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RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM IN POPULAR CULTURE: POLYSEMANTIC NATURE OF TREE IMAGE

Ol'ga Konstantinovna Mikhel'son
Saint Petersburg State University

Nikolai Stanislavovich Polyakov
Saint Petersburg State University

Kseniya Petrovna Timchenko
Saint Petersburg State University


Submitted: January 1, 2016
Abstract. Popular culture widely uses many religious symbols, and tree image is not an exception. In modern cinematograph, fantasy literature and computer role-playing games the semantics of trees is multi-dimensional and the sign row represented by this image is similar to the tree symbolism typical for religious traditions. Tree functions as a world axis binding together different strata of existence, and not only spatial but also temporal, integrates micro- and macrocosm, embodies revival, life and vegetation, the relation of a human being and nature, carries moral aspect.
Key words and phrases:
Мировое древо
Древо Жизни
религия и кинематограф
религия и фэнтези
религия в компьютерных ролевых играх
World Tree
Tree of Life
religion and cinematograph
religion and fantasy
religion in computer role-playing games
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