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legends and myths about reservoirs in Donetsk
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I wrote a little Kievsky Here the rest are clogged by two Vetka ponds, especially the one that is more important, to the north and older. Not so big (the area is 3.5 hectares), it is remarkable for its experience: it can be traced on the maps of the city from pre-war times. Vetka ponds are arranged in upstream the Skomoroshina River, known to everyone under the name Bakhmutka (however, we don’t know anything under this name!). Further along Skomoroshina we can find the most interesting Black Lapot (according to legend, completely green crayfish are still found in its really dark waters), and even further, already on the way to Panfilov Avenue, another reservoir was formed a couple of years ago. The reason for its appearance is discussed, it is not put on the cards (apparently, in the hope that it will disappear in the same way as it appeared). People are starting to call it the “Fourth City”. Another chain of rates has been created in the north of the district. The most decent of them adorns the Putilov Park and is sometimes called New. A rare case for Donetsk: it was created without any technological need, solely for the recreation of workers. Further, near the village of Butovka, in the canopy of two waste heaps, you can see two more rates. Everything is fine with them: their origin is typical, mine. This whole system is provided by the modest river Vodyana, which flows into Kalmius north of Shcheglovka (both the place of confluence and Kalmius itself still needs to be searched in those parts). Well, there is one miracle on the territory of the Kievsky district, one invisible river near the village of Gladkovka and 5 -th area. According to science, it is called Dolgaya, in fact, there are three streams that are known locally - as the First, Second and Third. On the latter, through the efforts of the Felix Kohn mine, two ponds were arranged in due time, the state of which is ... So-so state, let's say. Nearby, east of Gladkovka, along the Kalmius, there is another pond. It was arranged by the Zasyadko mine. Every Gladkovets rested on its shores at least once, not particularly paying attention to the fact that in some seasons its shores are covered with a shiny black liquid (from which, they say, the inhabitants of the opposite Pastukhovka easily extract coal by evaporation).
Rivers and lakes - sources fresh water, so necessary for mankind, sources of inspiration. Watching beauty surrounding nature, people composed legends about her, for example, such:
There is a legend in Altai about how a young girl turned into a river.
In ancient times, when there was no life from the khans in Altai ordinary people, they fled to the mountains in whole communities, where they did not have to pay dues to the khan.
There is a legend about how the Ob River was formed from great love that overcame all obstacles. The daughter of the almighty khan fell in love with the poor shepherd and rejected all other suitors.
The locals have created a very beautiful legend about how Lake Svityaz was formed.
The human environment is filled different types energies that are very little explored. But every person own experience can say that being near water bodies is very useful. The energy of water cleanses from negativity, calms nerves and gives a person vitality.
I want to give you a legend about a river located in the Urals - this river is called Karaidel. In translation, the name of this river means black, there are legends about this
And here is one of the legends:
And here is the legend that tells about such a lake as Elkysynkhan-Kul
6th place
In sixth place in our rating is the "Ancient Bashkir legend about the origin of Lake Turgoyak." The legend tells that once upon a time a saint lived among the Bashkirs. Fahrislam. He knew and understood that "there is no peace on earth, there is no happiness." Fakhrislam was saddened by this, but he could not do anything with the people: in anger he struck the ground with his staff, and a deep pit appeared. Later, climbing the mountain, in order to look ahead, he saw the holy Russians walking with death, Fakhrislam wept, and his tears became a holy lake with the name Turgoyak.
5th place
In the legend Blue Lake Semigora" says that the owner of the Ilmensky mountains Semigora It was an unusual mirror. That mirror showed "everything that is done on earth, on water and in the air." The rich Semigor was envied by the old woman Yurma, who lived nearby in a boring urman. The old woman decided to take possession of the mirror of Semigor, but she herself could not pull the mirror out of the rock, and the evil spirits refused to help, because she was afraid of the owner of the Ilmensky mountains. Out of anger, the old woman broke the mirror, and each piece became a lake. Out of anger, Yurma began to throw clods of earth into the nearest lake, and where the earth fell, islands grew. But the evil was punished - Semigor turned the old Yurma into stone.
Later, a man climbed the mountain and said, seeing a lake with islands: “A motley lake, Chebar-Kul!” That's how it's been since then picturesque lake with many islands is called Chebarkul.
4th place
The fourth place legend tells another story about at least popular lake Inyshko. So, "Inyshko-lake" ...
The times of Emelyan Pugachev, who came to the defense of the "poor forced people". The people quit their jobs in the factories and went to Pugachev in the detachments. Pugachev came with his army to Southern Urals, and it is located on the shore of Lake Inyshko. The Ural breeders were afraid that Yemelyan would lure their workers to him, and they decided to pay him off. The breeders collected two barrels of gold, and through a messenger they transferred wealth to Emelyan. He, in turn, gave the command to his camp to transport the barrels to the lake, and with the words “It’s not gold, brothers, but the tears of the people,” Yemelyan threw the barrels into the lake.
Since that time, as the legend says, the lake has become higher. People have tried to find the treasure more than once, but only there is no gold, it dissolved in water, because these were the tears of the people.
By the way, there is another legend about the name of the lake - "Pugachevsky Treasure". The legend says that Pugachev once asked his friend Inysh for advice on what to do with honestly earned human gold. Inysh suggested to his friend that there was a deep lake nearby, where human goodness could be buried. They found a lake, hid a treasure in it, and since then the lake has been called Inyshka.
