all heard of the epic hero Ilya Muromets.But not everyone knows about his difficult fate, his exploits.
Who are the heroes of Russian
The word "hero" was first mentioned in chronicles of Rus as early as the 7th century and replaced the previous Used the word "Khorobrikh", which means "heart of oak."This word has its roots in the ancient Turkic language, and comes from the root "Batyr" (brave, strong).
While Russian brave warriors fought constantly with the nomads on the eastern border of Kievan Rus, it was people started calling them heroes.
main differences heroes from ordinary soldiers are incommensurable love for the motherland, devotion to duty, and a willingness to exorbitant power of every moment to rush into battle in the name of the fatherland, the weak offend people and their honor.
In the picture below the magnificent Russian painter Viktor Vasnetsov illustrated the three most famous athlete in the history of Russia.From left to right: Nikitich, Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich.
Who is Ilya Muromets
But the most famous and most revered hero in Russia was Ilya Muromets.Remember it is not by words but by deeds brave.The exploits of Ilya Muromets described in quite fabulous shape.However, it is worth noting that every opponent of his magic (the Nightingale the Robber, Idol trash) to represent a specific nomadic people (Pechenegs, Polovtsy), which at the time of writing the epic war led Kievan Rus.In those days, these epics is absolutely understandable for the people of that time, "chronicles the war."
Description Ilya Muromets in the epics pays more attention to his character, hardened in many battles and heavy shaped by difficult fate, however, about his appearance says little.
The relics of the great Russian athlete, who is also a saint buried in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.According to the research, Elias was about 180 cm tall.For those times it was just a great man, moreover, had a powerful physique.
The photo below shows the cancer with relics of St. Ilya Muromets (Caves).
Hard Life of Ilya Muromets Ilya
Born in a village near the town of Karacharovo Moore, that in the Vladimir region, which is why it is called Muromtsem.His father and mother were simple peasants who worked in the field of hard.However, their son was born with physical disabilities and absolutely could not move his arms and legs, and could only sit on the stove.
to 33 years old athlete was frail, but his character has become this incredibly strong, firm and calm.Often an important role in the lives of the main characters of the epic world plays a miracle.All of the most significant moments in the life is wonderful, whether it's the birth of a magical, healing powers, or the acquisition of immortality.It is no exception and Ilya Muromets.Bylina about the miraculous healing confirmed this, now let's talk about it.
By the way, the age of 33 had been crucified and then resurrected Jesus Christ.
Photo below: the hero Ilya Muromets on his horse, named Burushka-Kosmatushka, by Vasnetsov.
Miraculous healing
Healing of Ilya Muromets is truly fabulous.Once, when my parents worked in the fields, in the home of Elijah came elders, beggars.In editions of the Soviet era is not exactly say who they were.However, copies of the epic, which were published before the revolution, say that Calico was Jesus Christ and two of his apostle.
So beggars came to the home of Elijah.They immediately asked him to bring them water.On this Murometz replies that he infirm, arms and legs can not move.After all, the main occupation of Ilya Muromets in the last 30 years - is to lie in bed.
The picture painted by Andrei Klimenko, shows Ilya Muromets in weakness.
Then the elders, despite his words, again asked to bring water for them.Ilya did not faint of heart of people for many years of illness his character was truly amazing, he truly desired to bring water Calico, put his feet on the floor and immediately sensed that they hold him!
incredible force came to the poor and infirm cripple, Ilya Muromets became healthy!Bylina continues, the hero gets up, goes to the water tank fills and brings a full glass of elders.However, they ask him to drink water.Water is holy, healing, and Ilya completely cured.When he drinks the same water for the second time, feels absolutely incredible Murometz tremendous strength, and even have to drink one more time in order to reduce such a huge force.
Since healing Ilya Muromets - a truly miraculous event, the hero has to thank for the gift of the elders.Kalika send it to the service of the Prince Vladimir, and predict what will be the greatest hero Ilya, and not die in battle by enemy bullets or spears.And the main lesson Ilya Muromets now - a feat of arms and to protect the homeland.It is said that many heroes have to fight him, but that's only to fight Svyatogor should not he, as Svjatogor too strong.
