Specificity of devil's naming in religious verses of Prikamye

The article covers lexico-semantic analysis of a specific group of proper names which is active in the spiritual verse language - theonyms, the names referring to the Bible figure of the Devil. For this class of the words, cultural and semiotic motivations, euphemic style creation means and usage frequency are revealed. Comparison of the spiritual verse formulas and the Devil religious nominations in the standard Russian language and in Russian dialects allowed us to detail the general provisions on the combination of academic, colloquial and folk elements in the spiritual verse language.