Some time ago, a strange tragic incident occurred on the Kola Peninsula: four tourists died under mysterious circumstances. They lay in a chain from the pass to the nearest dwelling. The last of them ran seven kilometers, apparently hoping to find salvation, but he never made it to the nearest house. Horror was imprinted on the faces of all people, although no signs of struggle or violence were found. But what is surprising is that traces were imprinted around the lying bodies, obviously not animal, but for a person they were gigantic. Similar case occurred more than 30 years ago in the Northern Urals (up the Pecho-re River). A group of tourists disappeared there. A rescue team went to the area and they were found dead a few days later. On the pass of Mount Otorten there were two tents, the walls of which turned out to be indented. Half-dressed tourists were lying on the descent in the snow, on whose faces horror was also frozen. And no signs of violence or struggle.
These two tragedies have common features. Near Mount Otor-ten is the tract Man-Papuner, which locals- Mansi people consider sacred. There are six stone pillars of enormous size. According to the legends of the peoples of the north, once in ancient times six mighty giants were chasing one Man-si tribe. Mansi tried to hide from the pursuers behind the belt Ural mountains, however, the giants almost overtook them at the pass. And when the situation already seemed hopeless, the giants were suddenly blocked by a short shaman with a white face and turned them into six stone pillars. Since then, every shaman from the Mansi tribe without fail came to this sacred place for them and the inhabitants underworld: the secret of the mountain Otorten took his magical power from him. Seid Lake still causes a feeling of awe among the locals. There is a legend that South coast was the last refuge of the local shamans. In the 20s of the XX century, a geographical expedition visited here. The astrophysicist Kondiain, a member of this expedition, noted that in one gorge they encountered inexplicable things: along with the snow, a yellowish-white column resembling a giant candle was visible, and next to it was a cubic stone. On the northern side of the mountain, according to the scientist, at a height of more than 400 meters, a cave was visible. giant size, and next to it is something that looks like a walled-up crypt. Scientists were struck by the fact that people who found themselves near ancient structures experienced unaccountable fear. At a short distance from the tract, the expedition discovered a number of small hills resembling pyramids, of course, of artificial origin. At the foot of the hills, the expedition members experienced malaise, dizziness and an uncontrollable sense of fear. According to Kondiain, the weight of a person in this mysterious place increased or decreased. In addition, the expedition discovered a narrow hole that goes deep into the rock. No one was able to penetrate it, because anyone who tried to do this experienced an insurmountable horror: he had the feeling that his skin was being gradually torn off. The expedition had to refrain from further research ... A similar effect was observed in another mysterious place - the Sumgan cave, located in the foothills of the Urals. Speleologists have repeatedly tried to explore this cave, but were forced to stop for the same reason as in the previous case.
Seid Lake: The Legend of Giants and a Shaman Kola Peninsula. Lapps and Saami live in these places, whose legends speak of dwarfs - inhabitants of the underworld who settled underground. People claim that sometimes they heard voices coming from the ground and the sound of metal. This was a signal for them to immediately move the yurt to another place, since, in their opinion, it blocked the entrance to the underworld of dwarfs, who, according to legend, were powerful wizards. There are similar legends among the Komi living in the Pechora lowland. They also talk about the existence of little people living in the underworld and able to work miracles. The Komi claim that it was they who taught people how to forge iron.
Legends about the little inhabitants of the underworld, who know how to process metal and have supernatural powers, have been preserved among all northern peoples. Who are these dwarfs really? It's hard to say for sure. However, given the supernatural fear that people experience in connection with these invisible entities, as well as cases with tourists, it is better not to try to get to know the inhabitants of the underworld better ...
The Kola Peninsula is located in the northwest of the European part of Russia, in Murmansk region, unique and enough mysterious place, where in one place are collected amazing archaeological sites, the purpose and origin of which is still unknown.
About the most ancient pyramids in the world, located on the Kola Peninsula, and that it was here that the ancestral home of man could be located, it was written in the article below. But as it turned out, this is not all that can surprise this small peninsula in the north of the country!
