Place Of Creation Research Articles

Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation

Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation

Capital, Policy, and Place: A Study of Cultural Space in Beijing 798

Purpose - The main objective of this study was to investigate how Beijing’s cultural space is formed. What are the influences on the development of Beijing’s cultural space, and why are these influences created? How do policies and capital intervene in the development of the 798 Art Park? How does the 798 Art Zone, which depends on interest and weak capital, maintain a balance between art and profitability under strong capital and policy interventions? Design/Methodology/Approach - Since the development of Beijing’s cultural space for more than 30 years, under the joint action of policy guidance, economic capital, and local space, cultural spaces have gradually been endowed with meanings such as enhancing Beijing’s cultural soft power and transforming and upgrading the cultural industry from the initial spontaneous aggregation, which has provided new propositions for the study of the cultural industry. Findings - The results summarize the logical relationship between the formation and development of Beijing’s cultural space. This study argues that the main purpose of cultural space is to provide artists with a legitimate gathering space and a place for creation and that the transformation of cultural space due to the demands of capital on artists has led to changes in cultural space. Research Implications - By studying the above issues, the logic of the development of Beijing’s cultural space is clarified, providing a reference for the sustainable development of Beijing’s cultural space.

Urban Greening in the Process of Climate Change Adaptation of Large Cities

Cities—being places where both growth at large and human activity concentrate to the maximum extent, as well as being places of creation, innovation, and development—have been facing the challenge of adaptation to changing climate conditions. Successive greening of urban spaces is becoming an indicator of civilisational progress and one of the most important aspects of sustainable urban development and quality of life of city dwellers. It also represents a part of the sustainable management of natural resources and energy in the urban environment. This article addresses the subject of urban space greening, perceived as one of the ways of mitigating the effects of climate change. The study focuses on a comparative analysis of various planning and implementing activities related to green areas, as well as on available quantitative data on the greening and climate change adaptation of 44 Polish cities with urban adaptation plans (UAPs) in place. The research, covering the years 2017–2023, identifies the variety of urban greening methods, initiatives, and tools used in the process of urban planning and urban design. The results of the study showed that measures planned by local authorities lacked detailed tools as well as a long-term and systemic approach to greenery, energy, and space management. On the other hand, what was observed in the implementation was an apparent prevalence of urban acupuncture spots and a failure to make the most of all the benefits of the adaptive, social, and ecosystem-forming role of urban greening. The authors imply that their research can be used to formulate conclusions and guidelines for urban development policies which highlight the role and raise the importance of the greening of Polish cities under all urban investments, particularly in the process of adaptation of urban areas to climate change.

Report in Documentary Communication in Southern Region of Russia during First Half of 18th Century

This article examines the report as a new type of document in the business writing system of the first half of the 18th century. The aim is to identify common and distinctive features of reports from various institutions in the southern region of Russia. The materials used for this study are documents from the Don Army (State Archive of the Volgograd Region) and the Astrakhan Province (National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia). Through a comparative analysis of their content, functions, and speech organization, it is revealed that all reports were submitted from subordinate subjects to superiors, served informative purposes, and occasionally served as accompanying documents. They shared a similar form (addressee, addresser, title, main text, date, place of creation), although there were variations in the placement of requisites, document titles, and addresser formulas. Differences were also identified, such as the larger number of reports in the documentation of the Don Army and their frequent use as accompanying documents, while Astrakhan reports often contained financial reports. In Don reports, the addresser was referred to in the final formula as “about this report,” while Astrakhan reports only included their name (or signature). It can be concluded that reports were increasingly integrated into official communication, becoming firmly established in the military sphere, and their form became more standardized, reflecting the development of common rules for document management.

THE LENGTH AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE COPY TEXT OF SHEVCHENKO’S POEM “THE GREAT VAULT”

