Northern Landscapes
Words for the Dead: A Russian Folk Incantation
To take a hair from the head of the one they wish to harm, and place it in an uncooked egg; then seal the opening through which the hair is put with sulfur. Then take forty rye grains and grind them counter to the sun....
Lake Vodlozero
During the very first cast of the seine net each year, the artel fishermen would take off their caps and bow low to the lake, while the headman dropped a silver rouble into the kneyá (the net’s pocket) as an offering t...
A Journey to the Archetype
An experienced researcher — one who knows exactly what he is seeking — will unmistakably recognize this conifer-covered hill from many kilometers away, rising above the surrounding land. We already knew in advance what...
It's a long and thorny path to where the Fairy Tale still lives...
... or a journey from autumn to winter in one day.
Umbosersky Mine: Ruins in the Lovozero Tundra
Once, life thrived here in the vast halls of the Lovozero tundra. Day and night, the Umbosersky mine yielded a wealth of minerals—some of which were found and extracted only at this very site. But for reasons lost to t...
