The concepts of "labor" and "laziness" in the Mansi language worldview: based on the material of author's and folk tales

this article examines the representation of the concepts of "labor" and "laziness" in the Mansi language worldview through the prism of author's and folk tales. The relevance of the work is due to the increasing interest of linguoculturology in the ethnic peculiarities of perception of key concepts of human existence. The purpose of the study is to identify the specifics of understanding and evaluating work and laziness as interrelated and opposed categories in the Mansi culture. The scientific novelty lies in a comprehensive analysis of both traditional folklore and the author's works of Mansi writers, which allows us to trace the transformation and stability of these concepts. The methodological basis is based on the methods of conceptual, contextual and comparative analysis. As a result of the research, it was found that the concept of "labor" in the Mansi tradition is sacralized and closely linked to the harmony of man and nature, being a condition for survival and respect. "Laziness" is understood not just as a vice, but as a threat to the world order, leading to exile and death. The author's fairy tales preserve this ethnic specificity, adapting it to the modern context.

linguistic worldview, concept, labor, laziness, folklore, folk tale, author's tale, ethnolinguistics