stands in Subotiv village...” to the text of Shevchenko’s poem “Th e Great Vault”. Stanislav Rosovetskyi provided a detailed criticism of this decision in his time, and his counterarguments are consistently considered in the paper. Most of them are refuted or questioned, false statements and inaccurate information are corrected.
 As a result, the following vision of the history of poem’s creation and circulation has been substantiated. In the early October 1845 in Myrhorod, Shevchenko completed the poem “The Great Vault”, the text of which still might not have had an epigraph and epilogue. Probably, a later copy that belonged to Ivan Lazarevskyi indirectly comes from this autograph. While in Maryinske the poet added an epigraph and on October 21 added the epilogue “There stands in Subotiv village...”, marking the date and place of creation. At that time, according to Olexandr Afanasiev-Chuzhbynskyi, whom the poet met in Lubny on October 25 and stayed with in Iskivtsi on October 25—27, the mystery play had no name. After returning to Kyiv, in approximately April — June 1846 Shevchenko rewrote “The Great Vault” along with other works from an unknown autograph to the manuscript collection “Three Years” in such a way that the epilogue of the poem could be mistaken for a separate work, as it was misunderstood by Vasyl Bilozerskyi who copied the mystery without the final fragment. Obviously, the same mistake was made by other copyists, who started the tradition of “Th e Great Vault” without the epilogue. When Shevchenko received an imperfect copy of I. Lazarevskyi, he had no choice but to edit only what it contained.
 Apparently, he did not object to the fact that in the copy of Lev Zhemchuzhnykov the final fragment was called “Subotiv”. It is suggested to increase the distance between the end of the third part of the poem and the beginning of the epilogue in the next academic edition, as well as to reproduce all the graphics of the poetic texts in editions closer to the autographs.

Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Laboratorium Kesehatan (SILK) Di Politeknik Negeri Indramayu

Facilities and infrastructure standards are national education standards relating to minimum criteriaregarding study rooms, places to exercise, places of worship, libraries, laboratories, workshops, playgrounds,places for creation and recreation, as well as other learning resources, which are needed to support the learningprocess. including the use of information and communication technology (Government Regulation No. 19 of2005 concerning National Education Standards, 2005). One of these activities is the management of theNursing Laboratory, whose management must comply with standards to support student practice activities.Efforts are being made to support these activities by building a web-based application, namely the NursingLaboratory Information System (NLIS) which can be visited by accessing the Nursing Laboratory SystemInventory page via the URL: http://silk.polindra.ac.id/#. The program is expected to find errors and data thatcan be used for use and is very useful in Documented Recording of incoming and outgoing reports of goods,both medical devices and consumables, the formation of an information system related to recording andreporting on the inventory of tools and consumables, transferring technology, to provide convenience forstudents in using the laboratory, as well as improve the accessibility of data that is presented in a timely andaccurate manner for users.

Documenting Archaeological Petroglyph Sites with the Use of 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanners—A Case Study of Petroglyphs in Kyrgyzstan

The use of 3D terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) in the documentation of archaeological sites is an effective method of collecting information about the area under study. The wide range of acquired data makes this method a versatile tool, and not limited only to documentation tasks. This article presents the possibilities of 3D TLS and their postprocessing software in the pioneering work related to the digitization of exhibits in The Petroglyphs of Cholpon-Ata Open-air Museum near Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. A 3DScaMITE methodology adapted for that task is highlighted. The data obtained during the scanning were used to build high-accuracy 3D digital petroglyph models, together with their location within the open-air museum area. The acquired models also allowed a detailed analysis of the geometric parameters of the cavities forming the petroglyph figures. The results of the analysis confirmed the thesis about improper preservation of petroglyphs. It has been demonstrated in this way that the used TLS method is completely universal in documenting petroglyphs, including the location and shape of their place of creation, as well as creating a sufficiently accurate analysis of the structure of drawings.

Mapping Out the Origins of Electroacoustic Music Studios in Brazil

Abstract This research presents a mapping out of Brazilian electroacoustic music studios from 1960 to 2000, especially those that emerged in connection with universities and other institutions. A major criterion was to understand “music studios” as cultural territories, as places for creation, collaboration, and exchange. We present a timeline highlighting the main trajectories of composers, institutions, and events, all related to the development of these studios. We interviewed composers and investigated a wide variety of documents, ranging from scholarly papers and journal articles through books, recordings, and websites. As a result, the timeline introduces the main spaces that have fostered electroacoustic music in Brazil, revealing the idea of gambiarra [make do, workaround], a sort of Brazilian DIY culture.

