HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

VISIONS IN THE STRUCTURE OF FOLK HAGIOGRAPHY

2016. №1, pp. 49-55

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

Visions are the central episodes in the structure of folk legends of the saints. They form the concept of a miracle, the most important genre symptom of folk hagiography. Visions contain the necessary completeness of the facts of the biography of the saint for his official cult.

Key words: легенды о святых, факт жизнеописания, центральный концепт чуда, проблема жанра, the legends of the saints, the fact of the biography, central concept of a miracle, the problem of genre

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