AN INDEPENDENT LITERARY GENRE OF FAIRY TALES IN THE HISTORY OF FOLKLORE FORMATION AS

Abstract

This article examines the formation of fairy tale as an independent literary genre in the history of folklore. Folklore has served as a bridge connecting centuries-old peoples through a cultural chain. Folklore is defined as "folk oral poetic work" - that is, literary works (fairy tales, epics, songs, lapars, parables, proverbs, sayings, riddles, etc.) that include various genres of folk oral art. As a genre of folklore, fairy tales reflect the period of the most ancient social order, the beliefs and customs of that time, so as we delve deeper into the history of the origin of fairy tales, we take a deeper look at the history of mankind. Through fairy tales we can learn how human thought is formed and developed