Epic epic is considered by many to be fiction, comparinghim with tales. However, the epic, that is true, is significantly different from the folk fantasy. Of course, the events described in the legends are much exaggerated. But scientists find evidence that they took place in real life. For example, in the caves of the Kiev Lavra rests a cancer with the incorruptible relics of Ilya Muromets, who lived during the reign of Prince Vladimir the Red Sun. At the same time, Svyatogor also lived - the hero, who repeatedly met with the winner of the Nightingale the Robber.
Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich -This is the most famous trio of ancient Russian epic knights, the prototypes of which, by the way, were real people. But the tales tell of another person, no less revered. This is the hero Svjatogor, whose biography is known mainly from epics. What it was was not known for certain. Indeed, at the time when Svyatogor the hero lived, there were neither cameras nor television. According to legends, he was a real giant: he could easily put another knight in his pocket and even with a horse! He also carried a casket with his beautiful wife. Bylinas tell how the hero of our story met with Murom, how they became sister cities, how Svyatogor got married (the moral is this: you can't escape fate) and how you punished an unfaithful spouse.
According to the epic, the hero lived on high Saints.mountains (hence his nickname), and in cities and villages of Russia did not visit. Why? The Russian bogatyr Svyatogor was above the forest, his head was reaching the clouds. When he was going on his way, the world shook, the rivers poured out from the banks, the forests waved. With difficulty, Mother of Cheese held him up. Therefore, probably, he so rarely left his home and went to the people. His strength was very great, and she also came every day. But this was his curse, his torment: there was no other such knight who could be compared with the bogatyr by force. Therefore, he did not know where to put her, and in the end she killed him. One can definitely say that Svyatogor is a supernatural being, therefore, it is doomed to death in advance. Confirmation of this is a coffin found by him in an open field, which took the body of the hero and stopped his ordeal.
According to one of the versions, Svyatogor the hero isa descendant of the Lemurians, the giants who previously inhabited our planet. Perhaps the last of its kind, and therefore kept away from the human race, while treating it very friendly, although he did not understand it. However, such a judgment remains only a hypothesis - without confirmation and refutation.
But some researchers believe that they foundthe last shelter of the hero. The boyar barrow Gulbische near Chernigov also belongs to the period of the war between the inhabitants of Russia and the Pechenegs. The person buried in it (Svyatogor the bogatyr?), Although he did not belong to the princely family, was still very famous and important, as evidenced by the objects in the burial. The weapons and belongings of the deceased are of impressive size. Perhaps, here lies the historical prototype of the glorious epic knight? It is worth noting that the location of the mound also suggests an idea of the truth of the epic. Gulbische is located on the Boldin Mountains, not far from the Holy Grove. Weren't these rocks home to Svir?
Whatever the case, it can be assumed that a man of tremendous growth and great power, so vividly described in the Slavic epic, really walked through Russian soil and did good.
