Golden Baba: where they looked for her and who. Golden woman: the main idol on the territory of Ancient Rus' Golden woman idol
Now the word "sissy" is mostly derogatory, but this was not always the case. And even now this is not everywhere))) In the east, “baba” is a respectful addition to a name, for example, Ali Baba. Come on, East, in other places Babai is “father, grandfather.” Male woman. A stone woman is an idol, a statue, or something heavy, like the woman with whom piles are driven into the ground. Previously, in Slavic, “baba” meant “a woman who gave birth,” and the “Golden Woman” is mentioned in most sources as the goddess of female fertility. From here you can decipher “Golden Baba” as “Golden Idol” or even “Golden Goddess”.
“They pray to the Russian God, and that Russian God made of cast gold sits in a thicket.”
The Golden Baba was drawn on maps by quite ordinary travelers and cartographers, and in the most different places: from Europe to Siberia, from southern steppes to Lukomorye.
In these same places, the Golden Baba was worshiped, and maybe still is. In these same places, treasure hunters hunted for her. Especially on Siberian soil: according to information, it was not just an idol with a golden crown and valuable sacrifices, but made entirely of gold. Therefore, the main searches were carried out beyond the Urals, especially since on various maps the location of the Golden Woman was marked on the Ob River. According to some sources, in the 14th century, part of the Komi peoples, who did not want to be baptized by Muscovy, again took the golden idol to Siberia, to the Ob region. However, we are simply talking about the “Goddess of the North”, and the Vikings were looking for her there.
Already in the 20th century, many novels and film scripts were written specifically dedicated to the search for the Golden Woman in Siberia. It’s just not clear which one it is. Because, according to some information, this is a golden idol, which, under the pressure of Christianity, left Europe further and further to the east and remained behind the Urals. According to others, these are many different statues, from Indian Buddhas to Egyptian goddesses. There are analogies of this idol with the Mistress of the Copper Mountain and even with Baba Yaga, who, by the way, is also a “woman”. A lot of stories can be written about her search, and each will be true in its own way. There are legends about a variety of real cities that, before being captured by their warlike neighbors, hid a golden statue in the ground or caves. So you can look for the Golden Woman - everywhere.
To the question of who was looking for her, the answer is also the same: almost everyone. From Ermak (with the goal of ruling the world), the Vikings, the clergy with the goal of destroying it, and right up to the NKVD expedition in the 1930s. But there is no information about what anyone found.
The Golden Baba today appears only in myths and legends. Presumably, it was she who was the main idol worshiped in ancient times by the peoples of North-Eastern Europe and North-West Siberia.
Myths about the golden idol
The earliest mention of a golden idol is found in the 13th century in the Scandinavian “Saga of Saint Olaf,” part of Snorri Sturluson’s “Earthly Circle.” The saga tells that around 1023, the Norwegian Vikings, led by the famous Thorir the Dog, went on a campaign to Biarmia (Bjarmaland) - that was the name of the legendary state, which spread in the 9th-12th centuries in the region of the Northern Dvina, Vychegda and the upper reaches of the Kama. In Rus' it was called Perm the Great. They managed to secretly penetrate the Bjarm sanctuary - Yomali, guarded by six shamans. There they saw many treasures and a large gilded statue. The idol had a precious chain around its neck and a golden crown decorated with twelve different images on its head. On her lap lay a bowl filled with silver coins mixed with soil. The Vikings took with them as much money and treasure as they could carry. Finally, one of them, Carly, cut off the head of the idol, seduced by the chain. But on the way back, the Vikings were met by the guardians of the sanctuary, and they had to flee, leaving behind all the loot.
We also find information about the cult of worship of the Golden Woman in the Sofia Chronicle for 1398 in connection with the death of Bishop Stefan of Perm. It says that Stephen sowed the faith of Christ on those lands where they had previously worshiped animals, trees, water, fire and... the Golden Woman.
In the 15th century, the Novgorod Ushkuiniki, having visited the Ural lands with goods, brought news of "unknown people in Eastern country, growing small, eating each other and praying to the golden idol".
A lot of legends about the Golden Woman circulate among the Komi, Khanty and Mansi. So, Mansi reindeer herders tell this legend. The golden woman was alive and could walk on her own. When she crossed the Stone Belt, as they used to call Ural Mountains, a local shaman tried to detain her, since she considered herself the local mistress. Then the idol screamed in a terrible voice, and from its screams every living thing for many miles died. The daring shaman fell backward and turned to stone.
