Abstract
The article examines the specificity of interpreting ancient stories in the West European medieval exempla - compilers of exempla collections for preachers. The author concludes that ancient stories were not so much re-interpreted but rather used as vivid morality tales along with other stories, such as everyday anecdotes, to secure the efficiency of a sermon. Special attention is paid to the problem of the genesis of the symbolic world perception in the Middle Ages.
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