TRADITIONALITY OF FAUNISTIC IMAGES IN UZBEK CLASSICAL LITERATURE

Communication between humans and animals has existed since ancient times. In the course of development, it became even more clear that these two creatures need each other. Therefore, the chain between them is unbroken. At first, people were afraid of animals and looked at them as divine miracles, but later they subjugated them for their own interests. The faunistic images reflected in the first legends and stories, myths gradually began to find their gradual improvement. As in world literature, the place of faunistic images is incomparable in Uzbek classical poetry. This issue is covered in detail in the article. The aspects of meaning represented by faunistic images are proved by poetic examples from the works of classical poets.