3rd place
"Stop-foot" is one of the most famous legends about the lake. Turgoyak. It is said that a detachment of the Pugachevites went after the Kundravs under the leadership of a Bashkir guide. The detachment walked for a very long time, until the pine trees parted before the people and the lake flashed ahead. Then the Bashkir guide stopped and exclaimed: “Turgo-yak!” (which in translation means "Stop, leg!").
2nd place
Second place should be given to one of the most popular legends - "The Legend of the River Miass».
Pugachev sent Russian and Bashkir intelligence. Scouts stumbled upon an unfamiliar river. Upon his return, Emelyan Pugachev asked them for a name and, realizing that the river had no name, he suggested an alternative name.
"Who saw the river first?" Pugachev asked. “Mi,” said the Bashkir. “Az,” the Russian objected.
So they named the river in honor of both scouts - Miass.
1 place
In the first place we placed the most famous and beautiful legend about the lake Turgoyak- "Brother of Baikal". It tells that a beautiful young man named Tur once lived on the shores of Lake Baikal. He once went on a journey around the world. Returning home, in one of the gorges met Tur beautiful girl. Goyak, that was the name of the beautiful stranger, told Tur that she had been cursed by an evil sorceress, that she had taken away her eyesight, and the curse could be removed only by washing herself with water as clean as a tear. Tur knew that there was such water in his native Baikal, he hurried home. Brought water to the girl in the palms. “The girl washed herself with water. And the tears dried up, the eyes began to see. The sadness is gone. Again Gojak was healthy. Her laughter resounded in the mountains.
Tur and Goyak stayed together forever, and in the place where the girl washed herself, a lake formed, which was called Turgoyak, the younger brother of Baikal.
What secrets does the mysterious reservoir hide?
There are many places in Russia that fascinate not only with their beauty, but also with mystery. These include Lake Ilmen, which attracts thousands of admirers of everything mysterious and inexplicable. What are the legends about the lake?
Ilmen is a lake located in Novgorod region, not far from the borders with Pskovskaya and Tverskaya. This reservoir is unique in nature, it has the largest water level difference in Russia during a flood - about 7 meters. When the lake floods in spring, its surface area almost doubles. At the same time, the reservoir itself cannot be called small - its dimensions at an average water level are 47 kilometers long and 38 kilometers wide.
Ilmen is one of those lakes about which there are a lot of legends and myths. We will talk about the most famous of them further.
Legends about the origin of the name of Lake Ilmen
There is still no unequivocal answer about how the name of Lake Ilmen appeared. According to one version, it is rooted in the Finno-Ugric languages, where Ilmeri means "sky" or "heavenly forces". According to another point of view, the lake got its name in honor of the sister of the Scythian princes Sloven and Rus Ilmera. Another version correlates the name "Ilmen" with the name "Eliya", which, as you know, means "the power of God."
There are more prosaic versions of the appearance of the name Ilmen - among some peoples of our country, this word was used to call any lake formed by blurring a river. Some associate the name of the reservoir with the word "silt" - they say, the muddy bottom gave the name to the lake.
Legend of Slovene and Rus
We have already said above that according to one of the versions, the name of Lake Ilmen is associated with the legend of the princes Slovenia and Ruse. So what is it?
The legend about Slovenia and Rus is contained in the Joachim Chronicle. According to him, two millennia BC, the princes with their families left their native lands, located on the Black Sea coast. For about 14 years, people wandered the earth, and eventually came to the shores big lake where they decided to stay forever. The lake was named after the beloved sister of Sloven and Rus - Ilmera. By the way, she was especially revered in these places, it is known that our ancestors often named ships in her honor.
Having settled in a new place, the princes founded the city - Slovensk, on the site of which stands today Velikiy Novgorod, as well as Rusa, which today is called Staraya Rusa.
The legend of two brothers: Ilmen and Seliger
One of the most beautiful legends Lake Ilmen is connected with another famous reservoir - Lake Seliger. According to her, a long time ago there lived two brothers who fell in love with one girl named Volga. The heart of the beauty made its choice in favor of one - Seliger. The second brother - Ilmen - was very upset and decided to leave his native land forever. Gathered at night and decided to take a last look at his sleeping brother. Jealousy overshadowed Ilmen's mind, and in his hearts he cursed native person, wishing him to become crooked and acquire a hundred humps.
Ilmen left home and did not see that his curse had come true, and his brother became a hunchback. But his heart felt that not everything was in order at home. And then one day Ilmen had a dream in which he saw his brother lying helplessly and unable to rise from the ground. Waking up, the young man exclaimed: “Since my brother suffered because of me, I will not rise from this place either!” And so two great lakes appeared: Seliger with a hundred hump-islands and Ilmen. And the Volga turned out to be a windy beauty, and after crying a little about the groom and his jealous brother, she went to the Caspian Sea.
Legend of Sadko
On the shores of Lake Ilmen, a legend about Sadko, known to all of us from childhood, takes place. According to her, an ordinary Novgorod gusler once sat on the shore and played a cheerful melody. Suddenly, the sea king himself appeared from the abyss of water, who liked the music. He decided to reward the talented young man and ordered him to go to the market and bet with the merchants that he could catch three fish with amber eyes and fiery feathers from Ilmen. Sadko fulfilled the order of the sea king and surprised the merchants who laughed at him by actually catching amazing fish from the water. Having won the dispute with the help of Bishop Ilmen, the ordinary gusler became a successful merchant.
Ilmen is not only a mysterious, but also a very picturesque lake. In addition, it is a very important place from a historical point of view: there is a mention of Ilmen in the "Povet of Bygone Years" and other important sources, shipping flourished here for many centuries and important military battles took place. Therefore, regardless of whether you believe in legends and legends, it is worth seeing this famous reservoir with your own eyes.
