SACRED MEDIATORS IN LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY(ON THE EXAMPLE OF PAREMIAS: <i>BREAD ON THE TABLE AND THE TABLE IS THE THRON;</i><i>NOT A PIECE OF BREAD AND A TABLE IS BOARD</i>)
The article deals with an interdisciplinary analysis of paremia, which includes sacral mediators - components of a stable ethnocultural microtext, the internal form of which predetermines significance, functioning, and a high degree of sacralization. The mediators bread and throne form the significance of paremia as a whole, the interpretation of which is caused by the existence of many culturally, historically sound reasons that have influenced the use in modern linguistic reality. The connection of the determining components with the indicated reality due to the active use of the proverb Bread on the table and the table is the throne; and not a piece of bread and a table is board in the speech of native Russian speakers illustrates the full functionality and verification of guesses in the origin of this language unit with sacred semantics.The mediator bread entered the active vocabulary of many Slavic languages due to the popularization of this artifact in the Middle East, Egypt, and then in Europe, Russia. The etymology of the lexeme bread goes back to the Gothic language, but the sacred meaning of this mediator goes through all centuries and all cultural traditions, primarily related to the adoption of Christianity. The mediator throne predetermines linguistic sacralization of paremia and testifies to the high motivation of the internal form of the communicative microstructure - paremia with sacred components.