The concept "disease" in traditional culture (on the lexics of Perm region spoken dialects)

The present article deals with the ananysis of culture motivated lexics referring to the semantic field "Disease" used in Russian spoken dialects of Perm region as well as with the revealing of the specific features of the concept of disease in folk culture. The lexics considered reflects the archaic conception of disease, i.e. in traditional culture disease can be identified with a demonic beast penetrating into a human-being body, with the outer harmful influence of other-worldly forces, with the representation of the Devil origin.