Abstract
The article deals with the semantic variants of the mythologeme "a tree" in the novel of the Ugra writer P. Bakhlykov "Bear's Pad". In the work, the mythologeme is one of the dominants of the formal and substantial organization of the artistic space. This mythologeme plays an important role in the natural philosophy of the author. It allows you to describe the basic parameters of life and reconstruct the universal mythopoetic concept of the world order. The semantic structure of the image of a tree in the novel goes back to the archetypal foundations of the worldview of the Russian and Khanty peoples inhabiting Siberia. The article analyzes the meaning and functions of real natural objects - cedar, birch, spruce, larch, pine, their role in mythology, in the formation of sacred space, in cult practice. These trees can serve as symbols of the World Tree and the Tree of Life. The main role in the novel is given to the image of a cedar, the cult of which was most developed in this territory.
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