Ilya Muromets gained armor and horse
Then Elijah said to the elders, on the way to Kiev, he will meet the heavy stone with an inscription.Murometz listens carefully.And then going, says goodbye to his happy parents and extends to the foot "hail to Kiev."Along the way, he really comes across a huge stone on which is written:
"Ile, Ile, osculating the stone from the place the still,
There is a heroic knight you,
With all the armor but something herculean.
there is-the sable coat,
There's a whip silk,
There is a Mace Damascus "
With newfound Silushka he moves it from a place and at a stone kit detects, and then the horse runs up to him.Ilya asked him to serve as an athlete, "faith-righteousness."In response, the horse offers Ilya original test, but once Murometz horse saddles, the need for the test is lost, the horse fully recognizes the Russian hero his eternal master.
But there is another version.It states that the elders gave him advice on how to grow his stallion, which is ideal for the athlete.To do this it was necessary to go to the market, not by choosing to buy the first available, take care of him for three months, and then three nights to walk on the fresh dew.
Ilya Muromets won the Nightingale the Robber
After Ilya last visited the church in his home town of Murom, he goes on a journey to the Kiev.On the way he performs his first feat saves captured Chernigov by nomads.Citizens offered him to become a warlord, but he refuses, because he needs to get to Kiev.He asks for directions from locals.
townspeople tell him the terrible story that many years down the road, no one goes that lives near the river currants in raw oak Nightingale the Robber.And shouts and whistles it so that simply kill anyone who gets in his way.But the hero is not afraid of Ilya Muromets and Nightingale sent to that same river.
saw Nightingale the Robber brave hero, shouted, "What the ignorant passes here by my protected oaks?" And whistled, roared like an animal.Already Ilya horse stumbled on the site of the vortex that created the Nightingale.
But Ilya stood, took his bow and fired Cullen giant arrow into worthless foe, saying:
"You prosvistni my arrow Hardened,
Hit you in the Nightingale-robber!"
And really gets!Rolling Nightingale with oak and Ilya grabs his ties to his seat and takes captive scoundrel in Kiev, Prince Vladimir.
But Vladimir did not believe that someone finally killed the Nightingale the Robber, and when wounded villain leads Ilia to the prince, who asks him to whistle at half strength.A Nightingale as a whistle!From his piercing cries soon died a lot of people.Then Elijah decides to take him in the box and cut off the head of the Nightingale, that he did not bring more trouble.
way, the description of the Ilya Muromets, his actions during the battle, and the course of the battle has not yet been clarified, as there are more than 100 variants of the description of what was happening.
Here we see the illustration on the theme of this Chistyakov epics:
Ilya met Svyatogora
Interestingly, all the exploits of Ilya Muromets and events in his life is impossible to arrange in chronological order.Bylina how Murometz Svyatogora met, begins as follows: "It is not far away, far away in the net in the poly,
Tut kurevka yes rises."Neither the date nor the precise we can not identify.
Once Ilya went to the Holy Mountain, just in the realm of Svyatogora.And he sees a marvelous painting: the mighty warrior asleep on the go, sitting on a horse, and this is very Svjatogor!Do not lose the chance to deal a fatal blow and defeat our hero Ilya Muromets.Bylina reported, however, that continued Svjatogor sleep on horseback.Ilya angry, hit a second time, and then a third.And only then the mighty hero woke up.He grabbed one of Murom his hand, put it in his pocket and began to haul in the forest for two days.
Only here Svyatogora horse tells him that it is heavy to carry as many as two heroes, the horse stumbles.Mighty hero decides to go home with his burden.There are two heroes talk about life.Good quality Ilya Muromets and Svyatogor honesty inspire confidence.Two heroes have decided to fraternize.They exchanged their crosses and is now with cross brothers.
bottom illustration Kotuhinoy Ilya Muromets left Svjatogor right.
All day they travel to the Holy mountain, but once they see marvel: right in the middle of the field there is a huge white coffin.Wondering knights, for whom made this wonderful coffin.And then decides Ilya Muromets go in and check, whether the coffin will suit him.It is too big for him.Then he lies in the coffin Svyatogor.The lid closes.
A few minutes later a mighty hero asks his brother's crusade to open the lid, but it can not be.Ilja pulls out his sword and starts to try to cut the lid of the coffin, but to no avail.Then Svjatogor understand that it was his turn to die.
When Svjatogor dies, goes to Ilya Muromets of his power, making it even more powerful and healthy.