- On a steep cliff, near Lake Seydozero, in the Lovozero tundra of the Kola Peninsula, you can see the image of a character from the mythology of the Lapp tribes who lived here, the legendary giant - Kuyva!
Kuiva can be seen from almost anywhere northern lake. The figure has the shape of a man and is 74 meters high. Its bas-relief protrudes from the wall by 3-4 meters in some places, and this is very clearly visible, especially in winter. Kuiva's name is "Dancing Lapp" - if you swim on the lake and look at him, it seems that he is moving.
In 1923 Academician A.E. Fersman, who examined the image of Kuyva, confidently stated that the figure of the giant is of natural origin. In his book, the academician wrote:
"As we saw during our expedition, the dark figure is formed by a combination of lichens, mosses and wet streaks on the rocks."
But strangely, Fersman was in those places a long time ago, and 90 years have passed since then! The rocks are weathered, falling off, but the figure of Kuyva remains.
There are many legends about how the giant ended up on the rock, and here is one of the most curious:
"In ancient times, the giant hunter Kuiva came to the Sami lands. For a long time he inspired fear and horror in the local population. And the people got tired and prayed to the gods, asking for help. The gods heard the prayers of the people and incinerated the giant Kuiva with lightning from the waters of the sacred Seydozero. And since then, the trace of the incinerated Kuyva has remained on a sheer cliff on the shore of Seydozero.
But here's what's interesting, ancient Greek mythology mentions the legend of the giant hunter Orion, who went to Hyperborea for brides, and was incinerated by lightning arrows of the goddess Artemis, because he offended the Hyperborean maiden.
Isn't it true that the legend of the giant hunter Kuiva is very similar to ancient Greek legend about the giant hunter Orion? And the ancient drawing of the constellation Orion by the Muslim astronomer Al-Zufi is almost identical to the image of Kuyva. And here's another interesting fact, many researchers suggest that the mythical northern country Hyperborea could be located nowhere else but on the Kola Peninsula!
- Another unusual prehistoric monument that is found on the territory of Russia - in Karelia and on the Kola Peninsula, as well as in Scandinavia, is called seids.
Seids are stone structures of natural and man-made origin ranging in size from tens of centimeters to six meters in diameter, weighing from tens of kilograms to tens of tons.
Stone seids occur singly, but are often grouped into large clusters, numbering tens and hundreds of objects. So the largest concentration of seids are located on the islands of German and Russian Kuzov, 30 km east of the city of Kem - Karelia. Several hundred accumulations of stones were found here, although single seids are usually found in the places of residence of the Lapp tribes.
The choice of a place for seida is also of interest - as a rule, all of them are located in geologically active points, in the obligatory proximity to any reservoir.
In some places of the Kola Peninsula, seids are a kind of beacons indicating an unknown path - if you go from seid to seid, then each opens a view of the next.
But the main canon of seid is its instability - partially raised boulders or placed in an unstable position at an angle of up to 45 degrees. And as a rule, three "stone legs" serve as a stand for boulders.
Scientists have not come to a consensus on the appointment of seids.
1. Some consider them household gods, patronizing either the family or the person.
- There are versions that the seids were the patrons of the clan, giving fishing happiness to the sacrificer, in this case, structures similar to animals are the patrons of crafts, and those of a person served to worship ancestors
3. Another possible purpose of seids is to serve as road signs and demarcation "border signs".
4. There are also versions about the magical purpose of buildings.
3) The culture of labyrinths also originates in the North. It was from here that they spread to all continents.
Mysterious and expressive objects - labyrinths - are often called the legendary "Northern Babylons". These are complex spiral layouts of stones and peat, creating paths leading to the center of the structure, which has a diameter of 5 to 30 m.
And despite the fact that the design is called a "labyrinth", the creators of the "Babylons" did not leave exits in it.
Labyrinth configurations are different from each other. Their shape can be horseshoe-shaped, round-spiral, kidney-shaped and concentrically circular. The "classical type" includes horseshoe-shaped labyrinths. It is these labyrinths, as well as concentrically circular and kidney-shaped, that can most often be found on the Kola Peninsula. The age of the labyrinths dates back to the 2nd - 1st millennium BC.
