In very ancient times, there lived Ulyp the hero who descended from the Aramazi mountains. He had a lot of livestock, and he lived in complete prosperity and contentment. All sorts of troubles and misfortunes passed him by.
But one day one of the gods apparently became angry, the Aramazi mountains shook, thunder roared, lightning flashed, and endless streams of water flowed. Mountain lakes and rivers overflowed their banks, and streams of water rushed into the valleys and began to flood the meadows where Ulyp grazed his herds. This had never happened before, and Ulyp did not know what to do to save his herds. And every day the meadows were flooded more and more. Then Ulyp, with his heroic strength, began to transfer his cows, sheep, and horses to higher, unflooded places.
The Giant worked for three days and three nights, but he had so many cattle that the work was still far from finished.
Next door to Ulyp lived the blacksmith-hero Azamat. Azamat decided to help his neighbor. In seven days and nights, he forged a patterned bridge sparkling with seven colors. One end of the bridge rested on the Aramazi Mountains, the other descended onto the Volga meadows.
Ulyp and his wife drove their herds across this bridge to the Volga bank. And as soon as all the herds crossed the bridge, he disappeared, became invisible.
Now this seven-color bridge can only be seen in clear weather after rain. That is why the Chuvash call the rainbow that appears after the Rain the Azamat Bridge.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru