THE PECULIARITIES OF PERCEPTION OF OTHER ETHNIC COMMUNITIES: THE NAIVE COGNITION
The article analyzes the peculiarities of perception of other nations' and confessions' representatives. The image of «foreigner/ stranger» is an integral part of any nation's world view. It is formed as universal knowledge about religion and routine life, traditions and rites, language of ethnic groups. Naive knowledge about «strange» nation is fixed in vocabulary, folk legends and literature.