Пергаментний диплом із канцелярії Галицької провінції бернардинців

This work aims at publication of parchment diploma created by the chancellery of Galician Province of the Franciscan-Observant (known as Bernardines diploma is kept in the fonds of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientifi c Library in Lviv. Scientifi c novelty. The is to introduce little-known historical source, that give us an opportunity to study the writing culture of catholic monks on Ukrainian lands. The methodology of the research is based on general scientifi c methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as principles of historism and objectivity. The methods of the archeography and sigillography are used for the publication of the supplements. The description of the document includes several elements: date and place of creation; size of the document sheet; original signatures of exponents; description of the seal (shape, material, size, legend, image). From the perspective of further studies, it is necessary to engage archival search and fi nd another diploma and similar documents created by the chancellery of Bernardine Galician Province. It gives us an opportunity to provide a comparative study of diploma and study the changes in writing culture of Bernadines in the 19 century. Conclusions. Political changes that took place after the fi rst partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772 afterwards made changes in the borders of different church structures. Galician Province was created instead of Rus’ Province of Bernardines. Moreover, changes took place in the economic life of the monasteries due to the new law. But in the time of Austrian rule monks used their old traditions to preserve their fi nancial goods. Parchment diploma, analyzed in the article, is dedicated to this theme. Diploma tells us about an old practice to settle monastic estates under the care of a lay person. Monks should use the services of syndyсs, as monks from the mendicant orders weren’t allowed to possess property.

Competitions of performing skills in the conditions of distance carrying out (experience 2020 - the beginning of 2021)

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of remote art events, including competitions of performing skills. The research methodology includes the use of methods of comparative analysis and synthesis, the basis of the study is the dialectical principle of cognition, systemic, socio-cultural approaches. General scientific and interdisciplinary research methods are used: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, comparison and formalization. The scientific novelty lies in an attempt to identify the main types of remote forms of art activities, identification of the main requirements for distance competitions, and determining their professionalism vector and the possibilities of using distance learning technology in further artistic practice is in the contest performance skills. Conclusions. The main forms of art projects are highlighted in some examples of the Institute of Arts of Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv University. It was found that the elements of the use of information (remote technologies) have been used as a method of selectivity in some international competitions. It is determined that at present clear rules for recording have been formed, which promote professionalization and create conditions for the development of chamber music in the performing arts. It is emphasized that the new conditions of functioning of performing arts allow asserting the remote space of concert-competitive activity and is a place of creation of new artistic values and a carrier of original ideas and concepts.

Reconciliation, a Cogent Global Desideratum: Spotlight on Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Tess Onwueme's Missing Face

The process of reconciliation simply terminates schism, hostility and undue alienation. The compelling political, religious and social ambiance in the world today revolves around selfish ends rather than seeking for a point of resemblance; that ideology of adhering to homogenous standard as social uniformity. As a result there is damaging undesirable, retrogression in place of optimism, peace and progression. There is a call for genial global association in her myriad activities to transcend beyond fragmentation. It is on this basic premise that this paper seeks and suggests that literature would help restore and sustain humanity‟s place in creation by harmoniously bringing two belligerent heads together through its tales because what literature does even from the classics is to present a broad spectrum of human experiences and its vicissitudes. Besides, all human experiences are universal, themes connect us as they portray issues that are universal which bind us. On the same proposition, this paper propounds that the two playwrights under study have something to offer the society for the reconciliation of two warring heads. Even in the classics the search for reconciliation has been in existence because in every human relationship, disagreement or misunderstanding is inescapable. Onwueme‟s Missing Face through Ida Bee‟s search for missing face reconciles with her son‟s father, Momah. Onwueme achieves this by establishing the blood relationship between the two though each is born at either sides of Atlantic. The persistent prophetic vision expressed in the play achieves attainment of authentic unity and this is achieved through tenacity and aggressive attempt by Ida Bee. The playwright emphasizes that the desire for reconciliation may be labyrinthine, a tortuous path and even humiliating journey, but it is achieved by selflessness. Throughout the play, the playwright projects image of unity and reconciliation between Ida Bee, her son and Momah which binds her to Idu and Idu to Diaspora. This reconciliation goes beyond Africa to the entire globe and it is significant in challenging destructive forces facing humanity. That is why Aristophanes, uses one of his surviving plays – Lysistrata to portray women‟s effort and extra ordinary mission to end Peloponnesian war. Lysistrata insinuates her fellow women to withhold sex from their husbands until both Sparta and Athens agree to end the war. When they succeed, songs and dances follow – the fruit of reconciliation brings joy and adds many years to life in tranquility.

