MUSICALLY AND ARCHAIC FORMS OF THE EMBODIMENT OF EASTERN SLAVIC FEMALE DEITIES IN THE RITUAL FOLKLORE AND SONG TRADITION

Abstract

The article deals with female mythological images preserved in the ritual genres of the traditional song folklore of the Eastern Slavs and ways of their embodiment in folk song material. The main task was to identify, classify and determine the ways of embodying the archaic elements of the cult of female deities in the traditional ritual song folklore of the Eastern Slavs. The author reveals the forms of representation of the names of Slavic female mythological creatures and deities among the peoples of the East Slavic group, highlighting the verbal-musical and intonational and rhythmic formulas of appealon the example of ritual calendar songs.