AFŞIN STORY WITH THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
“KOMŞU KIZI İLE AFŞIN” HALK HİKAYESİ

Author : Ebru BİRKAN AKHAN
Number of pages : 111-120

Abstract

Folk story titled “Afşin Story with the Girl Next Door” was compiled by Öksüz Ozan in 15.10.2011. Ahmet Yıldırım who is also known as Öksüz Ozan was born in Aydoğdu Village of Eleşkirt County, Ağrı. It is known that there exists an influence of Minstrel Fezai in his progress of tradition of minstrel. First of all, information about the life of Öksüz Ozal shall be given. The “Dragon” motif shall be emphasized by considering the motif sequence of the story which we compiled. Said motif shall be traced in the Turkish and the World mythologies. With this compilation, it is aimed to provide a new data about the tradition of minstrel included within the scope of intangible cultural heritage.

Keywords

Folk story, Öksüz Ozan, Compilation, Motif, Dragon, intangible cultural heritage.

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