The Yoke
from Blackbound (Instrumental Edition) by Second To Sun
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When masons started building the Kremlin in Nizhny Novgorod, they had achieved reasonable progress on the very first day, but after going home for the night and returning on the morrow, they saw that everything they had done the day before had crumbled. They began anew, but by next morning everything had collapsed again. Masons decided to ask old men for advice - what should they do, how could they make Kremlin strong and durable? To this, old men replied that Kremlin must be built on the blood of the first living being to approach the construction site. Early next morning the masons and nobles came to the construction site and waited. Not far from that place lived a pasad man with his young and beautiful wife Alyona. That same morning, carrying two buckets and a yoke, Alyona went to the nearby river Pochaina for some water. After having filled the buckets, she started walking back towards the house, but noticed people standing near the construction place waiting for something. As soon as Alyona approached the builders, she was caught and together with both buckets and the yoke immured into the foundation of the tower. Since then the tower bears the name Yoke Tower. After finding out about the horrible death of his wife, Alyona’s husband drowned himself in the river Volga. Immurement rite was widespread among Mordvins (Ersya) in those times. There are rumours it still is.
However, from the point of view of historians and experts, this fairy tale is not realistic. It is far more likely that the girl’s disappearance was blamed on the foreigners (in Russia during those times anyone who didn’t follow the teachings of Easter Orthodox Christianity was considered foreign). It is possible that described here actually depicts the Blood Libel.
However, from the point of view of historians and experts, this fairy tale is not realistic. It is far more likely that the girl’s disappearance was blamed on the foreigners (in Russia during those times anyone who didn’t follow the teachings of Easter Orthodox Christianity was considered foreign). It is possible that described here actually depicts the Blood Libel.
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released November 16, 2016
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