melting pot during the Persian/Arabic interlude and Mongol invasions. In the XV-XVIII centuries were formed fairy and routine tales, and a special cycle about wise man- Zhirenshe-sheshen (orator) and inventive liar Aldar Kose. The plots during the military conflicts were enriched by heroic epics.

Tales types: 1) about animals and their role in the nature, relations to humans and symbolic representation of the origin of human qualities: wit, wisdom, stupidity and courage, typical for children with the similar plots as in the tales of other peoples; 2) fables on the origin of things openly expressing the ideal; 3) with ethic content on the origin of society and its norms/problems represented directly the human world

Magical tales date back to the primitive society times, and many relics of the lifestyle, social organization (matriarchate), beliefs (animism, totemism fetishism, magic), rituals (kuvada, dual society, aunkulat, polyandry, polygamy), ethical and aesthetical visions, are clearly emphasized through the remarks on the origin. Magical tales are close to heroic epics, have prologue and epilogue, and deal mostly with the human actions in the broad social-historical content within the cosmic – salvation mission, fight between evil and good. The main hero is an idealized person, defender of the people's interests and fighter against social injustice from the low social strata: hunter, shepherd, batyr, etc. The magical tales social context changed within the times- the main heroes evolved from a people's defender into a successor of the tribal/clan traditions – younger son. The routine tales are big stories about with rich social context aimed to prove some morale or satirize evil – injustice, idle life, or rich people, that exploit the poor. The main heroes are popular Aldar-Kose, Zherenshe-sheshen, Qozhanasyr.