The 92^nd of issue of the scientific and literary collection Dede Gorgud, published by decision of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Folklore of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), has been released.

The collection’s editor-in-chief is Ramazan Gafarli, Doctor of Philological Sciences and Professor, the deputy editor-in-chief is Aynura Safarova, PhD in Philology and Associate Professor and the executive secretary is Khalida Mammadova, PhD in Philology and Associate Professor.

The materials in this issue are presented in three sections: “Dede Gorgud studies: explorations and discoveries”, “Folklore Studies: Problems and Research” and “New Examples from Azerbaijani Folklore”.

The section “Dede Korkut Studies: Explorations and Discoveries” features the following articles: “From Dede Gorgud to the digital future: memory, identity and a new scientific paradigm of the Azerbaijani Epic” by Ramazan Gafarli, “The phenomenon “Deli Domrul” through the lenses of “Greek-Oghuz” and “Madness–Majnunhood” (K. Abdulla, R. Gafarlı)” by Seyfaddin Rzasoy, “The Concepts of homeland and heroism in “The book of Dede Gorgud” by Khalida Shaiggizi (Mammadova) and “The poetic features of proverbs and sayings in “The Book of Dede Gorgud” by Naila Mirzayeva.

The section “Folklore Studies: Problems and Research” includes the following studies: “From Doctor to Madman in the Context of Urban Folklore: Thematic Anecdotes” by Fuzuli Bayat, “Turkic Epic Creativity and Ancient Uyghur Epics” by Almaz Hasangizi, “The Language of folklore as an indicator of national culture” by Aynura Safarova, “Turkic History Preserved in Christian Rituals” by Mati Osmanoglu, “Mythological Thought in the Works of Jafar Jabbarli” by Aybaniz Hashimova, “Water Tuesday and the cult of water in Azerbaijani Folklore” by Aposh Valiyev, “Forgotten and Disappearing Azerbaijani Dishes (Based on the Baku, Absheron, and Western Azerbaijan Regions)” by Khazangul Mammadova, “Western Azerbaijani Bayatis: historical memory, the trauma of displacement and the problem of national identity” by Aysel Hasanova and “The artistic and semantic features of zootrickster characters in Azerbaijani epic folklore” by Maya Abdullayeva.

The section “New Examples from Azerbaijani Folklore” presents “Proverbs and Sayings Collected in the Course of Communication (Goychay Region)”, “Folklore Samples from Lankaran” and “Folklore Samples from Karabakh”.

It should be noted that the scientific and literary collection Dede Gorgud, which has been published since 2001, is included in the international Index Copernicus indexing system. Since 2023, the scholarly articles published in the collection have been assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).