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greattenchim
are their any legends of monsters in russia?

if so what are they?

p.s. anyone heard of the queen of spades? i think it like children storie that parents in russia to scare their kids like the booogie man!
_Nyx_


Koshchei
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In Russian mythology, especially in the Caucasus region, Koshchei is an evil spirit with a terrible appearance, menacing principally young women. Koschei's other name is Koschei-Immortal, the reason for which is the fact that his death is saved separately in a needle, that is in an egg, that is in a box, that is on the big tree. Koschei will die the day the needle is broken.


Domovoi: while shareing the same job and name as the slavic Domovoi "house guarding spirits" the simularities stop there. The Russian Domovoi looks like a bald old man that is very skinny. This house spirit is very kind and protective but has the spirit equivilent of bi-polar disorder as slight infractions in its rules can turn it pyschotic "even homocidal" in fact their is a story about a woman whose Domovoi would braid her hair each night and told her if she ever undid his braid he would kill her. and in fact one night she undid the braid and the Domovoi killed her. She was found strangled to death by a fresh braid in her hair.

Kikimora: the female counterparts of the Domovoi in Russia. They are rarely seen but are said to be very short with long hair.
DJ_Quinn
One of the worst monsters of all time was a Georgian by the name of Joseph Stalin.
nativechick1989
QUOTE(DJ_Quinn @ May 20 2005, 02:01 AM)
One of the worst monsters of all time was a Georgian by the name of Joseph Stalin.
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openmind1963
there is a legend of a wildman in siberia,similar to bigfoot.there is also the legend of the mighty godbear of kamchackua.it's allegedly big as two horses,and can run as fast as a deer.
aquatus1
Let's not forget Baba Yaga, the witch-spirit of the forest, with an appetite for the tots, and a house that ran around on chicken legs.
N-droe
Are you talking monsters or cryptids?

If you mean cryptids, Russia has a lot of them:

- Zana (Hominid)
- Bergman's Bear

There are a few lake 'monsters'
- Lake Brosno
- Lake Khaiyr
- Lake Labynkr

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HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS: The "Sister" species of Homo sapiens and it's two accepted subspecies.  Slightly shorter on average, more robust in build, "Barrel chested," stronger musculature, thicker boned with slightly more pronounced eyeridges and a receded chin.  These humans were for all intents and purposes the intellectual equals of their Homo sapiens "Cro-magnon" cousins, us modern humans.  Some forensic anthropologists believe that their verbal language abilities may have been lessened by the physical construction of their glottal (Voicebox) structures in their throats.  Further, recent hypothesies have been profered that to compensate, the neanderthal language may have used more hand gestures and signing as do modern persons who are def.  Another intriguing hypothesis suggests that they may have had advanced psychic abilities, such as what the American military and intel agencies have labeled as "Anomalous intuition" and "Remote viewing."  Special talents that have perhaps become more latent and recessive in the "Fast talking" Homo sapiens sapiens cultures.  Legends from Russia, Afganistan, and the surrounding countries suggest that a lost tribe or two might still exist in the Pamir Mountains.  Of further interest, Neanderthal characteristics can still be observed in the island tribes of New Guinea.  In Europe, the last undiluted stocks of neanderthals may have been the Picts of northern Scotland.  The Pictish warriors were legendary fighters who won the respect of the ancient Britons, the Celts and the Saxon peoples who invaded, conquered and intermarried to become the peoples of the modern United kingdom.  The Picts were said to fight to the last man, and since the women (Who were described as extraordinarily ugly--Thus suggesting a separate species or subspecies) fought with the ferocity of naked wild animals, beside their men; at last genocide was the only remedy for containing them.  What was begun by the Celts was completed by the Saxons and early Scot settlers:  The killing of every last Pictish man, woman, and child.  In the opposite extreme, Neanderthals were said to peacefully coexist with modern humans for over 120,000 years in the valleys of prehistoric Israel and Lebanon.  No significant evidence of protracted conflict or warfare has ever been found in any of the modern archeological digs.

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There is much more if you just look hard enough. These were the easy ones to find.
openmind1963
if i see a bear as big as a horse running at me like a stud on kentucky derby day,
most likely i'm gonna consider it a monster!i'm sure the damn thing does want to have a budweiser with me,ya know? no.gif
MadEyePixie
QUOTE(DJ_Quinn @ May 20 2005, 04:01 AM)
One of the worst monsters of all time was a Georgian by the name of Joseph Stalin.
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Oh! Burn on Stalin!

Too true, DJ_Quinn.
N-droe
QUOTE(openmind1963 @ May 21 2005, 06:50 PM)
if i see a bear as big as a horse running at me like a stud on kentucky derby day,
most likely i'm gonna consider it a monster!i'm sure the damn thing does want to have a budweiser with me,ya know? no.gif
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It's just an animal. Just because it's big and able to kill you wthout much effort doesn't maken imonster.
It's strange really, we live around true monsters all day (humans) and yet we consider animals as monsters.
XSAS

I think they have a bigfoot called Alma? something to do with a shooting by the Russian army in the early 1900's... they followed some tracks to a cave and then shouted in warning anyone that was in there, after severla warnings they open fired into the cave and out staggered some giant bigfoot type creature.. I may be wrong but I will try and varify this today.
molo
QUOTE(aquatus1 @ May 20 2005, 11:05 PM)
Let's not forget Baba Yaga, the witch-spirit of the forest, with an appetite for the tots, and a house that ran around on chicken legs.
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There is a movie called Jack Frost from 1964 i saw that has a witch who's house is on chicken legs!
OneEye
I was gonna say Baba Yaga, you beat me to it. She rocks.
Lord_Kazius
the baba yaga is the sh**!
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