Transformation of the plot about creation of the world in Nikolay Klyuev's poem “The copper whale”

The article is devoted to the analysis of N. Klyuev's perception of the October Revolution. He considered revolutionary process as an act of dying / birth, resurrection of Holy Russia. The poet doesn't observe specific events, except commemoration for the dead sailors perished in the battle for new life. Since metaphysics is more important for him than physics, it is significant for the poet to present the readers invisible, undercover world, which is depicted in the text by means of fantastic plot and a system of fantastic images. As soon as the world is “reborn” the poem actualizes an ancient cosmogenic plot about the creation of the world from the chaos of water. This plot received Christian connotation with time, so demiurge is Jesus Christ himself. Accomplices of evil in the form of sharks and louses act on behalf of satan. Copper Whale is an image which combines the visible and invisible worlds, the dying and being born. In its description the poet appeals to the 17th Kalevala verse, where the demiurge hero Vainamoinen goes through excruciating trials in the womb of Vipunen to obtain undercover knowledge. Old Testament prophet Jonah goes through similar trialin the womb of a whale. This event was interpreted by the first Christians as the sign of the Savior: as Jonah spent three days and three nights in the womb of the whale, so will Son of Man spend three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Russia also has to go through these trials to become Holy Russia again.