THE IMAGE OF MYSTICAL AND POWERFUL FORCES IN THE MYTHOLOGICAL WORLDVIEW (BASED ON RUSSIAN, KAZAKH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES)

Abstract

The article discusses the study of the structure and ethnic interpretation of the somatic concept of ВОЛОСЫ / ШАШ / HAIR by referring to the mythological worldview based on Russian, Kazakh and English languages. The linguistic interpretation of hair as a part of the human body endowed with magical power has typological parallels in the studied languages and mythologies. The topicality of the study is due to the interest of linguists in reconstructing the image of a person in the mythological worldview, which stores people’s naive knowledge about the world and reveals common and unique signs of different cultural phenomena. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that it was the first to carry out a comparative analysis of language units of different levels that represent the concept of HAIR in Russian, Kazakh and English linguistic cultures. For the first time, the concept of HAIR is considered through the study of thematic groups of words, which are characterized by various associative signs that reflect the worldview of a person from ancient times. The results of the study confirm the universality of the body code, and also determine the national-cultural features of the representation of the concept of HAIR. On the one hand, in each culture, hair symbolizes ‘evil spirit, ‘connection with evil spirits, negative mystical power’, and on the other hand, it is associated with ‘amulet’, ‘talisman’ and ‘protection’.