GOOD AND EVIL MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES, IN THE WORKS OF ANNA MITROFANOVNA KONKOVA
The article examines the works of the famous Mansi storyteller and writer Anna Mitrofanovna Konkova. The main attention is paid to the analysis of images of mythological creatures classified in folk terminology as evil (harmful) and good (useful to humans) supernatural forces. As the study shows, the names of these characters retain a cultural component, for example, water - Vitkas, Vit hōn, Kulne; forest - Vor-Hum, Vor-Lyulne, Yalval, Vorne and others. The rich ethnographic material is revealed. In the transmission of their characteristics, the author particularly vividly uses techniques widely used in oral folk art (metaphors, epithets, parallelisms, repetitions).