The Yakut epic describes a copper statue standing in the middle of impassable swamps. When enemies approached, she allegedly began to make a sound reminiscent of the chirping of many crickets, and also emitted a blue glow into the sky.
The Nenets have a myth that once a year, when the Great Sun appears in the sky, the Solar Woman rises from under the frozen ground, carrying a baby in her womb.
The cult of the “golden goddess” among the Slavs
It seems that the Golden Woman was worshiped in Ancient Rus'. In the pagan legends of the Slavs, the Temple of the Golden Baba is mentioned, located “in the country of Obdorsk, at the mouth of the Obigo River”(probably referring to the Ob River). She was considered the patroness of pregnant women and midwives. Gold, silver and furs were sacrificed to her. Even foreigners came to worship the idol. Researchers of ancient Slavism believe that the Golden Baba was the main one among the Rozhanitsa - goddesses responsible for human destiny.
According to most researchers, we were talking about the Mansi goddess Sorni-ekva, whose name translated means “Golden Woman”. Prince N.S. Trubetskoy, who was engaged in ethnography, believed that this was Kaltash-Ekva, the wife of the supreme Khanty-Mansi god Numi-Tarum, who patronizes all living things and determines the fate of every person.
Where to look for the Golden Woman?
It is assumed that with the advent of Christianity, the pagans began to hide the statue so that it would not be destroyed. Enough detailed information You can read about this in books about Rus' by European travelers of the 16th century. True, information about the location of the sanctuary of the Golden Baba is quite contradictory. For example, M. Mekhovsky in his “Essay on Two Sarmatias” (1517) writes that the idol is located beyond Vyatka "on penetration into Scythia". But S. Herberstein in 1549, A. Guagnini in 1578 and D. Fletcher in 1591 indicate that it is hidden near the mouth of the Ob.
In his notes made during a trip to Russia, the Roman envoy Sigismund Herberstein reports: “They say, or, to put it more accurately, they fable, that the idol of the Golden Old Woman is a statue in the form of an old woman holding her son on her lap, and there again another child is visible, about whom they say that this is her grandson. Moreover, it was as if she had placed some instruments there that produced a constant sound, like trumpets. If this is so, then I believe that it comes from the strong and constant wind blowing on these instruments.".
On one of the maps of the medieval cartographer G. Mercator, published in 1595, near the mouth of the Ob River, a statue is depicted with a child in her arms and the signature “Golden Woman” (Slata baba).
In the Uvat Local History Museum “Legends of the Gray Irtysh”, located in the Tyumen region, you can see an exhibition dedicated to the Golden Woman. The exhibits include the Kungur Chronicle, according to which 400 years ago the idol was in the Demyansky town in the Uvat region, but after the town was captured by the Ermakov Cossacks led by Ataman Bryazga, the statue mysteriously disappeared. In the center of the museum hall there is a reconstruction of the altar with a gilded figure of the goddess, reproduced from the drawings of the chronicler S.U. Remezova.
In 1961, the statue was allegedly discovered in the vicinity of the village of Yuilsk in the upper reaches of the Kazym River, approximately 270 kilometers north of Khanty-Mansiysk. But it turned out to be not gold, but wooden, covered with silver on top. Therefore, there were rumors about a substitution. However, everyone who dealt with the idol died one after another. Although it is clear that the information is completely unverified... Moreover, the “Idol of Yule” soon disappeared.
Where the mysterious Golden Woman is now, if she really exists, is unknown. Maybe the idol is hidden in one of the hidden Ural caves, waiting in the wings...
Golden idol
https://ficbook.net/readfic/2597147
listokklevera (https://ficbook.net/authors/10561)
Betas (editors):
berlina (https://ficbook.net/authors/157167), Slavyanka (https://ficbook.net/authors/184574)
Fandom:
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles (crossover)
Genres:
Slash (yaoi), Romance, Sci-Fi, Action, AU
Size:
Maxi, 99 pages
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Status:
finished
Description:
Jensen has dreamed of adventure since childhood, and when a treasure map fell into his hands, he immediately set out to fulfill his dream, without even knowing what treasure he would find there.
Dedication:
kiraj, thank you for your wonderful submission on my favorite topic. Forgive me, my dear, that this is not the original, but I’m still so involved in this fandom that I can’t imagine other heroes.
