Document Type : Original Article
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Of the considerably- paid -attention-to concepts in anthropological studies is the attention to language and culture. Language, as Edward Burnett Tylor suggests, is one of the cultural elements that depicts new images in people's socio-cultural life, overtaking common culture and fashioning literary inventions. Among these are ethnic stories and legends reflecting different levels of human society. Employing library sources and content analysis, the article investigates the linguistic structure of some Lori stories in which the relationship between women, fertility and water has been emphasized to demonstrate its connection to the socio-cultural methodology as well as apply ……. and…….. viewpoint. Research findings indicate the linguistic structure of these stories correlates with cultural and anthropological features of the region. As active performers who are seeking promotion from a good status to a noble one in social hierarchy , women operate through fertility and marriage in a culture in which this part of society promotes by the abovementioned phenomena. Furthermore, the analysis of cultural context and anthropology indicates the constituting components and elements of these stories have been deeply rooted historically in the Najd civilization, manifesting as goddesses of water and fertility, public rituals and myths of water and fertility, displaying the liveliness and revival of the said cultural symbols and elements in the everyday life of people in the region.
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