SYMBOLS OF THE FAIRY TALE "CHEREP-TEREM" (FROM THE "HISTORY OF SYMBOLS OF SLAVIC MYTHOLOGY")

This report is part of a research work in the field of symbolism of Slavic mythology. Developments on this topic were repeatedly presented by the author at various conferences of past years [Zaporozhets 2020 a), b), c), d), e)]. Today we will continue the study of the symbols of the figurative mythological structure based on the fairy tale "Cherep-terem" from the book by Yu G. Kruglov [Kruglov 1992], who published in his collection the best examples of Russian fairy tale folklore in the arrangements of A. N. Afanasyev, I. A. Khudyakov, D. N. Sadovnikov, N. Ye. Onchukov, D. K. Zelenin and other famous authors. In our report, we will briefly consider the symbolism of the characters in the fairy tale and note the pattern in the development of its plot.