HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

THE IMAGE OF SAINT NICHOLAS - THE ORGANIZER OF SURROUNDING WORLD

2016. №3, pp. 56-60

Ivashnyova Lydiya L. - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Astrakhan State University, 414056, Russia, Astrakhan, 20a Tatischev st, kafruslit@mail.ru

As a result of the analysis of narrative type of legends about the expulsion of saint-wanderer reveals new image of Saint Nicholas. He acts as the creator of material and cultural values. The image of Saint Nicholas puts into the folk paradigm as a wanderer of the Russian land.

Key words: народная агиография, мотив неузнанного прибытия святого, создание сакральных объектов, folk hagiography, motive of unknown arrival of the Saint, the creation of sacral objects

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