Publication on other resources:
This is a complete AU, so people unfamiliar with this fandom can read it as an original, it’s just that the GGs look like the named actors and some facts are taken from their real life, may they forgive me for that.
Warning for Jaredotopes: Jensen is on top most of the time!
Ater Katta, thank you for checking chapters 4-7!))
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Chapter 1
Perhaps the death of Lord Eccles, Earl of Surrey, hit his middle grandson, Jensen, his most beloved and most loving, hardest. In his grandfather, Jensen found real consolation from family problems, which, naturally, did not lie in plain sight, but were felt by him from an early age in the coldness of his father and the busyness of his mother. Jensen didn’t have much of a close relationship with his older brother, and his younger sister generally seemed like an alien with her girly quirks like dolls and dresses; they have grown, but even after a few years the priorities have not changed much. Now the sister was chatting not about dolls, but about boys, and the brother - already too serious - became even more serious and boring and became more and more deeply involved in the family business, coached by his father.
Therefore, it was quite natural that Jensen spent his entire childhood in his grandfather’s castle in Surrey, and since his parents did not want to accompany him there, and his grandfather thought that a child of four years old did not have enough just a nanny and a driver, they hired sixteen-year-old Henry Audley, son of cooks So Jensen got a personal valet, which even his father didn’t have; after all, they don’t live in the nineteenth century. No, there were plenty of servants in the house, but the valet was something completely different, it was like a living magic wand.
Looking back on his childhood years, Jensen was surprised to note how Henry immediately blended into his surroundings, an invisible shadow, and more often a visible one, being present nearby. Instead of, like all teenagers, striving to communicate with peers, he gave all his attention and time to little Jensen, playing with him, walking, entertaining him as best he could, helping him get dressed and even putting him to bed, only instead of fairy tales, telling exciting stories about his great-grandfather, also a valet, Jeeves. And only at the age of eleven, having stumbled upon a series of books by Wodehouse in the library about the adventures of a young English aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, Jensen understood where Henry got his “true” stories from. He was very far from Jeeves; Henry was not distinguished by his intelligence or erudition, but in his devotion to Jensen he could give odds even to the entire royal guard guarding Queen Elizabeth.
At home, his grandfather taught him everything that could be useful, in his opinion, to his grandson, who came from an eminent, aristocratic family. He hired the best teachers in a variety of subjects, including horse riding, fencing and boxing. Jensen studied, rode with his grandfather across the heather-filled moors and hills, and read. He simply read books by Louis Boussenard and Henry Haggard, sitting in the library in the evenings or on stormy days; Allan Quartermain, a gentleman, hunter and lover of adventure, became his favorite character. Jensen imagined himself on the Dark Continent in search of treasure.
One fine day, the first day of spring, to be more precise, the grandfather ordered their horses to be saddled and, with a somewhat mysterious expression that was unexpected to see on his usually imperturbable face, offered to go for a ride. They galloped to the border of their grandfather's lands - a small river, the opposite bank of which was covered with a narrow but long forest. With surprise, Jensen watched as his grandfather led his horse into the water and walked along the ford to the other side. Jensen also silently followed him, wondering how his grandfather could even know that there was a ford here. Along the only paths he knew, he led Jensen through the forest, and they came out into an open space with a small castle standing on it, about five hundred yards from the forest, the existence of which Jensen did not even know.
Having galloped in a race to the yard lined with gray stone, they dismounted, handing over the reins to the running groom, their own groom, who, it is not clear how he ended up here. In the castle, which only looked like an ancient one, but in fact was completely modern inside, stuffed with the latest technology and every conceivable convenience, they were greeted by the same familiar faces. Jensen, holding the stamp, did not show surprise, but looked questioningly at his grandfather, who smiled at the corners of his lips and said:
Happy Birthday Jensen. This is for you.
Thank you,” Jensen thanked, not understanding what he was talking about.
They went into the office, almost the same as in the old castle, where the grandfather, pressing simultaneously on two curls at opposite ends of the bookshelf, opened the hiding place, which turned out to be a completely modern safe. Having entered the code, he opened the safe door and took out a folder:
Jensen, here is a deed of gift for these lands and, accordingly, the castle. Your parents know nothing about this acquisition, the land was purchased with my personal finances, and this house was also built with them. Your elder brother, as heir, will one day receive Surrey Castle, but I wanted you to also have your own home and, no matter what happens, you would not depend on anyone for anything. To secure this castle, I have opened a special account in your name.