Labyrinths are located on the islands and shores of the Bely, Barents and Baltic Seas, and also found in the continental regions of Southern Finland. More than 600 such structures have been discovered in northern Europe. Only it is not known when and what people left them and what their exact purpose is. Here are some versions:
- Fishing trap models
- Altars, giant altars. Entrances to the underworld
- A place of purification and redemption
- Monument of historical events
- Ancient symbol of Peace
- Calendar - 360 stones
- Model of our solar system
- Projection of the wandering Sun across the polar sky
- Movement of the planets across the sky
The Kola Peninsula is located in the Murmansk region, washed by the Barents Sea. A human foot rarely sets foot here, and therefore nature retains its original appearance. The endless sky stretches over the expanses of the peninsula to the distant horizon, silence reigns here, as it has been since the creation of the Earth. In order to get to the end of the world, where there is not a single settlement for hundreds of kilometers around, it is worth going to the Kola Peninsula.
Despite its remoteness and almost deserted, the Kola Peninsula is still useful to mankind - metallurgy is developing here, but fishing came here only in the 20th century. Until that moment, the governor of the region, the Marquis de Traverse, forbade the construction of whaling and fishing companies on the territory of the peninsula, although everything was moving towards this. The landscape of the Kola Peninsula, in addition to the sea, is indented water surface- there are 105,593 lakes and about 30,000 rivers and streams.
Until now, this place does not give people peace, because around the desert mysterious forests and the forest has already grown a lot of myths and gossip. If we talk about gossip, then there are hundreds of them on the Internet. Why atomic charges were blown up on Kuelpor and Angvundaschorrey What are these strange concrete circles near Liinazamar Why were the labyrinths built, and who were the first settlers of the peninsula Alas, none of these questions has yet received an answer.
As for the legends, for so many years there have been many myths about the peninsula, the authorship of most of which is attributed to the Saami and Pomors who lived on the Kola coast. Queues from expeditions do not end here, and the paths trodden by scientists do not overgrow. Here they are looking for Bigfoot, Hyperborea, aliens and the remains of meteorites.
The most fascinating facts from the history of the Kola Peninsula concern the Sami sorcerers famous throughout Europe. In the Middle Ages, shamans from Lapland excited the imagination of travelers, frightened the Vikings and aroused the interest of rulers. There was a sorcerer in every family, and not even one. The whole secret is that the males did not perceive magic as a gift from above, but rather as a skill that can be learned from relatives or peeped from neighbors.
On the territory of the Kola Peninsula, you can find ancient labyrinths, the purpose of which is still unknown. On a rock near the banks of Seydozero, you can find a stone image of a human figure 74 meters high. They say that this is the petrified body of the bloodthirsty giant Kuiva. Among the hard-to-reach swamps you can find ancient pyramids mysterious origin. And all over the peninsula, here and there, huge lonely boulders - seids - are scattered, which once served shamans for the exchange of energy.
Miracles are miracles, and one of the most unusual phenomena for an ordinary tourist on the Kola Peninsula is that this place lives in the regime of polar day and polar night, which last approximately 2 months each. Proximity to the magnetic belt causes another natural wonder, which gives travelers the Kola Peninsula - the northern lights.
Everything that cannot be explained scientifically raises a lot of questions in a person. Among the objects that baffled many researchers is Seidozero. Located on the Kola Peninsula, it attracts tourists and lovers of the unknown like a magnet. Which, in the end result, gives rise to even more speculation and legends.
The lake is a place with a special climate
Seydozero is one of the components of Seidyavvr (Seydyavr), that is, the state natural complex reserve of regional significance in the Murmansk region, on the Kola Peninsula. The lake itself is small, its length is about 8 km, the width in different places reaches from 1.5 to 2.5 km. Height above sea level - 189 km.
