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UDC 811.111:398.21

© O. A. Plahova, 2012

MANIFESTATION OF IDEAS OF FAIRIES AS MAGIC KNOWLEDGE CARRIERS IN ENGLISH FOLK TALE DISCOURSE

The mythological concept is a variety of a linguo-cultural concept in which the archaic view on the universe, significant for the nation, is accumulated. In English linguo-culture mythological concepts with the concept «fairy» being fundamental receive a most distinct explication in the folk tale discourse. In the mythological consciousness the opposition man vs fairy is based on the system of esoteric knowledge and magic techniques unavailable for a human. This fact determines the presence of a set of cognitive attributes referring to the sphere of magic activities in the mythological concept under analysis.

Keywords: cognitive linguistics, mythological consciousness, mythological concept, cognitive attribute, folk tale discourse.

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