SPECIFICS OF FEMALE IMAGERY IN ARMENIAN FOLK TALES (AN EXPERIENCE OF HISTORICAL AND TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS)
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https://doi.org/10.24234/journalforarmenianstudies.v1i72.223Keywords:
fairy tale, myth, fairy tale hero, character, ritual, archetype, archaic thinking, symbol, epithetAbstract
In Armenian folk tales, comparisons and stable archetypal epithets used metaphorically are unique symbolic codes that act as means of characterizing the character, his or her description, and qualitative characteristics. The subject of the article is the appreciation and importance of the image of women in the context of ritual and mythological concepts.
The article directly discusses the theoretical concepts put forward by the famous Soviet and Russian folklorists E. Meletinsky, A. Potebnya, and V. Propp, which have become the theoretical foundations of the study.
The theoretical value of the article is determined by the results of the research, which can in a certain way have a guiding role in the study of the image of women in folk tales.
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