In this song describes the pagan model of the Universe. According to the beliefs of ancient Slavs, land surrounds the ocean, in the middle of which lies the sacred stone Alatyr, the "navel" of the Earth. It lies at the roots of the sacred World tree, more like a huge branchy oak. The World tree is a kind of axis, countersigned the Universe. In the branches of the tree live the Sun, Moon, singing beautiful birds. In the roots of his lies the great Serpent, who eager to bring the end of time. The Slavs believed that the sky can be reached by climbing on the World Tree, which connects the Lower World, the Earth and all nine heavens.
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