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Title of the article: «The bloodthirsty lion» Grishka Otrepyev
Author(s): Tufanova O. A.
Section: Old Russian Literary Heritage
Year: 2009
Issue: № 1 (XI)
Pages: 89-96
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Abstract: The article outlines semantics, peculiarities of usage and the origin of the symbol of the lion that characterizes the image of Falsedimitri I in the «The other legend», a compilation monument of the XVII century. The leading motifs of blood, death, diabolism, which elucidate the semantic meaning of the symbol in the work, are revealed.
Keywords: "THE OTHER LEGEND", OTREPYEV, THE SYMBOL OF THE LION, BLOOD AND DEATH MOTIFS
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