2408-932XResearch Result. Social Studies and Humanities2408-932X10.18413/2408-932X-2019-5-2-0-31724RESEARCHESIMAGE OF A BEAR IN PERCEPTION OF RUSSIANS AND SERBS (EXPERIENCES OF COMPARATIVE TYPOLOGY ON THE MATERIAL OF SOME GENRES OF FOLKLORE)IMAGE OF A BEAR IN PERCEPTION OF RUSSIANS AND SERBS (EXPERIENCES OF COMPARATIVE TYPOLOGY ON THE MATERIAL OF SOME GENRES OF FOLKLORE)MarkovićDejanMarkovićDejandejan.markovic@filfak.ni.ac.rsBlagojevichNenad G.BlagojevichNenad G.nenad.blagojevic@filfak.ni.ac.rs20195200

In the study, we seek to identify the characteristic features of the images of animals in the folklore of Slavic peoples. This article discusses the symbolic image of a bear based on the material of the main genres of Russian and Serbian folklore. As a totemic animal, the bear had an exceptionally important place in the world perception of Slavic people, and its role subsequently began to acquire additional meanings that significantly changed the attitude of representatives of different Slavic people to its position in relation to man. A comparative analysis of the image of a bear in Russian and Serbian folklore, conducted in this work, indicates the influence of a whole complex of factors in the formation of a picture of the surrounding world in Russians and Serbs.

In the study, we seek to identify the characteristic features of the images of animals in the folklore of Slavic peoples. This article discusses the symbolic image of a bear based on the material of the main genres of Russian and Serbian folklore. As a totemic animal, the bear had an exceptionally important place in the world perception of Slavic people, and its role subsequently began to acquire additional meanings that significantly changed the attitude of representatives of different Slavic people to its position in relation to man. A comparative analysis of the image of a bear in Russian and Serbian folklore, conducted in this work, indicates the influence of a whole complex of factors in the formation of a picture of the surrounding world in Russians and Serbs.

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