Registration Documents of the Don Army in the 18th Century: Content and Structure of Texts

The article is devoted to the analysis of the content and speech organization of the texts of accounting and reporting documents of the 18th century of the Chanceries of the Don Fund Troops of the Mikhailovsky stanitsa ataman of the State Archives of the Volgograd Region. The relevance of the research is determined by solving the problems of creating an annotated linguistic corpus of documents. Lists, catalogues, registers, inventories, statements, notes are considered from the point of view of such genre parameters as name, addressee, addressee, date and place of creation of the document. Highlighted speech markers, explicating these parameters and organizing the text. The similarities and differences of documents of different genres are revealed. It is shown that the composition of texts has a two — or three-part structure; in some documents it varies, in others it is constant; the availability of the date, the indication of the addressee also varies. Information about the enumerated objects in documents of one genre is conveyed in more or less detail, systematized or not, in text or tabular form. With the variability of texts, a tendency towards standardization of texts of one genre and differentiation of different genres was noted. The considered parameters allow to establish the genre of documents without self-naming and can be used for automated meta-tagging of texts.

Automation of Archival Documents Meta Tagging

The main goal of this project is to create a corpus of documents from the «Mikhailovsky stanichny ataman» archival fund. The methods of corpus linguistics seem to be the most optimal in this case, since they involve the processing of a large number of texts in order to solve a wide variety of linguistic problems. Our group joined the team of philologists to provide the technical and software part of the project. The main task for us is to create a document corpus engine, that is, software that solves the tasks of storing a database of marked-up texts, executing queries to this database, and also providing users with a convenient interface for work that does not require special qualifications in the field of information technology. However, it is necessary to prepare documents for inclusion in the corpus: all texts must undergo special markup. There are many types of markup, and in the previous publications [6; 9] our group has already described the solution to the problem of morphological tagging. This article is about meta tagging. Meta tagging refers to the assignment of certain descriptive attributes to text. In the case of office documents, these are such parameters as the type of document (genre), author (compiler), addressee, date and place of creation. Meta tagging is necessary for the implementation of the corpus search features, so that the researchers can receive text samples with specified external parameters: for example, texts of a certain type, created at a certain period, addressed to a certain addressee, etc. The archives of the «Mikhailovsky stanichny ataman» fund mainly contain documents from the Chanceries of the Don Army from the mid-18th to the first third of the 19th century, that’s why there are not so many varieties of these documents. Moreover, these are mostly official documents, and they were written up according to certain templates, forms, the parameters of which can be relatively easily extracted from documents through preliminary analysis. This work is also carried out by the team of philologists from VolSU under the guidance of Professor O.A. Gorban. The result of their systematization of documents was the description of special speech markers of genre parameters for all document types in the archive. Thus, in our case, there is no need for heavy methods of statistical analysis or machine learning, it is enough to search for certain markers in the document. Moreover, the main marker in all reviewed documents is a direct indication of their type. Other markers are auxiliary elements of meta tagging. The paper is devoted to the description of the created application for determining the type of a document and its meta tagging by searching the text for certain regular expressions derived from the markers.

Новые документы по истории Февральской революции 1917 г. и обстоятельствах отречения императора Николая II от власти

The question of actions of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II during the February Revolution, and in particular, of his willingness or unwillingness to make concessions to the Duma opposition is a controversial issue in the historiography. Thus, Soviet and ?migr? historians believed that the tsar agreed to reforms under pressure of the military elite, which collaborated with the State Duma in those rebellious days. However, in modern historical science, an opposite opinion is gaining foothold, according to which in February – March 1917 the monarch showed a conciliatory attitude towards the opposition and was ready to agree to an actual limitation of his power by introducing a responsible ministry. The roadblock is assessment of sufficiency and reliability of the source corpus (mainly memoirs) for drawing the conclusion about the tsar's readiness for reforms. The lack of “documentary” evidence makes the narrative of the tsar’s desire to establish a “ministry of confidence” vulnerable. However, documents of the period of the February Revolution that have been identified in the State Archive of Russian Federation (fond 97 “Office of the Palace Commandant of the Ministry of the Imperial Court”) allow us to come nearer the end of this historiographical discussion. They are two typewritten paragraphs on a single sheet of paper, without a title or any additional information on its author, time, and place of creation. Source analysis has concluded that the documents are drafts of tsar’s telegrams prepared by the palace commandant V. N. Voeikov on March 1, 1917 to be sent to the ex-chairman of the State Duma M. V. Rodzianko. The content of these drafts clearly indicates that the tsar was ready to provide a “ministry of confidence” even before his arrival at the headquarters of the Northern Front on the evening of March 1, that is, de facto to establish parliamentarism in Russia. The author's reconstruction of the events has showed that the first draft of the telegram is tsar’s delayed response to the appeal of the Duma leader encouraging him to reform public administration (dated February 26-27, 1917). The second telegram is supposed to be sent to Rodzianko inviting him to Pskov for final decision concerning the head of the new “government of confidence.” Despite the fact that they for some reasons had never been sent to the addressee, these “messages,” nevertheless, are the “documentary” evidence of Nicholas II’s consent to a gradual introduction of parliamentarism in the country during the February Revolution.