The places belong to the tundra zone, but the lake itself and the surrounding areas have a special microclimate due to the adjoining mountains. Due to this, rare species of animals retain their population here, and there are conditions for the survival of plants that are not typical for the polar latitudes. Seidozero also has a very high level of stocking.
Beautiful photo collage about the lake
Legends surrounding the lake
Legend of Kuyva
Kuiva is a mythological giant from the Sami legends, depicted on a rock bas-relief, which resembles a human figure in motion. Its height is about 75 m, so the outlines of Kuyva are clearly visible from afar, especially in winter.
The legend of Kuiva is retold by the local Sami people. It tells about the giant Kuyva, who tried to kill the ancestors of the Sami in the Seydozero valley. Kuiva prevailed in the fight and then the Sami called on their gods to protect them. The gods were angry with the giant and turned into an image on a rock.
Today, Kuiva is considered one of the main seids in Sami culture as the place where the giant rested. The locals are afraid of Kuivu and try not to go near without special need, especially for women, so that nothing is turned to stone inside.
Modern research has shown that Kuiva may have a natural origin associated with the colonization of mosses and lichens characteristic of the tundra. But science does not undertake to completely refute the legendary origin of Kuiva.
Seid legends
The name Seydozero comes from the Sami "seid", which means sacred. Seids are called stones, stumps, lakes and other remarkable places, which mean "inaccessible afterlife paradise".
The most common seids are pointed pyramids or rocky blocks on "stone legs". On the territory of Russia, they can be found on the Kola Peninsula or in Karelia. It has been proven that some of them are of modern origin and created by local residents in order to attract tourists. What cannot be said about seids with a thousand-year history near Seydozero.
It is believed that each of them had its own legend. In general, the Saami seids were divided into 2 types: personal and public. The first tried to hide from prying eyes, others were placed on elevations so that it could be seen from afar.
The Saami visited public seidas with a certain frequency and almost always made a sacrifice to them. As evidenced by the remains of skulls and antlers of deer.
Legend of the underground city
The existence of an underground city on Seydozero is associated with the Hyperborean civilization. Many believe that it has not disappeared anywhere, but continues to exist off the coast of Seydozero or at its bottom. According to another hypothesis, in the ancient underground city inhabited by Sami shamans.
As a result of many scientific expeditions, it was possible to collect some facts that indirectly indicate the possible existence of underground cities near Seidozero. So, in the 90s of the last century, scientists found rock inscriptions, ruins of stone structures and rectangular slabs with even holes.
Also near the lake, the researchers found fragments of a wall that could be a protective structure and a well with a foundation. All these terrestrial finds are unlikely to be of natural origin.
Underground cities of Hyperborea
Scientists did not give up hope to find evidence of the existence of the city at the bottom of the lake. As a result of his survey in the early 2000s, he managed to find some wells 70 cm wide, which went downhill. In-depth research prevented a large number of silt.
As a result of the survey of the valley near the lake, the instruments recorded a certain void, which began after 9 m of soil. The lower limit of the conditional cave was not recorded by sonars and echo sounders.
From a scientific point of view, there cannot be such objects in this area, but nevertheless, the evidence found is not enough to confirm the hypothesis of the existence of underground cities.
Mysterious cave Barchenko
Alexander Barchenko is considered a great explorer of Seydozero. It was he who first organized a scientific expedition to this area. In his memoirs, he shared that the locals dissuaded them from going along the intended route. But Barchenko was a fanatical researcher, and continued his work on finding traces of Hyperborea.
As a result of the survey, the following were discovered: the Kuiva rock, a stone paved road, and stone pyramids. The expedition members eventually became friends with the local Sami and they led them to the very mysterious place. In appearance, it resembled a column in the form of a candle; a mysterious stone lay nearby. There was also a passage to the cave, but no one dared to get inside. Panic seized all the members of the expedition, and they simply took pictures near the manhole.
Some researchers believe that Barchenko was close to unraveling the existence ancient civilization, but the Soviet authorities sentenced him to death and most of the knowledge was lost.
