Aleksandr Afanasevich Potebnya - (1835-1891)- vydayuschijsya russkij filolog-slavist i filosof. Pervyj krupnyj teoretik lingvistiki v Rossii, on stoyal u istokov istoricheskoj grammatiki, semiotiki, sotsiolingvistiki, lingvisticheskoj poetiki, etnopsihologii. Dannoe issledovanie - odna iz rannih rabot A. A. Potebni, zakonchennaya im v 1863 g., publikovalas v materialah "Chtenij v Imperatorskom Obschestve istorii i drevnostej Rossijskih pri moskovskom Universitete" v techenie 1865 goda s aprelya po dekabr, v treh vypuskah - II, III i IV. Vo II-om vypuske provoditsya sravnitelnyj analiz Rozhdestvenskih i svadebnyh obryadov u slavyanskih narodov, v III-m - razbiraetsya obraz Baby-YAgi i eyo vozmozhnyh korrelyatov, v IV-om - analiziruyutsya obrazy Zmeya, Volka i Vedmy. Prilagaetsya takzhe "Razbor issledovaniya "O mificheskom znachenii nekotoryh poverij i obryadov" Sochinenie A. Potebni, M., 1865" P. Lavrovskogo, opublikovannogo v tom zhe periodicheskom izdanii v aprele-iyune 1866 goda. This book, "O mificheskom znachenii nekotoryh obryadov i poverij," by A.A. Potebni, is a replication of a book originally published before 1865. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.