Srednie special'nye uchebnye zavedeniya sfery torgovli, ekonomiki i bytovogo obsluzhivaniya na Evropejskom Severe Rossii v 1950—1980-e gg.

After World War II, overcoming the crisis, the Soviet Union continued the development of the national economy. Among the developing spheres of the national economy, one can single out the sphere of trade, economy and consumer services. The issue of developing a network of colleges of this profile is poorly covered in the literature. Available information is limited to either one specific college or a separate region or republic of the European North. Most of the works provide only general information, for example, on the date and place of creation of a particular educational institution. This indicates the need for a more in-depth study of this issue.

The Kazan Gospel of the 14th Century in the Circle of Genetically Close Lectionaries

This article summarizes the earlier research aimed to determine the scope of closely related lectionaries for the Kazan Gospel of the 14 th century. For this purpose, the methodology of linguistic, textual, and structural markers selection was applied. At the first stage, a comparison was made on a number of similar manuscripts regarding the most striking deviations from the standard text invariant in the Kazan Gospel (that is, language markers, which are errors, typos, text gaps and inserts, rare lexical variations, grammatical nuances, etc.). Then we compared more voluminous text fragments representing selected readings of the annual circle of varying degrees of significance (textual markers). Based on these comparisons, a group of textually similar manuscripts was studied from the point of view of their lectionary structure (according to structural markers). As a result, the hypothesis about the affinity of the Kazan manuscript with the full lectionaries of the State Historical Museum collection (the Synodal collection, no. 65), and of the Russian National Library collection (the Pogodins collection, no. 17), was confirmed. This result helped to determine more accurately the place of creation of the Kazan Gospel (probably Kirillo-Belozersky monastery), as well as to analyze the reasons for the discrepancies between the three manuscripts. The data obtained made it possible to single out a group of manuscripts belonging to one tradition within the framework of textology of Slavic lectionaries of the Mstislav type, which may be useful for their further research.

The Cossacks Chronicles of Eyewitness, H. Hrabianka’s and S. Velychko’s in studies in Soviet historiography

The purpose of the article is to analyze the Cossack chronicles of Samovydets, H. Hrabianka’s, and S. Velychko’s in historical research during 1917–1991. Research methods: comparative, system-structural, historical-typological, historical-genetiс. The problem of studying Ukrainian chronicles of the XVI–XVIII centuries of the Soviet historiography has been studied relatively little. In most cases, the chronicles of military chancellerists are considered in the general context of study of the chronicles, and the chronology of historiographic reviews is limited to the mid-1960s. Main results. The article deals with the works of Soviet researchers who studied the phenomenon of Cossack chronicles. The main subjects for the studies on the literature of the Chancellery are revealed, in particular: dating, place of creation and identity of the authors of the texts; the factual accuracy of the messages, the features of the source base used by the Chancellerists, the study of the lists and editions of the chronicles and their comparison among themselves, as well as the peculiarities of the authors’ outlook, their assessment of historical events and figures. The peculiarities of the studies of Soviet scholars under the influence of Marxist ideology are investigated. In a number of cases, researchers have been forced not to touch political and ideological aspects that contradicted official dogmas and interpret historical events in the discourse of class struggle. However, some of the workings of Soviet historians are still relevant today, including the study of the lists and editions of the Cossack chronicles and the features of their source base. Practical meaning: recommended for use in historiography studies and history of Ukraine. Originality. Generalized scientific work of Soviet scholars on the literature of Chancellerist. Scientific novelty. For the first time the works of scientists of 1917–1991 were systematized, in which the Cossack chronicles of Samovydets, G. Hrabianka and S. Velichko were studied. Type of the article: descriptive.

Christ’s Love amid Pandemic

AbstractIn 2022, the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is to take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, at a time when nations are searching for the strength to rise out of the ashes of COVID‐19. The assembly theme, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” reflects God’s vision for creation. The focus on Christ’s love and its inherent power to move the world to reconciliation and solidarity is necessary, as the assembly will gather amid perplexity, anxiety, and fundamental existential, structural, and societal questions. These questions are related to humanity’s place in creation: how we inhabit the earth and make sense of our own lives and the lives of other creatures and how we seek to develop collective human conscience to live justly and peacefully together in God’s world.

