The Ukrainian language has many archaic words, which over time have moved out of everyday use, but remain extremely valuable from the point of view of culture, history and worldview. One of these words is "

In its most famous meaning " This is how the word is used in folk songs, fairy tales, legends. Iri in this context is a symbolic place of peace, warmth, life that does not disappear, but only changes the place of stay during the cold.

Examples of use:.

Zdaleleki PID Heaven, in IRIY Iriy, Kurlikhut Zhuravliv Klyno (I. Shchogoliv).

Brother! In the Serpini Srіblokrili Zhuravli!

Hto? Kudi? I de that Iriy? (M. RILSKY).

The ptyki squinty was driven here. Wani Pershi in Irii Vidlitayut (m. Stelmas).

In ancient Slavic beliefs, " It was the Paradise Territory, the place of stay of the souls of the dead and the spirits of the ancestors. According to the ideas, Iri is an evergreen, bright world outside the limits of earthly being, where there is no suffering, cold and darkness.

In some traditions, they believed that storks, cranes or cuckoo " This gave the birds a sacred status.

The word " In different sources, there are forms of VIRII, Irey, which were used in ancient Russian chronicles.

Although in modern everyday speech the word "