JSSHRF ISSN: 2748-9345
VOLUME04 ISSUE10
14
THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN “ZARBULMASAL “
AND
AESOP’S FABLES
Sayfullayeva Nigora Gofurjon’s daughter
Master’s student of English literature, Namangan State University,
Uzbekistan
AB O U T ART I CL E
Key words:
Fable, scenario, motivation, moral,
proverb, folk work, morality.
Received:
29.09.2024
Accepted
: 04.10.2024
Published
: 09.10.2024
Abstract:
This thesis deals with similarities
between the fables of two notable literal features
Aesops and Gulkhaniy’s work. In order to explain
the reality of people’s lifestyles, dramas, hope
clearly, both utilized proverbs and characterized
animals in place of real people. Although he
avoided using exact names for his characters,
readers can easily comprehend that the key
points. The authors were one of whose work
affected positevely to the good ubringing of future
generation and profound part of textbooks in
many secondary schools. Besides having
individual personality, the characters of their
fables interact feel and express a wide range of
emotions like people.In this thesis. I will
investigate the similarities between the
Zarbulmasal’s fables and Aesops’s fables and
provide
readers
with
clearly
explained
descriptions about them.
INTRODUCTION
As you probably know, during the v century there were few authors who could describe about the harsh
reality of mediocre people's lives while most prefered to avoid showcasing of reality. One of those brave
writers claiming the real scenarios
of people’s
lives was Aesop. Despite putting his life at risk, he writes
many propose which have a power to influence on influential people in many ways. Aesop described
how people harshly suffered due to the unfairness. Aesop was also rendered as Æsop legendary Greek
fabulist and storyteller, estimated to have lived c. 620
–
564 BCE, and credited with a number of fables
now
collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his life’s existence is unclear and no writings by
him survived, numerous tales credited to him were collected for the centuries in many languages in a
storytelling tradition until today. Many of the tales bounded with him are characterized by
anthropomorphic animal characters. A wide range of details of his life can be found in ancient sources,
including Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch. An ancient literary work called The Aesop Romance tells
an episodic, probably highly fictional version of his life, including the traditional description of him as a
VOLUME04 ISSUE10
https://doi.org/10.55640/jsshrf-04-10-04
Pages: 14-16
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH FUNDAMENTALS
ISSN: 2748-9345
VOLUME04 ISSUE10
15
strikingly ugly slave (δοῦλος) who by his cleverness acquires freedom and becomes an adviser to kings
and city-states. Older spellings of his name included Esop(e) and Isope [3]
As for Gulkhaniy, he was one of the notable writers in the reign of Amir Umarkhan.In his book
“Zarbulmasal” he gathered
about 400 proverbs and over 15 fables and stories [4]
The semantic structures of the proverbs are clearly identified by uzbek scholars. However,
investigations about similarities of Aesop and Gulkhaniy’s work
cannot be found any scientific articles.
The resemblance will be clarified with some examples in this thesis, including some famous fables.
Main Body
At first, readers are supposed to know about
what fable is and its importance in literature and people’s
life.Fable story is a story that features animals, plant or forces of nature which have human qualities.It
always end with moral- lesson that is intended to be learnt through reading the story.As for Gulkhaniy
and Aesop were also notable fable storytellers. A while after, I will give clarification of their work’s
according to similarities between utilized morals and proverbs. For example, if we take “Yadgor
Pustinduz” (Zarbulmasal) and “Eagle Corvus monedula, shepherd” (Aesop’s fable) both shows the same
meaning by describing different characters with a conclusion “ Maqtanma g’oz xunaring oz”if this Uzbek
proverb’s English translation is applied it will be
that “ People who live in glass houses should not
throw stones"meaning that ones should not try to show off even if they do not have that ability to do it,
that is to say, people are not supposed to praise themselves but let others do it by watching over their
actions and goodnesses.[3] Even these proverbs cannot be complete equalents, albeit they make sense
the same in the context.Whatismore, there are some other fables that both authors deemed to be
essential for the readers. For instance, we can take goat and shepherd (Zarbulmasal) and liar camel
(Aesop fable). If we take a look at the conclusion of former one shepherd, breaking the horn of a goat by
accident, begged to the goat not to tell the owner and in the latter one, the camel who lies a lot regrets
in the end. The fables teach readers not to lie and be in the side of truth always because in the end the
truth will win the lie.This moral is a tip of iceberg.There are more than that of which assist readers to
understand the fact that any bad choices lead to worst outcomes. In the following, the similar fables
and their concluded proverbs are described:
Liar camel
Goat and Shepherd
‘Honesty is the best
policy’
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH FUNDAMENTALS
ISSN: 2748-9345
VOLUME04 ISSUE10
16
Yadgor Pustinduz
Eagle Corvus monedula,
shepherd
People who live in glass
houses should not throw
stones
Donkey without tail
The donkey and the salt
Stupid effort harms the
back
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the essence of Zarbulmasal and fables of Aesops is inevitable.Although there were not
any similarity in terms of personality life or the time Aesop and Gulkhaniy lived, some obvious
resemblance regarding with the style of using fables and and utilization of folk proverbs is available in
both writers' works.In fact, Aesop and Gulkhaniy’s contributions in the field of l
iterature is
limitless.Both writers helped to improve fable genre.Their fables give lessons for people of all ages
facilitating them to choose a good way or correct action whenever they find it difficult to make big
decisions.That is the prominent reason why Zarbulmasal and Aesops fables are taught in secondary
schools.By reading these masterpieces, pupils can select a good life and avoid negative feelings like
anger, jealousy,critismresentment,unfairness and so on. Unfortunetely, there are no followers of these
two features who can write such kind of unrepeatable fables.
REFERENCES
1.
Gulkhaniy. Zarbulmasal ( nashrga tayyorlangan F.Ishaqov).T:1958
2.
O’zME.Birinchi jild.Toshkent
-2000
3.
https://n.ziyouz.com/portal-haqida/xarita/hikmatlar/ezop-masallari
4.
https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulxaniy
