Yakutia mystical: the visits of the dead

Since ancient times the Yakuts afraid of dead bodies. Of course, they are afraid of any living man, but according to Yakut beliefs, if the deceased is appearing to you in reality or in a dream, it means one thing: a dead spirit is trying to pull you to the light. Especially if it's the spirit of the deceased relative. But because Yakuts are not happy when they have gone to the grave family.

There are, of course, exceptions. Cases are known, when the dead came in a dream to someone from relatives and reported hidden in a secret place the treasure. However, such stories are extremely rare. Typically, to dream of deceased loved ones – not good. By the way, these dreams are quite the same type: dead tries to lure a man somewhere in the dark or even drags there. About a similar incident and will be discussed in the following story.

Breathing outside the window

In the Soviet years in one of the Yakut village lived a lonely pensioner. The home was spacious, and no relatives left twenty years ago died only brother. So the man decided to take one room, and soon he had settled the young girl, was an Intern in a rural hospital. The owner and the lodger got on well with each other and sometimes had long conversations in the evenings in the kitchen.

One winter evening a resident came back from hospital and, as we approached the house, heard his corner crunch of snow, as if someone shifted there from foot to foot. It was dark, and she could not be considered. She decided that it was her master, however, were concerned that the man puffing and groaning, and sometimes even wheezing and gasping. "Who's there?" – asked puzzled, the lodger, and scuffling around the corner immediately stopped.

Sensing that something was wrong, the girl entered the house and saw an old man, as usual preparing dinner. Then she's under some pretext went out again into the yard and walked around the house, but met no one. So as not to scare the owner, lodger decided not to tell him about the strange sounds. Sat down to dinner, and then she noticed that the old man looks very sad. On questioning he replied that he had a NAP after lunch, take a NAP and he dreamed of his younger brother. He called him, but the man refused to go and woke up shackled by an oppressive melancholy feeling. "Bad luck", he concluded and silently douzinas went to sleep. Soon went to his room and the girl.

Some time after she went to bed, the outside came the crunch of the snow, and then – the familiar breathing, stertorous and intermittent, as if someone ran long and now can not catch my breath. Covered her face with her blanket, she thought in terror what to do if a stranger wants to penetrate into the house. Meanwhile, he said, judging by the sound, went to the window in the master bedroom – and that stirred something awake anxious Sabarmati. But soon all was quiet, and the girl herself quietly fell asleep.

The next morning the lodger first came out of the house and looked at the snow around him. Not seeing any traces, she sighed with relief. But awakened the owner was even more sullen than yesterday. "Last night I dreamt once again of brother. Now he tried to persuade me and knocked down and as the beast was dragged into the darkness," shared the old man the sad news. Gathered the courage, she described how twice he heard the creak of the steps and terrible breath. After that the owner and all became grim and hopelessly said, "Well, Yes, it was my younger brother. He died of tuberculosis. I still remember how he wheezed and gasped for breath in bed. Now I'm not long".

And indeed, soon the old man came down with pneumonia from which he failed to recover. Subtenant lovingly cared for him, and the owner bequeathed her his big house. Nothing extraordinary after his death in a girl's life never happened.

Sandusky evening

Even more than the dead, Yakuts afraid of supernatural entities that can be among the living after the death of a loved one. Here there is even such a thing as "Sandusky night." So in the Yakut villages called the evening of the day when someone died.

It is believed that with approach of twilight come to the house spirits, which need to accompany the soul of the deceased to the next world. The boundary between our worlds thin and thinner, and on the other hand can be intruders. Therefore, in order not to attract their attention, conduce in the evening it is impossible to have fun, laugh, talk loudly and make noise. This tradition still exists in many of the Yakut villages.

Our story begins with the death of one old man who had children and grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. Naturally, many grieving relatives came from the surrounding villages into the house of the deceased, to give him a decent burial. The children quickly rallied, and since it was summer, then to drive them home was impossible. Their game was accompanied by laughter, shouting and noise. Busy adults trouble from time to time pulls the guys, demanding silence, but it didn't help.

When it became dark, the game of tag ended, and the time of hide and seek. The children scattered in different areas, and one boy began to drive. He found a few hiding, and then went in the winter house, which in summer was used as a warehouse. The boy examined the room and found no one. Already started to leave, he noticed in the hallway a large wardrobe, where, if desired, may have wandered off several players.

The child opened the door and saw hanging on the shoulders of jackets and coats. Rummaging among the things, he suddenly felt hand on something cold, slippery. Here in the closet someone moved - and all the hangers at once collapsed, and behind them the boy saw the tall bent man with glowing red eyes. In the nose immediately struck a disgusting putrid smell, and the child rushed headlong out. His desperate cries came the other children. The whole crowd burst into winter home and opened the wardrobe, however nobody found even a hanger with clothes hung on the spot...

It is not surprising that the leading did not believe and continued to play. Soon in search of hidden went another boy. At some point he went to the barn and saw in the far corner of a man sitting on his haunches in the shade. "I see you, come out!" – joyfully exclaimed the boy. However, the unknown pressed to her mouth a hand like he was asked to remain silent, and then began softly to giggle some nasty, clearly inhuman voice. Coming closer, the boy saw a short and chubby man with huge shining eyes on his forehead, pot belly, thin limbs and a long tongue dangling from his mouth to his chest. The man stopped giggling, took from his mouth his palm and reached for the boy's tongue, as if wanting to lick it.

Hysterically saverese, the child rushed out into the yard. He told adults, and then the first boy "for the company" told my parents that saw the evil spirits. Adults, of course, was angry, saying: "We told you to be quiet and not have fun!" And the kids immediately drove home.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»