Snake Gorynych is the character of many fairy tales and epics, Dobrynya Nikitich and other Russian heroes fought with him. This dragon drove friendship with Koshchei and Baba Yaga. Although scientists believe that such beings lived together with man, as evidenced by ancient drawings, but most importantly - repteloids and today continue to dwell among earthlings!
Snake Gorynych - who is this?
As the dictionaries explain, Snake Gorynych is a fire-breathing dragon having several heads, the personification of Evil in the Slavic byliny. Slovaks, Czechs and Poles called it Zmok, Ukrainians - Serpent, Croats - Zmai. And also - Gorynich, Gorynchat and Gorynchishche. Researchers argue: Who was he: the dragon or the serpent? The dragon has paws and wings, and snakes do not, and in the pictures of Gorynych there are paws and wings in stock. Therefore, the main version: a strong monster with the brain of a snake and the body of a dragon.
Where does Snake Gorynych live?
In legends it is mentioned that the terrible Snake Gorynych lives near the fiery river, guarding the Kalinov Bridge, leading to the world of the dead. Where he dominates, the grass does not grow and the birds do not sing. According to the versions of other tales, the Serpent inhabits the golden chambers. If you consider all the variants of folklore, there are 3 habitats:
- In the water, on a rock in the sea.
- Near the entrance to the kingdom of the dead.
- On a mountain or in a cave.
In favor of the last statement and "patronymic" Snake - Gorynych. In one of the tales, the Glass Mountain is mentioned, the researchers suggest that the rock sand melted from the serpent's fire turned into glass, on which it was impossible to scramble. There is also a hypothesis that in some languages the words "mountain" and "forest" do not differ. So "Gorynych" can mean "forest". Although in no one of the fairy tales the Serpent does not appear from the forest.
What does Snake Gorynych look like?
The most common version: Snake Gorynych about three heads, but is mentioned in the legends and 5, and 6, and 7, and 9, and even 12 goals. This is the main feature of the monster, the body descriptions are less precise. It is mentioned that he can fly, but there are wings - it is not said. On the popular prints Gorynych was portrayed with:
- the body of a snake;
- long spiked tail;
- clawed paws;
- the mouth that belches fire.
A similar monster is Snake Gorynych with Kadykina Mountain - a huge statue, installed in the park "Kudykina Mountain", near the village of Kamenka near Lipetsk. A dragon's photo of three heads flew around the world, collecting more than a million likes and 6,500 comments. And also provided the park a huge popularity, having entered the series of the best pictures of Instagram.
Snake Gorynych - Mythology
In the myths of the wicked Serpent, Gorynych is depicted as the personification of the universal Evil, scientists suggest that it may be an ancient name or the name of a being, which later became known as a name and patronymic. There is still a version, supposedly so called the terrible invader, who burned the city, collecting, as the tales say, a tribute from many kings and princes. This version is supported by the arguments:
- Mnogogolovost is a symbol of the multifaceted nature of Evil.
- Abduction of people is the capture of Rusich in slavery on conquered lands.
- Habitat Snake hides in the "Sorochinsky Mountains", which are allegedly located outside of Russia - a description of another state.
Snake Gorynych in Slavic mythology
Snake Gorynych in the Slavs is described as a guard of the Kalinin Bridge across the Smorodin River, dividing the world of the living and the dead: the reality and the Nav. But much more often there is a mention that this Serpent is a reasonable creature, for fun burns cities and steals beauties. In legends he is friends with evil spirits or keeps it in submission. No wind, and then a terrible storm foreshadows the appearance of a fairy monster. The heroes constantly fight with him and kill him in an honest duel. In some epics, it is mentioned that new snakes have sprung up in place of the severed heads of the Serpent.
The researchers suggest that Gorynych:
- Collective image of the nomads who besieged Rus.
- The personification of the universal Evil.
Snake Gorynych in Ancient Greece
If you carefully read the myths of ancient Greece, it becomes obvious: Serpent Gorynych was noted in those parts, only called him otherwise. In the 12 exploits of Hercules, there is mentioned a terrible monster - the Lernaean hydra. It was described as a snake with 7-9-50 heads, in place of one cut off already appeared 3, and one head had immortality and spitting flame. Analogy with Gorynych obvious, this hydra was struck in battle by Hercules.
There is another version that Snake Gorynych is a reptiloid, a creature that looks like a humanoid and a snake at the same time. Writer Andrei Belyanin puts forward a version, allegedly Gorynych voluntarily turned into a man and fascinated the captives, spent time with them, and then destroyed them. Similar creatures were mentioned in the stories of the ancient Greeks, the founder of Athens, Cecrop, even called half a serpent, half a man.
Scientists suggest that once the reptilians tried to conquer earthlings, but did not succeed. And yet they were able to convey a lot of valuable knowledge to the peoples of India and China, where snakes are still revered especially. Judging by the Bible, secret knowledge gave Adam also a Serpent, but this lesson supposedly did not go on for the time being. It is possible that reptilians still live among us, transforming their appearance, although it is very difficult to prove this. So it is possible that the Serpent Gorynych exists.