Bibliography of Iranian lullabies

Abstract

Lullabies are a subset of oral literature and popular culture in terms of literary type, and on the other hand, they are also related to children's literature because they are generally addressed to children. The main feature of lullabies is that they exist in the literature of all lands and cultures. In this sense, it is a good topic in comparative literature research and is useful for discovering relationships between different nations. Of course, the function of lullabies in literary research has a favorable range. On the one hand, it is useful in the field of linguistics, dialectology and lexicography studies, and on the other hand, it is effective in sociological and cultural research and understanding their livelihood. Because the main poets of lullabies were mothers, lullabies can be considered as a suitable platform to recognize the subdued ideas of Iranian women, based on which the status of women and the hidden structure of the Iranian family are known, and through it one of the most important functions of lullabies is recognizing educational values. It will be possible in Iranian society because a brief study of lullabies can reveal the existence of such teachings. In this article, an attempt is made to present the bibliography of Iranian lullabies. The present bibliography includes 347 books, articles and dissertations on this subject. The availability of such a list can be helpful in organizing, compiling and analyzing Iranian lullabies from various perspectives such as linguistics, literature, sociology, psychology and educational fields.