Memorial Day of the hero Svyatogor (03/12)

Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich, Alyosha Popovich — Russian heroes, about whom many glorifying epics are composed. Among the heroes of the Russian land, another — giant man, Svyatogor, is known.

Svyatogor is known as the hero of the Russian epic, who performs in some meetings with Ilya Muromets.

Svyatogor in the epic epic was depicted as a huge giant, « above the standing forest». His body was barely carried by his mother, the cheese earth. He did not travel to Holy Rus', but lived on the high Holy Mountains. If Svyatogor set off on the road, then the mother cheese earth shook — forests swayed and rivers overflowed their banks.

The boyar mound Gulbishche dates back to the time of the first clashes with the Pechenegs, in which the noble hero Svyatogor was buried with great honor. His things and weapons were huge — they were one and a half to two times larger than the things of ordinary people.

This Great Hero was vividly described in the Slavic epic, in the epic about Ilya Muromets. There his size and strength are exaggerated, but, according to researchers, such a giant man actually walked the Russian land.

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