NARRATIVE FUNCTION AND GENDER CODING OF THE WATER-MAIDEN IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK FOLKTALES

Authors

  • Pulatova Shaxzoda Xaydarovna Teacher of Interfaculty Department of Foreign Languages, Bukhara State University

Keywords:

Folktale; Propp; narrative function; gender; water-maiden; Uzbek folklore; comparative folkloristics.

Abstract

The supernatural water-maiden is usually read through the European figure of the siren or mermaid, whose defining act is to lure men to their deaths. Whether that reading describes the figure as such, or only its European instantiation, has not been tested against material from a tradition with a different value system.

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Published

2026-10-21

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Vol. 4 No. 10 (2026): WOT

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NARRATIVE FUNCTION AND GENDER CODING OF THE WATER-MAIDEN IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK FOLKTALES. (2026). Web of Teachers: Inderscience Research , 4(10), 41-48. https://webofjournals.com/index.php/1/article/view/6794