The epic epic is considered by many to be fiction, comparing it with fairy tales. However, the epic, that is, the true story, differs significantly from 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 Kyiv Lavra lies a shrine 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 - a 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 heroes, the prototypes of which, by the way, were real people. But the legends tell about another person, no less revered. This is the hero Svyatogor, whose biography is known mainly from epics. What he was - is not known for certain. After all, at the time when Svyatogor the Bogatyr lived, there were no cameras or television. According to legend, he wasa real giant: he could easily put another knight in his pocket, and even with a horse! He also carried with him a chest with his beautiful wife. Epics tell how the hero of our story met with Muromets, how they became brothers, how Svyatogor got married (the moral is this: you can’t escape fate) and how he punished the unfaithful spouse.
According to the epics, the hero lived on the high Holy Mountains (hence his nickname), but did not visit the cities and villages of Russia. Why? The Russian hero Svyatogor was taller than the forest, his head reached the clouds. When he was going on his way, the world shook, the rivers overflowed their banks, the forests swayed. With difficulty, Mother Earth Cheese held him. Therefore, probably, he so rarely left his house and went to the people. His strength was very great, and even arrived from day to day. But this was his curse, his torment: there was no other such knight who could compare with the strength of the hero. Therefore, he did not know where to put her, and in the end she killed him. We can definitely say that Svyatogor is a supernatural being, therefore it is doomed to death in advance. This is confirmed by the coffin he found in an open field, which accepted the body of the hero and stopped his ordeal.
According to one of the versions, Svyatogor the Bogatyr is a descendant of the Lemurians, the giants who used to inhabit our planet. Perhaps the last of his kind, therefore, he kept aloof from the human race, while treating her very friendly, although he did not understand her. However, such a judgment remains only a hypothesis - withoutconfirmations and denials.
But some researchers believe that they have found the last refuge of the hero. The boyar mound Gulbishche 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 nevertheless very noble and important, as evidenced by the objects in the burial. The weapons and belongings of the deceased are of impressive size. Perhaps the historical prototype of the glorious epic knight rests here? It is worth noting that the location of the mound also suggests the veracity of the epics. Gulbishche is located on the Boldin Hills, not far from the Holy Grove. Were these rocks home to Svyatogor?
Be that as it may, it can be assumed that a man of great stature and great strength, so vividly described in the Slavic epic, really walked the Russian land and did good.
