ARCHETYPAL FOUNDATIONS AND NATIONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE WATER FAIRY IMAGE IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERATURE
Keywords:
water fairy, Jungian archetype, Anima, English literature, Uzbek literature, comparative analysis, suv parisi, Lady of the Lake, Undine, collective unconsciousAbstract
This article presents a comparative-typological analysis of the water fairy image in English and Uzbek literary traditions, foregrounding the Jungian archetypal framework — specifically the “water — woman — mystery — danger” model — as its primary theoretical lens. Drawing on canonical English texts featuring figures such as the Lady of the Lake, Undine, and Melusine alongside Uzbek literary and folkloric figures including Suv parisi, Pari, and Suvsanam, the study demonstrates that both traditions independently elaborate a shared deep-structural archetype rooted in the collective unconscious. At the same time, the article argues that the national interpretation of this archetype diverges fundamentally: the English tradition encodes the water fairy primarily as a symbol of fatal attraction, moral danger, and the destructive power of nature, while the Uzbek tradition interprets the same archetype as a figure of divine grace, spiritual elevation, and the benevolent face of the sacred feminine. These divergences reflect the distinct religious, philosophical, and ecological substrates of the two cultures — Christianity and Romantic individualism in England; Islam and Sufi mysticism in Uzbekistan.References
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