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The author of the study points out the state of research of genres in mythological prose in Slavic scientific discourse, mainly in the field of theoretical issues, the publication of source material, and in the field of classification and ethnolinguistical aspects. She confronts outcomes of non-Slovak research with the situation in Slovak folkloristics. Attention is given especially to the issue of terminology of folk text genre classification. These folk texts shed light on the subject of human contact with the surreal world. Author points to the ambiguity of the genre classification of this type of folklore text, which causes researchers considerable problems beyond the boundaries of folklore research. Author of the paper focuses on the ambiguity of terminology v Slovak folkloristics in relation with genre classification of folk texts, which shed light on the subject of human contact with the surreal world. She points out the state of research of genre classification of mythological prose in Slavic scientific discourse and confronts the conclusions of other, non-Slovak research with outcomes of Slovak folkloristic research. Attention is given especially to the debatable issue of terminology of folk text genre classification. Historical overview of genre classification terminology given by the author in this paper alludes to multiple scientific approaches to classification of genres and themes in folk text. The study doesn't provide a definite solution to this problem, but points out ways towards finding the optimal solution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]