The aim of the study is to ground additional version of what was depicted on relief found in the process of exploration of Chernihiv St. Borys and Hlib cathedral (12th c.) in 1948. Using methods of the hermeneutical circle and of the main culture-creating sources presumption, the author underlines that the artifact pictures are most likely a sense complex, not just an artistic one; it should be explored with the help of appealing to the Bible texts and analysis of image system of the Holy Writ. Such approach makes possible a conclusion about essential similarity between the relief picture and an Old Testament parable of two great eagles, cedar and vine, which we see in the Book of Ezekiel (Ezek. 17:1—10). From this point of view, as we can suppose, a mysterious symbol of the relief depicting some chimeric animal (known as «Chernihiv beast») presents a collective image of pharaoh (who is also mentioned in the analyzed text) and at the same time as an image of the devil.
Source: Tsarenok A. (2024). Chernihiv Beast, Chernihiv Bird and the Book of Ezekiel. Siverian Chronicle. (2): 22-28
Source web-site: https://sl-journal.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/437/379
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