The author analyses demonological attributes and features, mythical layers, projection of the elements of psychological and social reality, demythologization, and demythologization in the behavior of vils – demons of nature ...

The article makes a special effort to define mendicant songs as a special genre of folk lyric poetry on Марiiа Kleut the basis of three criteria: (1) as a verbal (and musical) part of mendicant customs, which have certain ...

The author reviews an issue of usage of the terms «folk riddle» and «traditional riddle» to distinguish the modern riddles and solutions similar to them which likewise have all the features of folkloric text and function ...