Key words: semiotic, lingua semiotic space, force of nature, folklore, picture of the world.
The article studies the nominations of natural elements as a component of lingua semiotic space of French folk texts for children. Lingua semiotic and lingua cultural properties of nominations of natural phenomena, as a fundamental principle of being, analyzed from the perspective of mythological oriented semiozys. Based on the analysis of texts of French folk riddles revealed major semiotic elements that influence the formation of a national picture of the world of the French nation.