Zoomorphic Heroes: Cognitive Models of the Fox, the Wolf and the Bear (Tulki, Bo'ri, Ayiq) in English and Uzbek Fairy Tales and Their Interpretation by Artificial Intelligence
Oct 2026· Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
Abstract
Animal tales are among the oldest stories children hear, and their characters are among the first “people” children learn to judge. In Uzbek tales, the fox weighs goods at the market and cheats everyone, the wolf is greedy and easily fooled, and the bear is mighty but slow-witted. In English tales, the fox is sly, the Big Bad Wolf huffs and puffs at the little pigs’ houses, and the three bears live a cosy family life disturbed by Goldilocks. These figures look alike across cultures, but behind them stand different cognitive models of what each animal “is like”, shaped by folklore, mythology, idioms and everyday experience. As large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini increasingly retell, translate and invent animal tales, it is important to ask whose fox, whose wolf and whose bear they bring to life.
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