This study is devoted to the history of formation ethnic identity Mari people in Republic El. Particular attention paid changes identification Mari, which occurred direct proportion extralinguistic factors. The question role language, confessional affiliation, historical past, relations with nature and mythological symbols that characterize modern considered. importance demographic imbalance Re...

This research work has been done in the field of current literary direction related to study local texts, variety which is national text. The text considered by authors article as a containing information for reconstruction reader / researcher nationally specific socio-cultural space people. studies translations, namely, philological analysis Mari Russian translations given article. materials a...

fairy tales are stories in which metaphysical, paranormal and mysterious events take place and there is no exact time and place; everything is spiritual. the lorestanian story of “daughter of daal” is a tale of the “mythical birth” of a girl from an egg and her being raised by daal (phoenix) in the cave of a caucasus-like mountain. daughter of daal is snared by a hireling hellcat’s deceit, but ...

ascension, as a recurring theme in narrative and visual arts of non-theistic and theistic communities (monotheistic or polytheistic) from east to west of the ancient world, reveals concern and urge of man to communicate with the supra sensible world. the connotation of ascension, however, broadly varies from the flight of shaman’s spirit, a hero transformation to god, and a trip to heaven and h...