THE STATUS OF CAPITAL IN THE “KYIV’S TEXT” OF THE BAROQUE EPOCH

Urban studies are a multidisciplinary area, but experts in different fields conclude that the city is worth considering in the categories of text. Moreover, urban studies in literary criticism are distinguished by the fact that the phrase “a city as a text” for philologists is not only a beautiful metaphor. The fiction space, including urban space, is a separate reality that exists according to its own rules, depending on the epoch style and the genre of a particular piece of writing. In the Baroque times, a city is a place of creation and functioning of culture. In the XVII century in Ukrainian cities appeared many educational institutions, thanks to patrons, numerous churches were built, which was reflected in panegyrics. At the same time, the large number of Kyiv Rus’ buildings had been reconstructed, and there are mentions of the Russ past of the city in polemical literature, school dramaturgy and chronicles. In Kyiv, the glory of the “capital”, “Jerusalem of the Russ land” is affirmed. The purpose of the author is to explore the mechanism of rethinking the past and its role in the construction of an artistic model of the city in the Baroque epoch. The ways of transcoding Kyiv Russ urban motifs into the language of Baroque culture are considered in the paper. In the early 1600s, Kyiv remained a capital status in the minds of citizens, despite the decline and destruction of the past. At the turn of the 16–17th centuries the idea of continuity of the history and glory of Kyiv from the Middle ages became widespread among intellectuals. In times of statelessness, the current becomes relative and unimportant, while the past is considered to be the actual reality. This article aims to examine how the urban space becomes the embodiment of collective memory: through the buildings of St. Sophia’s Cathedral, St. Michael’s Cathedral, the Desiatynna Church, the Church of Virgin Mary Pyrohoshcha, the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery, the holiness and centrality of the city are transmitted in sacral and profane levels. The author pays particular attention to the analysis of the opposite self-image of Kyiv citizens as residents of the “city on the outskirt”, on the border of Wild Field.

The legend of Tan-varp-ekva

The object of the study is the texts about Tan-varp-ekva, «the tendon twistress», recorded during the 20th c. The majority of the full-text tales has been recorded from the northern Mansi (Lyapin River Basin, Upper Lozva), some folklore stories have been published for various groups of Khanty (Yugan, Middle Ob, Berezovo, Kazym, Upper Purov, Shurishkar); the Nenets legend about the old woman-Sihirtia stands out. The tales mostly split into two plots: the first one is associated with the prohibition to spin veins at night, the second — with changeling and kidnapping of children. The analysis of the key points of the legends has been carried out, the position of the Ob-Ugorsk forest spirit among similar images of the Komi and Russians has been determined. The authors suggest that the village of Lombovozh (Lyapin Mansi) became the place of creation of the folklore storyline, linking it to the presence of a large archaeological site, a medieval settlement. The spread of the legend of Tan-varp-ekva among other Mansi and Khanty groups was the result of migrations. The main plot of the story refers to the introduction of regulations by the Ob Ugrians on inclusion of a daughter-in-law, young women into the foreign cult community. The story with a silver cup explains the rules of entry of a newly manufactured or brought from the outside object into the sphere of worship in the Ob Ugrians. Tan-varp-ekva in the role of a female deity could act as the patro-ness of needlework, as, for the Ob Ugrians, twisting of deer tendon threads was a traditional female work. The stories about Tan-varp-ekva are similar to those of many Russian fairy tales, ballades about mythical spin-stresses, as well as bans on needlework during the night and transition time. Her image has a lot in common with Baba Yaga and with the character of Yoma — her double in Komi (forest spirits, creatures of the lower world, kidnappers of children, cannibals, treasure keepers, treasure givers, «spinning» deities). The motifs of killing and eating of daughter-in-law by the spinstress of tendons can be an allusion of the rite of transition to a new family, when the girl «died» for her former family and left the protection of the spirits-keepers of her family. The popular-Christian layer of views of the Russians and Komi provides material for comparative analysis of mythological con-cepts of Slavic and Finn-Ugric peoples, who for a long period experienced mutual influence on ethnocultural tradi-tions. The function of Tan-varp-ekva as a «twister of tendons» can be secondary, borrowed from neighboring populations, for example, from the Komi, who, together with Orthodoxy, accepted and adapted the popular-Christian beliefs of the Russians.