THE TRANSFORMATION MOTIFS IN THE FAIRY TALES COLLECTED FROM TUNCELI

Tales, as part of the oral narrative tradition, are the oldest products that have reached the present day as a cultural heritage. The basic expectation of people on the tale type is based on extraordinary events. One of the most interesting ones of these extraordinary events seen in tales is that any tale heroes are transformed into other beings by shifting their shapes for various reasons. This transformation takes place sometimes with and sometimes without the will of the hero. In this type, shapeshifting is indeed used to rescue the hero who is in trouble and with reward and punishment functions, and it is seen that the shapeshifting is reversed except for punishment when these functions are completed. Within the scope of the doctoral thesis that is being prepared, it was seen that the shapeshifting was included among tales compiled from Tunceli. The tales, in which this motif came forward,were compiled from nine source people in Tunceli. According to eleven tales compiled, the shapeshifting motif will be addressed within the subtitles of transformation into stone, an animal, a plant, water, a supernatural being, a mine, and a human and the reflection of this motif in fairy tales will be investigated