Ilya Muromets overcome Idol rotten
Once in Kiev has risen huge Tatar army led Idol trash!Idol was to the very Prince of Kiev, but Vladimir frightened and invites foe to his feast.The enemy took the opportunity and excellence in effect imprisons the prince of Kiev captured and rejoice in the princely palace.
main occupation Ilya Muromets - is the protection of Vladimir and Russia, so he immediately went to Kiev.Along the way he meets a traveler-old man and change his clothes to his.Now, the hero looks like a real pilgrim.He comes to the palace becomes a party feast starts a conversation with Idol.
Idol disguised hero asks: "How much do they drink and eat Russian heroes?"What Ilya says that the Tartar soldiers eat and drink more.Idol taunts glorious Russian heroes.Then dressed Murometz interferes with conversation and says that the Tatars like the cows that ate a lot, and burst out of greed.
Idol rushes to the "old man" with a knife, but at this point clears the mantle of Elijah pilgrim Idol missing only one hand on the fly, and cuts off the enemy's head.Then out into the yard and deals with only a single Kluki all Tatars and rescues Prince Vladimir of imprisonment.
Ilya Muromets and Kalin-Tsar
Once Prince Vladimir was very angry, and put Ilya Muromets for three years in the deepest cellar, bound him with chains.However, the daughter of Prince makes sneaking fake keys and supplies honed athlete hearty food and warm clothing.
At the same time, Kalin-king is going with his huge army to Kiev.He threatened to destroy the city, burn the churches and cut out all the citizens together with a princely semeyu.To avoid this, the prince has to clean all streets from people everywhere place the barrel with hops and let sobstvennolichno Tatar army for entertainment in the city.Prince Vladimir asks Kalina-king just three years old, to fulfill the requirements.
And here comes the period.Kalin-tsar and his vast army right on the doorstep of Kiev!Vladimir in deep sorrow because of the fact that he had killed his defender Ilya Muromets, no one is now to stand up for the Kiev-grad!However, my daughter, that all these years Ilya supplied with provisions, said that he was alive favorite warrior Ilya Muromets.Bylina does not end there.
Ilya, inspired by the release from prison, clothed in armor, sits on the horse, and one goes to battle with Tatar Ratiu in the open field, he asked to help him other Russian heroes, but they refused, saying he did not see the Prince of Kiev nothing goodand will not help him.
And, of course, one is a warrior!Ilya interrupted most of the Tatar army, but it alone can not cope.And then he falls into the trap of not listening to his horse.The horse had told him that there are three in the tunneling through the first two horse jump, but after the third - not.Thanks to its own self-confidence Ilya is captured Kalin-tsar.
Kalin-tsar offers athlete to serve him, but proud and true birthplace of Ilya refuses.He goes out of the tent of the king, but the Tatars trying to detain him again shackled, then he grabs one of them by the legs and swinging a club like Tatar, breaks through all the army.
the whistle Ilya him Burushka uses his horse-Kosmatushka, he calls in to the highest mountain and shooting in the direction of the priest Samson Samoilovych.He wakes up from a light scratch, understands that this is a message from Murom, and immediately orders all the heroes to saddle the horses and go to the rescue of the hero Ilya.
Together, they dispersed the army of the Tatars take Kalina king prisoner and forced him to pay tribute to the great prince of Kiev.
Bogatyr Ilya Muromets and-invader
Once hero Ilya Muromets decided to take a walk on Russia, check the line.He rode, drove on and then Ilya saw far away a cloud of dusty.Rides to Ilya Muromets to check and what kind of marvel going on there!And he sees that on Russian soil stranger-hero fun.
met two heroes, tying them talk about what kind of heroes healthier and stronger.He began to extol a foreign athlete himself but Muromtsa our hurt.Then the angry Russian hero, took his sword and rushed to the heroic his abuser!
Silenus was a foreign athlete, three days and three nights they fought on equal terms and without getting tired.But on the third day was a stranger to get tired, and then Ilya grabbed him, lifted his two strong hands on the ground, and then simply smashed it on the ground!
picture located below, drawn Shitikova.
memory of the great Bogatyr
Like all of us, mortal hero Ilya Muromets.About 40 years he felt that becomes weak, went to the monastery and prayed for days and hardly slept.So he ended his life Ratna, and at the age of about 45 years, he moved to the other world, the kingdom of heaven.In 1643, he was canonized, and since January 1 Russian Church celebrates his memory.
main occupation Ilya Muromets lifelong - feat of arms, but Ilya - the only Russian heroes was born into a peasant family.It combines the image of a simple Russian peasant, the greatest warrior and protector, the mythological hero and a saint!
