CULTURAL MOTIFS AND EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES IN FAGFUR-NAME

Fagfur-name, which is about the story of Fagfursah and Mahperi, and whose only manuscript we have been able to identify, is registered in France Bibliotheque National No: 406, begins with the story of a Chinese sultan who has all kinds of blessings and is burning with longing for children as in Husrev u Sirin, Salaman u Absal, Sem u Pervane, Husn u Dil, Leyla ile Mecnun, Mihr u Mah, Huma vu Humayun, Vamik u Azra, Cihansah ile Semsiyye and Seyfu'l-Muluk, Bedi'u'l-Cemal and Heft-Peyker. In order to have children, certain rituals such as feeding the hungry, dressing the nudes, hosting the passengers and having the astrologers tell fortunes are seen in this work as well. Eventually, the Chinese khan has a child named Fagfursah, and this boy's falling in love with Mahperi at the age of thirteen and the events that happened to him are told in a fluent and plain language. Fagfur-name is interesting in terms of examples of cultural motifs as well as its theme. The work also gives us various clues about the period in which it was written and the sociological aspects of beliefs, customs and their applications: It is possible to find motifs in the story such as extraordinary beings, changing underpants, spells, saci scattering, throwing citrus, love about the description of the beloved, correspondence and dreams. In this study, these motifs identified in the manuscript were examined in terms of history, culturel and literature.