BELIEFS ABOUT MIDDLE POLISSYA EMBROIDERY

Abstract

The article deals with the specifics of the current state of existence of Central Polish beliefs about embroidery. Using the example of dialect texts collected by Field Research, the authors consider the symbolism of ornaments of Central Polish embroidery: plant, animal and geometric symbols; methods and objects of embroidery. To achieve this goal, analyze and summarize the materials of modern research on embroidery; to carry out a semantic analysis of ideas about folk embroidery in the traditional culture of Middle Polessya, the following tasks were set: to carry out a systematic description of the nomination of cultural texts related to folk embroidery, recorded in the middle Polissya dialect; to single out the material of the thematic group under study, to identify the main lexical and semantic groups; to determine the main motives that form the cultural texts of Middle Polissya beliefs about embroidery.
The characteristic motifs of Central Polissya embroidery are determined: the motif of worship of the four elements, the motif of worship of plants, the motif of worship of animals, in particular birds. The material of the studied thematic group of vocabulary of Middle Polissya vyshyvka is classified, the main lexical and semantic groups (LSG) are identified: LSG names of persons engaged in embroidery; LSG names of attribute features of embroidery; LSG names of symbols of embroidery ornaments; LSG names of embroidery methods; LSG names of embroidery objects; LSG names of ritual actions related to embroidery and the like. The most extensive are three LSGs: within the LSG names of attribute features of embroidery, smaller subgroups of nomenclatures are distinguished: lexical-semantic MicroGroup (LSMG) names of colors of threads for embroidery, LSMG names of qualitative characteristics of embroidery; in LSG names of symbols of embroidery ornaments, there are also subgroups: LSMG names of plant symbols of embroidery, LSMG names of animal symbols of embroidery, LSMG names of geometric symbols of embroidery, etc. LSG names of ritual actions related to embroidery has a system of subgroups: LSG names of the embroidery process, LSG names of prohibitions related to embroidery.