Proceedings of the International scientific and practical conference ―Science, Technology and Culture: Dynamics of Change in the XXI Century‖ (December 1921, 2025) / Publisher website: www.naukainfo.com. – Baku, Azerbaijan, 2026. – 90 p.

54 The fantasy mentions poppies (a symbol of hope; ‗ багряні маки – єдині квіти, які продовжували рости в роки сірості, ...народ Емпісу назвав ті квіти "червона надія" ‖ [9, p. 728]), spurge / молочай (Euphorbia – a symbol of protection and resilience in the face of adversity, joy, prosperity, Christmas [10]), These flowers were used to feed the larvae so that the hardy monarch butterflies (― хмара метеликів-монархів, така велика й густа, що затуляла небо” [9, p. 727]) could drink nectar after emerging from their cocoons. It was believed that they brought good luck to the kingdom [9, p. 524]. Poisonous monarch butterflies in Empis are a symbol of evolution/transformation/change, the search for home, oneself in life, survival, overcoming difficulties: ― З'їси одного – маєш розлад... . З'їси жменю – можеш померти” [9, p. 524]. The author also writes about extermination: hunting migratory pigeons – ― мандрівних голубів , які затьмарювали небо Середземного Заходу ” ; they ― саме тому й попрощалися з білим світом , що були дешевою їжею з крилами” [9, p. 524]. Of course, the white world is the world of good. The recipient feels all the magic, the reality of the unearthly world in relation to the sundial, the night soldiers, the houses that seem to change shape . The underground world seems real to Charlie: the royal family, equated with demigods (напівбоги), ― справжня монархія, зі справжньою армією і... флотом” [9, с. 520], the existence of a reduced army renamed the ‗Royal Guard‘ [9, с. 521], guarding roads, bridges, paying tribute to „mounted sheriffs‟ (шериф) and „posemen‟ (посмен) (police officers) [9, p. 521], the election of the kings of Empis as supreme gods (they were also considered almost gods because of their ability to fly in the air (levitate / левітувати ), fly without touching the ground, kill enemies with a glance, heal the sick with a touch in a country where there are mermaids (including Elsa , destroyed in a fountain) and giants (including Gogmagog (‗ Gog’ is the name of the leader and the people; ‘Magog’ is the name of the country and people), the dwarf Peterkin , associated with Rumpelstiltskin / Румпельштільцхен (who confused Charlie by erasing the traces of Bowditch, who owned a barn with an entrance to another mythological world), cockroaches , the cricket El Snabb (Snab) with