Praying for a bowl of F.Villon in the poetic myth of O.Mandelshtam

There is regarded the motive praying for a bowl in the lyrics of O.Mandelshtam relating firstly to the comprehension of fate and creative work of F.Villon. There is described Mandelshtams creating a poetic myth about Villon. There are noted the common things of the motive praying for a bowl with the motives of the poems Hephsiman Garden and Hamlet and the novel by M.Bulgakov Master and Margarita.