HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

ASTRAKHAN LEGENDS ABOUT THE SAINT NICHOLAS (THE PLOT TYPE В«RESCUE ON WATERSВ»)

2016. №2, pp. 72-76

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

In modern folklore the existence of the legend reveals the apocryphal version of the canonical life of St. Nicholas and the new story models with the Central image of the Saint. In the legends about the storms on the Caspian Sea and other natural disasters intertwined episodes about the real life of the fishermen and the miraculous vision of Saint, based on his assistance to perishing people.

Key words: агиографические легенды, чудо спасения по молитве, духовный опыт человека, правила поведения в природном мире, мотив запрета и его нарушения, hagiographic legends, the miracle of salvation by prayer, spiritual experience, rules of behavior in the natural world, the motive of the prohibition and its violation

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