FROM WORD TO IMAGE: HOLY FOOL AS INVERSION OF TEMPTATION
The generalized image of a holy fool which appeared within our native culture continues to be a subject of discussions. In the article the attempt of the interpretation of the image on the basis of its unobvious connection at first sight with the word "temptation" considered from the point of view of its etymology and use in the Russian and the Church Slavonic languages, making up a diglossial pair, is undertaken.