ATTRIBUTIVE SPACE OF THE SACRED CENTER OF UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS CAROLS (WORLD TREE – CHURCH)

Abstract

Study of Christmas carols as an archaic ritual genre of Ukrainian folklore is an actual problem of modern linguistics. A comprehensive analysis of the attributive space of key images of a calendar ritual song, in particular sacred centers, will help reconstruct the mythological model of the Ukrainian world and allow the identification of fragments of folk culture that are present.The purpose of our exploration is to study the symbolic space of the sacred center of the carol songs, taking into account the semiosphere of the calendar holiday. The object of the research is the language of Ukrainian caroling texts. The subject is the semantic and functional features of the epithets on the designation of the mythological tree and the church in the Ukrainian carolytic texts.The tree is one of the main elements of the archaic picture of the world, embodying the spatial and temporal coordinates, symbolizing the structure of the universe. The mythological tree is denoted by a number of epithets that characterize it according to various parameters (height, latitude, diameter), indicate deep roots, crown delusion, flowering and simulate the triune vertical structure of the universe. Such definitions always have a symbolic meaning. It is determined that the image of the mythological tree is often transformed into an image of a church characterized by a greater structural variability. The image of the church is more representative of the higher space.It is proved that the symbolism of the images of the tree and the church is directly related to the semiosphere of Christmas and New Year holidays and the pragmatics of the genre, attributive space reflects the ancient mythological notions of the structure of the world. The proposed exploration outlines the prospects for further analysis of the peculiarities of the figurative system of calendar songs, taking into account the peculiarities of the mythological outlook and ritual contexts.