Linguistic Nature of the Symbol “Wormwood” in Russian Folklore

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the linguistic nature of the symbolic image of Wormwood in Russian folklore. The author considers the verbal nature of the symbol, its conditionality speech, pragmatic and existential context. The folklore image of Wormwood in Russian folk songs is multi-layered, because it symbolizes bitterness, misfortune and implicitly correlates with the image of a mermaid.