Study on character and motif structure of Uyghur magic tales

Today, the Uyghur living in East Turkestan e.g. Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region being under administrations of the People's Republic of China, are the first established Turkish tribes. Tehir early establishment, using writing and print, converting to different religions, dealing with trade and their being located on the historical Silk Road has contributed to shaping of Uyghur culture. In this study, done the magical tales of the Uyghurs who have a very rich oral cultere, all these diversities have been taken into account during analysis. In the Uyghur, the tale has started to be appear since the 9th and 10th centuries. Magical tales constitute an important place in the story of Uyghur tale. In this study, Uyghur magical tales are examined in terms of shape, structure and function. In particular, the type and motif structure of these tales were tries to be defined. The Catalogue of International tale types preparede by Hans Jörg Uther was used to determine types. In the determination of the motifs, a catalog called "Motif Index of Folk Literature" prepared by Stith Thompson was used. Nomenclature, classification and tale tradition of Uyghur were also studied.