Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 6. Part 2. P. 18-21.
Aleksandrova Ekaterina Vladimirovna
Russian State Classical University
Abstract. The author analyzes Unis Pyramid texts in terms of a transitional rite structure, determines the implementation of transition transformational model at the level of the ritual and mythological scenarios reflected in the texts, and shows the paradigmatic status of transformational model in Pyramid Texts embodied not in the rigid sequence of events, but in some contexts by means of different narrative and figurative means.
Key words and phrases: Тексты пирамид, ранние формы религии, обряды перехода, Pyramid Texts, early forms of religion, transitional rites
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