SPECIFIC PECULIARITIES OF UZBEK FOLK LEGENDS

The article discusses the specific features of the Uzbek folk legends, the composition of poetic-compositional characters, motifs and motifs. The Uzbek national legends are the cultural heritage of our nation. The world of legends as one of art systems includes the most ancient traditions of our ancestors. Legends as the most ancient, unique and one of independent genres of oral national creativity, keeping in themselves centuries-old folklore traditions of our people, give to young generation authentic data on a way of life, history, sights outlook of ancestors of the Uzbek people. They become the source of rendering strong art-aesthetic and spiritually - social influence on modern young generation. The poetic peculiarities of the Uzbek legends are illuminated in this paper. Keywords: Uzbek folklore, myth, poetic character, composition, motivation, image, narration, fairy tale, epic genre