ISSN 2411-0795
ISSN 2411-0795
Keywords: Kalevala, Väinämöinen, Sampsa Pellervoinen, Karelia, Stone Book, giants, Lake Onega, Ilya Muromets, Murom Monastery, Kuzov archipelago, White Sea, Valitov stone
Treshchalina A.V. Traditions and Historical Information about the Heroes of the North. // Theory and History of Art. 2023. N 3/4, p.102–116
The article presents an analysis of some aspects of the activities of the heroes of "Kalevala", the hero Väinämöinen and the "son of the glade" Sampsa Pellervoinen from the standpoint of assessing the plausibility of the events described in this epic. An analogy is drawn between the Karelian runes and Russian legends about Ilya Muromets, based on the identity of the archeological finds at the site of the destroyed Murom Monastery (Lake Onega) and the artifacts of the Volosovskaya and Panfilovskaya sites located in the vicinity of Murom. Materials are considered that testify to the residence of giants in the northwestern Ladoga and White Sea regions.
Historical descriptions of the "Valit Stone" and an analysis of the variants of the origin of the surname "Valit" are given, as well as excerpts from the diaries of Arab historians Akhmer Ibn-Faldan and Abu Hamid Andalusi, who visited Volga Bulgaria in the 11th century.