Терміни “город” і “поле” в ігровій практиці слобожан кінця ХІХ - початку ХХ ст. у зв’язку з реконструкцією давніх міфологічних уявлень

Abstract

The article is dedicated to studying the semantics of the folk games terms. We attempt to understand certain symbolic loads which the "field" and "city" terms contain via representation of space defined by these terms of both masculine and feminine gender in broad concept. Such representation of dual distribution of society enabled the understanding of the communicative aspects of agonality display in folk culture.