There is so much unknown in the world. It is difficult even to imagine how many unknown secrets are kept on our Earth. There are secrets that are hidden behind the seas and oceans, but there are also those that are very close. Almost all parents tell their children stories about some extraterrestrial monsters, which, quite possibly, are more real than it seems to us at first glance.
People make up legends about them, pass on from mouth to mouth myths that in fact may be real. The same mythical heroes can be both benefactors and villains. You cannot be sure of anything in this world.
Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan. The coat of arms of this city depicts a serpent, kind, symbolizing invincibility and strength.
But there are other snakes in this area. So, in the Republic of Tatarstan in the settlement of Elabuga there is a tower known to the whole world, which was nicknamed the Devil's. The tower, according to the legends, got its name due to the fact that for many years in antiquity a terrible monster lived here - a fire-breathing dragon, which no one has ever seen, because his gaze, like the Gorgon Medusa, was killing. Anyone who caught his eye turned to ash. This beast did not know human speech, therefore, according to legend, if the dragon's fire was directed upwards, the answer was positive, if downwards it was “no”.
As payment for its prediction, the serpent received human sacrifices: beautiful girls were brought to it. Requests with wishes or questions were pronounced loudly into one of the holes in the tower, sometimes notes were left there.
They say that even Empress Catherine II, having learned about the snake - the oracle, came here. She wanted to know whether she should marry Count Orlov or not. The Russian queen sent her favorite Dashkov to the snake, who gave the queen a negative answer from the oracle. Whatever it was, but the queen apparently obeyed the prediction and did not go down the aisle with Orlov.
People from all over the world came to this tower. They came to find out the answers to painful questions, and they always brought a fee with them - the most beautiful girls gave the snake for fun.
The oracle was so famous that even the queen of Kazan Tsumbeka herself sent her nobleman to him so that he could ask the serpent about the future of the Kazan kingdom. The nobleman, who arrived at the tower, prayed there for ten days, and suddenly he heard from the temple an incredible raspy voice, saying that the Kazan kingdom would soon come to an end and Christian faith would be established in its place. Allegedly, this was the last prediction of the serpent, which suddenly rose into the air from the temple in a black cloud, and in full view of everyone flew westward, hiding forever.
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But the worst thing was that many of this monster's concubines became pregnant and gave birth to offspring from him, called Shurale. They were mysterious and enigmatic creatures, short, hunchbacked, with very thin fingers and a small horn on their forehead.
Many centuries have passed. However, it is still believed that the offspring of the oracle snake still lives on the land of its terrible progenitor.
Shurale are the children of the serpent and the earthly woman. According to the description of local residents, these are small, humpbacked creatures, with the brain part protruding outward. They are considered mutants, monsters, but, although there is no reliable information that these monsters have harmed someone, however, the very appearance of these creatures terrified to death those people who happened to meet them.
Nowadays a tower and perhaps an unusual statue, which depicts a woman with a baby in her arms, reminds of the oracle snake in Yelabuga. This statue was found in an ancient local cemetery - the oldest necropolis, where burials date back to very ancient dates. Mysterious events are constantly developing around this statue. It is believed that she brings grief and death to people.
Many testimonies that shurales appear before people in human form have come down to us. This is what an old beautiful legend tells. There was a shepherd in the world. And he began to notice strange things: every morning one of his horses is always lathered, as if someone had ridden it at night. And then the shepherd decided to smear it with tar.
And when he came the next morning, he saw that a shurale girl was sitting on this horse, stuck to the horse. The shepherd came closer, and suddenly the girl became a beauty. The shepherd immediately fell in love with her and they got married. They stayed in these parts, had children who still live there today.
Today the most incredible and inexplicable stories are written off on the shurale. Many local residents claim to have heard, and some have seen the shurale. Local historians believe that these stories should be taken very seriously.
There are strange corners in these parts, places that can be called anomalous. For example, the most beautiful estate of the Molostovs, which offers a stunning panorama of the Volga. This estate is shrouded in strange secrets. There is a legend that this house has a spirit. They say that the last mistress of the estate often heard crying in the house at night, terrible groans or slamming doors …
Once upon a time, a children's camp was organized in the estate. The nannies working in it constantly heard some strange sounds, and one day before their eyes one of the doors slammed shut and was bolted. And now everyone who once worked here is sure that it was a shurale.
A hundred meters from the Molostovs' estate there is a strange meadow, around which there are also many legends. For some reason, this glade, located on the slope of a beautiful ravine, descending directly to the Volga, is never overgrown with bushes and trees. That only they did not try to plant here, but nothing worked. Not so long ago, ufologists came to the clearing. They measured radiation, looked for channels of some kind of communication with space. However, nothing is known about what they found. At the same time, those who have been here at least once, definitely want to return here.
According to local ethnographers and people studying anomalous phenomena, shurales are the same goblin. And if we rely on the fact that shurales are really found in these parts, then it is likely that they live in the area of this glade, because goblin are not found in houses. Their habitat is considered to be forests, ravines, etc.
The local poet Tukai even wrote about the shurale, who said that he had met with them.
All these stories are interesting and mysterious. Some of them have proof, others do not. Therefore, to believe or not to believe in the existence in ancient times of the oracle snake and his children shurale is a purely personal matter. But to be skeptical about the fact that a voiceless serpent could predict the fate of people, sovereigns and even entire principalities is not worth it. After all, man always turned to the beast for help.
Let us recall at least the famous marmots, to which the inhabitants of two huge countries - the USA and Canada - listen to them every year. The same can be said about the octopus Paula, who accurately guessed the results of sports matches. So why the ancients could not relate with full confidence to the oracle snake, especially since if you believe the ancient legends, the last prediction of the monster became absolutely true. We are talking about the fate of the Kazan land. After all, she fell before the army of Ivan the Terrible.
And all the more you have to accept the fact that tourists who come to these regions are shown the Devil's Tower as a local landmark. Locals begin to vying with each other to tell their stories and legends, myths and inventions - each his own, the most memorable. And listening to these stories, and you yourself begin to involuntarily believe that once upon a time, even before the emergence of Christianity, a fire-breathing oracle-serpent lived in these places, after which his descendants, the shurale, remained on earth.