The elements of Motif in the tale of Asli and Karam

The folk legends are considered as a part of valuable treasure of each culture. In Azarbayjan, legends have irrefrangible connection with the name Aşig, since , they are the heir of all epic , martial, festive stories of Azerbayjan. In one of this stories entitled Asli and Karam the hero of the story is similar to Qognos. All the story get vivified by lyrics of the hero, but at the end he burns and changes to ashes. This story connects with the elements of extraordinariness. In this study, the motifs of extraordinariness as apple, dream, wine of love and etc. are studied. The text of story is totally full of love motifs. This story begins with the birth of story’s hero with an apple and ends in the motif of magic cloth. The hero of the story has a passive personality and just suffers, and tolerates. For this reason the story lacks the epic aspects. This article investigates the motifs of Asli and Karam story