Chudya in ancient Russia was called the Finnish tribes that lived east of Lake Onega, along the rivers Onega and Northern Dvina. Later, all the peoples who lived in the territory of northern Russia, in the northern Urals and in Siberia before the arrival of the Russians there began to be called chudy white-eyed.
According to legend, these people knew how to extract gold and silver in the mines. Until now, in Siberia, old abandoned mines are called "Chud mines". Chud graves and traces of settlements are found in the subpolar Urals. The Russian word "eccentric" comes from the name of an ancient people.
According to the Uralic legends, the Chuds had shamans, priests or leaders, who were called pans. They can be called wizards, since they possessed secret knowledge, thanks to which they kept their people in obedience. They lived in fortified houses, fortresses and owned treasures that they knew how to get in the mines. They hid their treasures in sacred places in the forests, under stones.
The Komi people have preserved the word “pam” in the language, which means “magician”. It is known that Stephen of Perm, a missionary educator, in the Komi lands since 1379 communicated with a certain Pam, a priest of the Komi pagan religion.
Pans could command the wind, rain, storm. On moonless nights, they went into deep forests, where forest spirits were summoned by terrible, trumpet voices. The spirits told the Panamas about the past and the future, about the secrets of the universe.
Pans during the Swedish invasion were called robber bands and all kinds of dashing people scouring the roads. Thus, this is a generalized concept, as our ancestors called all foreigners from whom we had to defend their property and who possessed unknown magical powers.
Chud sometimes comes out of the ground to take a breath of air and drink spring water.
According to legends, when the Russians came to the north, the chud "went into the ground." This is how they did it. They dug a huge square or round hole. Wooden logs were placed along the perimeter of the pit, and a roof was laid on them. The roof was covered with earth, turf and stones. Then they went into the pit along with the cattle and property, sawed down the logs and thus perished. Why they did this is unclear. There are still many such mounds in the north of Russia. Sometimes, on absolutely dark, starless nights, a blue flame winds over the mounds, groans and lamentations are heard from under the ground in an incomprehensible language. These mounds are called in the north the graves of the pans or punk. If you hit such a mound with an iron bar, you hear a hum. Chud sometimes comes out of the ground to take a breath of air and drink spring water. This happens once a year. The beast in the forests always anticipates the exit of a chud and runs away from the forests to open places, clinging to the villages of people. Even wolves do this, because they are very afraid of underground inhabitants. Chud always hunts for wolves, since wolf meat is considered a delicacy for them. Chud women wear necklaces of wolf teeth.
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Since olden times there have been daredevils who have tried to dig up the hills, under which a monster is supposedly hiding. These people disappeared without a trace. It is believed that they were taken underground by the nobles, and now those who disturbed their peace are in their eternal service.
Where the Chuds and Pans used to live, many of their treasures remained. There are treasures in holy places, in forests, at the bottom of lakes and swamps. Storage sites are often marked with large boulders with signs engraved on them. Sometimes there are necklaces of wolf teeth lying nearby.
All treasures are conspired. To take them, you need to pronounce the sacred formula, "taru" (spell) in the Chudi language. There are many legends about these hoards. For example, in the Vologda region there is a small river Vyuzhka. There is a granite cliff on it, resembling the head of a bearded man from afar. At the bottom of Vyuzhka, under the cliff, there is supposedly a master's treasure. There were daredevils who dived into the fast waters of Vyuzhka, but found nothing. Everything is explained by the fact that the treasure is charmed.
In the Vologda region there is Lake Krasnoe, small, perfectly round, as if some giant outlined its shores with a compass. The lake is very deep, and the water in it is icy even in hot summers. According to legend, the lake has a ladder that goes under the bottom. There the gentlemen left their "golden" treasure and "boundless placers of semi-precious stones." In Krasnoye, people periodically drown, even good swimmers.
In the subpolar Urals there is a rapids river Merzavka, on the banks of the river there is the abandoned village of Perevoznoye. At this place, even before the Russians came there, a chud once lived. The leader of this community was the evil and powerful Pan Sahdiyar. He knew how to extract gold and silver from the earth. Large stones with incomprehensible signs carved on them are still found in the vicinity of Perevoznoye. The stones are perhaps thousands of years old. However, there are also signs on tree trunks. The signs on the trees sometimes disappear, sometimes they reappear. Who leaves them is unknown.
In 1975, young treasure hunters, students-historians from the capital, came to the banks of the Merzavka. They dug the ground under the boulders marked with signs. They knew the spell with which they hoped to open the treasure. Historians found the spell in some archive in an ancient manuscript dating back to the 15th century. However, the researchers did not find anything, except for two silver medallions, apparently very ancient with incomprehensible signs. There was a tragedy: one of the students, a 22-year-old boy, was lifted to death by a connecting rod bear. Local residents said that this was revenge of the pans, who punished people for trying to take their treasures. Since then, no one has tried to look for treasures near Perevozny.
In 2000, local hunter Oleg Konovalenko disappeared. They thought that he drowned in a swamp, since the body was not found. Only Konovalenko's dog returned to the village, a cross between a shepherd dog and a husky named Verny. Interestingly, the dog's temper has changed. Earlier, Verny played with the kids in the village. Now he did not allow anyone to come near him, he pounced on people. They said that Verny was frightened by the pan who ruined his master.
Sometimes treasure hunters who have been looking for Chud treasures for several centuries have found something. Most often these were skeletons and skulls in burial mounds, sometimes copper and silver coins, knives, axes, harness, and earthenware. However, no one found gold and stones. And those who tried to do it often went crazy. The fact is that the treasures are guarded by the servants of the lords, "stubs". "Cinders" are "eccentrics" buried alive. When approaching the treasure, they come to life. Their appearance is so terrible that people go crazy or even die of fear. So, the mystery of the master's treasures remains unsolved.
Maria Buuk