The Display Of Birds In Navoi’s Poetical Works

Abstract

Birds are regarded as one of the used symbols in classical literature. Birds are also quite important in other nations’  mythology, they appeared in the process of events suddenly, helped characters and played a crucial role to amend situations towards decent sides. Mostly they were expressed as a linking means between human being and divinity, highest rank and the symbol of the sky. For instance, in Alisher Navoi’s ,,Lison ut-tayr” feathery creatures were main symbols for characters. In this literary work a great deal of bird names were distributed. Meanwhile readers look through this book, they encounter these birds and they   should find out their significance in the book. Take   a phoenix, for example. In dictionary of Navoi’s works the phoenix is defined in the way: “The phoenix is an unknown bird, according to legend, it possessed any holes along its beak and these holes composed wonderful music”. Simurg’ is also a frequent bird in epic poems. It expresses the divinity and spiritually and physically perfect human being.