SPIRITUAL AND VALUE CONCEPT OF ORIENT IN THE WORKS OF ART OF N.A. BAYKOV: CHINESE AND TUNGUSO-MANCHURIAN MYTHOLOGICAL IDEAS ABOUT THE TIGER

Abstract

The article continues a large topic devoted to the study of the implementation of Orient in the work of writers of Russian abroad in the Far East. The scientific novelty is that today the oriental theme in the works of the naturalist writer N.A. Baykov (1872–1958) has not yet been much studied. Images of animals, plants and people in the author’s work have not yet received a holistic conceptual understanding. An attempt is made to analyze the multifaceted symbolism of the image of the tiger in the light of the concepts and views of the writer, the writer’s views on nature and man’s place in it. The article justifies the idea: in Oriental/ Asian/Far Eastern culture, the connection with mythology, religious beliefs and cults in which animals and plants play an important role is paramount. It seems that it is in this regard that the declared topic becomes one of the most significant in the work of writers of the Russian abroad of the Far East, this topic makes N.A. Baykov the most popular and translated into Eastern languages (Japanese, Korean) emigrant writer. In conclusion, prospects for further research are necessarily formulated.