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Илья Муромец (ILYA MUROMETZ)
Ilya Murometz is the most famous of the mighty warriors, known
as Bogatyrs, of the Russian "Bilyny" legends. This legendary
hero was unable to move during his first 33 years of his life.
Then one day he was visited in his house by the three Holy Old
Men, who asked Ilya for some water. Ilya became furious, as he
thought the Old Men were playing a joke on him when they
commanded Ilya to get up, much to his own surprise, Ilya rose.
From that moment on he became a warrior of extraordinary powers
and the defender of the Holy Russia.
Among his most famous deeds are: the single handed destruction
of the Tatar army, sleight of the town of Chernigov and the
capture of the Evil Bandit the Nightingale Whistler, (also known
as "Solovey Razboynik" ), who had the power of killing people
with his whistle.
Ilya of Murom, a defender of the Lands of Russia, is portrayed a
friend of the simple folk, a symbol of liberty and fairness, and
sometimes as a raging rebel who dared to quarrel with the Duke
of Kiev, and who almost destroyed the City of Kiev. In the end
he returned to his senses, and Ilya Murometz became the Best
Warrior and the Wisest Adviser to Duke Vladimir of Kiev. |
