ON THE PROBLEM OF NOMINATION OF NEGATIVE MAGICAL CHARACTERS IN RUSSIAN AND CHINESE FAIRY TALES

Abstract

Currently, the study of the language of folklore texts is one of the main tasks of philology, and the consideration of the problems of nomination of heroes in fairy tales is an important aspect of linguistic research. The article deals with the problem of nomination of negative magical characters in Russian and Chinese fairy tales. The paper lists examples of the most popular characters with magical powers, analyzes the origin of names of negative characters, their status in the field of human knowledge and religious history. The work gives sources of nominations for these negative heroes, such as Baba Yaga, Koschey the Immortal, the Sea King, Queen Mother of the West and Gonggong (God of Water). A comparative study of negative characters in Russian and Chinese fairy tales makes it possible to identify the national specifics of the creation of these images, to characterize the features of the nomination of Russian and Chinese heroes.