Abstract
<jats:p>In the study the problem of creation in the context of a common Turkic culture was analyzed within the framework of the analytical psychology by Carl Gustav Jung - through the prism of the “Wise Old Man” archetype. The main goal of the study is to investigate the concept of creation in the context of the common-Turkic culture within the framework of Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology, especially on the basis of the “Wise Old Man” archetype and to analyze the cosmogonic, norm-creating and sacral functions of this archetype in Azerbaijani and Turkish folklore samples from a psychosemantic perspective. The research questions such as how the Wise Old Man archetype functions as a symbolic and psychosemantic model of creation in Azerbaijani and Turkish folklore samples, what functional and meaning-forming roles the archetype performs in the formation of cosmogonic ideas, normative order and sacral spatial understanding in the common Turkic culture are identified and analyzed. As a result of the study, it is found out that the archetype of the Wise Old Man symbolizes the psychosemantic and cosmogonic principles of creation in the folklore of Azerbaijan and Türkiye, ensures the preservation of the normative order and plays a decisive role in the formation of the meaning of sacral spaces, thus, it acts as the central determinant of symbolic and ideological structures in folklore patterns. In the study the examples of Azerbaijani and Turkish folklore being investigated comparatively analyzed within the framework of C.G.Jung’s theory of archetypes and M. Eliade’s concept of central symbolism, the relationship of the Wise Old Man archetype with sacred spaces, normative behaviors, ancestral and trickster characteristics is systematized at the psychosemantic level and comparatively evaluated across regional contexts. The study reconsiders the psycho-semantic structure of Wise Old Man archetype in the context of Azerbaijani and Turkish folklore fundamentally, systematically proving that its age-independent function is a sacred and metaphysical beginning that forms the basis of cosmogonic creation and social normativity.</jats:p>