Legend of Mogilny Island and the Goddess of Waters
Mogilny Island is the largest on the territory of Seydozero. This place is considered forbidden for the Sami. Shamans performed rituals on it, so the island is full of traces of sacrifice.
The legend says that at times the island begins to move and is ruled by the beautiful Goddess of the waters. She seduces men and drowns Seydozero in water.
The Legend of the Local Bigfoot
The Saami believe that a certain forest spirit Myets-Vuinas lives in the areas near Seydozero. He does no harm to those who do not make noise and disturb sacred places. But troublemakers can be prevented from getting out of the territory.
Vasily Galkin, one of the employees of the Tundra reindeer herding state farm, recalled how local residents forbade children to make noise in the evening so as not to disturb the forest spirit.
Other tourists remember how they suddenly lost their way and walked for hours in the same place. All these phenomena are associated precisely with the anger of Bigfoot.
There are suggestions that the Kola Peninsula was once inhabited by the Hyperboreans. It is with the activities of this mythical people that some of the main legends about Seydozero are connected.
Hyperborea - a northern country from ancient Greek mythology
Hyperborea is mentioned in the works of antiquity as a marginal country near polar circle. Some authors believed that it was located in Greenland, others - on the territory of modern Karelia, but most localized it on the Kola Peninsula near Seydozero.
Video story about the mysterious Hyperborea from ethnologist and candidate of historical sciences Svetlana Zharnikova
Hyperborea was sung as rich and beloved by the gods, and the inhabitants were considered close to Apollo himself. He, according to the legend of myths, often visited the country. The Hyperboreans, like their patron, had high talents for art, sang well, danced and led a carefree, rich life. Death for the Hyperboreans was a relief from satiation with pleasures.
The Greeks believed that the best assistants and patrons of Apollo - Abaris and Aristaeus - came from Hyperborea. They also taught the ancient Greeks the cultural values of their people and possessed super strength.
The fact that Hyperborea, or rather some of its descriptions, is a creative fiction can be found out from some of the mentions of the sages. So, in " natural history» The ancient Roman scientist Pliny the Elder mentions the country as a place with sunny and friendly weather, rich vegetation and fertile soil.
The thinker Timagen in his works mentioned Hyperborea as a country where it rains in the form of copper drops. The locals collected them and used them as coins.
Lucian from Samosata, who became famous as a satirist and public figure, in his writings made a comparison of the way of Hyperborea and Ancient Greece. At the same time, he endowed the Hyperboreans with superpowers, for example, the ability to fly or summon the spirits of the dead.
All of the above references to Hyperborea are considered by modern historians as an attempt by the ancient peoples to describe something unprecedented, which in this case are the outskirts of the continents.
Seydozero is a place where legends and scientific facts stand exactly on the scales. A place where tourists go not just for new experiences, but for the search for a philosophy of life that is stored in the waters of the lake and its surroundings. You can’t immediately understand the depths of Seydozero, but you can fall in love with the mystery and rich world of either the mythical Hyperboreans or the original Sami at first sight!
Where is it located and how to get from Moscow or St. Petersburg
The lake is located in the Murmansk region, on the Kola Peninsula.
- Plane or train. By plane you can get to Murmansk or by train to Olenegorsk. Next by bus or ride.
- Bus. Regular buses run from Murmansk and Olenegorsk to the villages of Revda and Lovozero 2 times a day. Also, there is a regular bus service between these two villages 3 times a day in both directions. Further only on foot or by boat.
- On foot or by boat. From the village of Lovozero by boat on the lake of the same name, then 1 km on foot along the tundra. You can walk from the village of Lovozero directly along the tundra - about 25 km. Someone prefers to go from Revda - on foot, the path is a little shorter than from the village of Lovozero. From Revda to the lake used to run Railway, now it is destroyed.
- Local transfer. If you are staying at the Yulinskaya Salma camp site (located in the central part of Lovozero, on east coast), then they organize a transfer from the village of Lovozero, in winter and summer.
What the village of Revda looks like (in the first part of the video)
Video about how the locals live - the Sami