The idol was made of pure gold weighing three tons and sat on a mound made of precious gifts. The ancients believed that the Golden Baba could reward those praying with her mercy.
Have you ever heard of the Golden Baba? This is a legendary idol, an object of worship for the population of North-Eastern Europe and North-West Siberia. Sometimes she is also called the Siberian Pharaoh. Until now, the mystery of the origin and disappearance of the Golden Woman haunts many researchers.
The legend of the Golden Baba was born in Rus' in the XIV-XV centuries, when Moscow State began to expand its possessions in the northeast. The idol was first mentioned in the Sofia Chronicle of 1398. It tells about one of the Orthodox missionaries - Stephen of Perm. The chronicle speaks of the countless deeds of Stephen, who sowed the faith of Christ where animals, trees, water, fire and the Golden Woman were once worshiped.
For a thousand years the legendary one has been hidden from human sight. For centuries, its zealous guardians killed anyone who could encroach on the treasure, and if necessary, then themselves, just to protect the shrine. Eyewitnesses described the Golden Baba in different ways. Some said that it was the figure of a pregnant woman, others claimed that it was a mother with a baby in her arms, and still others were sure that the idol was a matryoshka doll made of golden bells. Some even adhered to the version that the Golden Baba was the Tibetan goddess Guan Yin, whose statue belonged to the ancient Aryans who came from the Arctic islands. The Slavs considered the Golden Baba their goddess. According to numerous reports from the Khanty, Mansi and Russian old-timers, the Golden Baba was kept for a long time in Belogorye, not far from the Ob River, at its confluence with the Irtysh. Today, debates about the real whereabouts of the Golden Woman do not subside even for a day. Gerard Mercator's map, published in 1595, depicts the legendary country of Hyperborea, which may have existed in northern modern Russia. Not far from the mouth of the Ob, there is an inscription on this map: “Golden Baba”.
In any case, the idol was made of pure gold, weighing three tons, and sat on a mound made of precious gifts. The ancients believed that everyone who came to worship her had to bring something in return, and she would reward you with her mercy. “Offer even a tuft of hair from your head, otherwise the goddess will punish you with death.” Ufologists believe that the figure of the Golden Woman was made of metal alloys that have no analogues in earthly metallurgy. However, anything is possible.
The Golden Baba has not yet been found. Although under this name one could note several idols and statues that could be called the Golden Woman. For example, researchers in the 19th century allegedly followed the trail of the Golden Woman in the area Northern Urals, however, only a silver copy of it was found. And in 2000 on Kola Peninsula a stone statue was discovered, which could be a Hyperborean goddess. But it is impossible to say that this was the same legendary statue. It is quite possible that the Golden Woman never existed in the form in which she appears in the legends and traditions of the peoples of the north.
Golden Idol
Golden Idol is one of the most desirable types that can be found in any standard zone of the game. Idol looks like a huge face made of gold. Its high cost has ruined many greedy people, since this item is carefully guarded by dangerous ones, because the richest treasures are always fraught with risk.
Also, you can simply bomb the ice platform with Idol and then pick it up. But doing this is risky, due to the unpredictability of the explosion and the presence of a huge level below. Alternatively, you can build a ladder from and safely remove Idol, going down or going up one. It is worth considering that this is an extremely slippery place, so it can be dangerous to run thoughtlessly... Especially on such a narrow platform as the trap of this Golden Idol.
Idol in
Golden Idol can be found in two completely different variations of traps. Usually, it is located in a small room that looks empty. As soon as you pick it up, the exit doors from this room will close and the ceiling will begin to slowly descend. You can escape from such a trap only with the help of or (by destroying any adjacent wall). If you make a hole in the floor, there is still a danger of being crushed, since the ceiling will continue to fall until it crashes into a heavy object. There is one trick: you can place it in the door opening to prevent the room from completely closing and then you can easily get out on the way back, since the door will jam. It is worth considering that the hero is immediately killed when approaching, even if you just fly into them.An alternative version of the trap with Golden Idol- sacrificial pit. A huge depression as high as the level itself is generated at the level. There are built-in walls inside it, and seething at the bottom. As soon as you lift Idol, the floor will immediately crumble, throwing off