An Investigation and Analysis of Kinship Relations in Laki's Proverbs

Relationships are very important in social life; because they represent many social realities. In the proverbs of the Lak people, kinship relations are seen. This reflects the long-standing culture of this people and the experience gained in these proverbs. In this research, the aim is to investigate the kinship relations in Laki triangles by descriptive-analytical method. The most important questions that are raised in this regard are what are the issues about relatives in Laki's proverbs? How is the importance of relatives in Laki's proverbs? What is the reason for the conflicting opinions about some relatives in Laki's parables? Topics such as patriarchy, matriarchy, betrayal and disloyalty, expecting too much, preferring strangers over relatives, raising children, equality between boys and girls, jealousy, own superiority over strangers, the importance of relatives, etc are in proverbs of Laki. Lakians care their relatives more than others. The reason for the opposition of proverbs in the field of male and female gender is that each of these proverbs was made in the era of dominance of patriarchy and matriarchy.