Open AccessLegendary political episode in "The Tale of Victorious Moscow State"
Author(s) -
Olga A. Tufanova
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik kostromskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta imeni n.a. nekrasova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-0817
DOI - 10.34216/1998-0817-2019-25-2-98-101
Subject(s) - legend , politics , throne , principle of legality , state (computer science) , narrative , history , literature , emperor , ideology , metropolitan area , ancient history , classics , law , art , political science , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
The article analyses the legendary prediction about the fate of Patriarch Filaret of Moscow twice included in the text of "The Tale of Victorious Moscow State". The essence of the prediction is that Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow "at the end of" his life secretly appointed Filaret the Metropolitan of Rostov as the Patriarch of all Rus'. The prediction is divided into two parts: the fi rst is dedicated to the fate of the Metropolitan; the second, to the deeds of the king Sigismund III of Poland. The motifs given in the prediction are developed in the subsequent story about the Russian embassy to the Polish king and are repeated in the narrative about the election of Filaret to the patriarchal throne, completing repeated story about the legend. Analysis of the literary form, which is unusual for the cycle of works on the Time of Troubles, leads to the conclusion that in later works about the Time of Troubles, legendary political episodes appear and have ideological signifi cance relevant to the 1620s – "to prove the legality" of the election.