The power of the earth in the fairy tales and essays of N.K. Roerich: to the problem of the entelechy of culture

The research focuses on the problem of the entelechy of culture in the early 20th century, which is resolved using the example of the work of the artist, philosopher and writer N.K. Roerich, who traveled extensively across Russia and studied ancient Russian culture and architecture. The authors of the article turn to the literary heritage of the thinker, his fairy tales, which have been little studied, but have great cultural and philosophical potential. The material for the article is the writer's early and late fairy tales. In his fairy tales, N.K. Roerich showed the connection between times and peoples, outlining the problem of spiritual continuity that must be preserved for the sake of Russia's future. In this context, the relevance of the article, aimed at studying the processes of the entelechy of artistic culture, is formed. Thus, the object of scientific work is the entelechy of artistic culture. The authors of the work develop the concept of "entelechy" in philological and cultural aspects. The methodology of the research is reduced to a holistic hermeneutic analysis of the writer's fairy tales using philosophical and art criticism analysis. The results of the research may be of interest to philologists and cultural scientists who consider literature in the space of great time and dialogue of cultures, and may be used in teaching the courses "History of Russian Literature", "History of Russian Art".