PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES IN THE RITUAL STRUCTURE OF UKRAINIAN WEDDING

The article is devoted to the construction and study of structure cycle Ukrainian wedding rites, it a kind continuation author’s publications, who uses structural functional method national family ritualism. In course study, turned out that, after division there were extra episodes that cannot be attributed any rites in which they occur - neither matchmaking, nor wedding, dowry. And since such unaccounted are at beginning pre-wedding, post-wedding small cycles, researcher proposes include them prologues each these cycles. At same time, three should considered full-fledged give greater harmony functionality. correctness into checked using five criteria division: new-level or generalized repetition event, material spiritual metamorphosis characters sacred action, change chronotope, principle constant renewal character action. According latter criterion, adjacent but do not nature action as individual episodes, only variations episode. created this way for cycles took first, eighth fourteenth places structure, respectively, fourteen increased seventeen. Two have no culminating episodes. prologue pre-wedding time general whole great rites. presence implies need identify epilogues both large ritual Such epilogues, according one version, can last hiltse, komora perezva. On other hand, may final said culmination. This version supported by absence culmination two prologues. But none options important existence functioning because does divided from point view all available