Once Kolyada was walking along the seashore. And a white swan swam in the sea. She sang to Kolyada:
- Listen to me, Kolyada! Far, far away in the North there is a ship encased in ice. Kashchei created these ices and closed the path along the sea. And on that frozen ship Dazhbog has been sleeping in a dead sleep for three hundred years.
As soon as Kolyada heard about it, he equipped a flying ship. He decorated it well and built three temples on the ship. The first temple is of Perun the Great, and the second is of Semargl Svarogich, and the third is the temple of Kolyada.
Kolyada flew on that ship over the seas and oceans. It was not just a flying ship that spread its mighty wings - it was the Star Book of Vedas that unfolded its pages! “The Book of Kolyada”, X d
So he flew to the White Sea, blew on the great ice and melted it. Dazhbog's ship was freed and sailed, driven by a fair wind.
Kolyada and Dazhbog returned from the White Sea to the Black Sea. But then, from behind the Khvangur Mountains, Kashchei noticed those ships. He sent his servants to sink the ships of Dazhbog and Kolyada. However, all of Koshchei's servants fled in fear.
And Kolyada pulled an explosive bow and shot an arrow into the Khvangur Mountain with his knee. An arrow hit Mount Khvangur and the kingdom of Kashchei shook.
Then Kashchei turned into a Five-Headed Dragon and flew to Kolyada. And Kolyada told him:
- Fly to me, Chernobog-Kashchei! You fly as a Five-Headed Serpent! It's time for me to rise to the Almighty! I will ride you, Dragon!
Kolyada subdued the Five-Headed Serpent, put him on a chain, then saddled him and flew to the throne of the Almighty. Kolyada walked along the Path of the Roof and the Vyshnya. The path to Svarga, to the Iriysky gardens, was paved by Kolyada’s brother, Ovsen.
Ovsen-Tausen paved the bridge, not a simple bridge with railings - a star bridge between Reality and Navy. Three Vyshnyas will ride among the stars on the bridge. The first is the Roof God, and the second is Kolyada, the third will be Bus Beloyar. “The Book of Kolyada”, X d
The song about the marriage to Radunitsa and the competition with Koshchei was restored based on the song “Little Child and Black Arapin” from the collection “Songs of the Southern Slavs” (M., 1976). Song about the battle with Koshchei’s army - based on various versions of the epic “Kalika the Hero”. The source of the legends about Kolyada’s battle with the five-headed Serpent and about his ascension to the throne of the Almighty is the same as the legends about the Roof. These are, first of all, Caucasian epics and carols, Christmas songs.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru