Comparative Study of Azerbaijan and North-American Native Tribes’ Folk Beliefs

Dosent Murshudova Ulduz Bashir

doi:10.11648/j.ijaaa.20170304.13

Abstract

The comparative typology of Azerbaijan and North American natives’ folk beliefs has been investigated in this research work. The beliefs dealing with names of months’ of the year that are important in both Azerbaijan and North American Hindu cultures were studied. The Azerbaijan and North American natives have their own unique believes. That is certainly true for the sophisticated Azerbaijan and North American civilizations that developed in the different geographical area and climate of the world. Azerbaijan is situated in Eurasian continent and North American natives in North America continent, but some parallel beliefs have been found out after investigating comparatively.

Highlights

Folk-belief is a broad genre of folklore and includes a wide variety of behaviors, expressions, and beliefs in folkloristic
The folklorists classified the samples of folklore for the investigation, folklore studies have been published on foreign press pages, but US and European folklore experts’ knowledge on the Azerbaijani folklore are limited
Comparative research of Azerbaijani and North American natives’ traditions and their connection with the world literature is important for the development of folklore science and research is actual

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Folk-belief is a broad genre of folklore and includes a wide variety of behaviors, expressions, and beliefs in folkloristic. Examples of concepts included in this genre are magic, superstition, popular belief, folk religion, planting signs, hoodoo, conjuration, charms, root work, taboos, old wives' tales, omens, portents, the supernatural and folk medicine. The Azerbaijan and North American Hindu tribes’ emerged differently in many ways, they didn’t encounter one another often because of large distance. They share some of the same believes of the same themes. Azerbaijan habitant and North American Native Tribes beliefs are cultural materials of the nation and transmitted orally from one generation to another. The messages are verbally transmitted in speech or song and in the form of folktales, sayings, proverbs, legends, songs, rituals or chants

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