Underground Lord Lizard

Underground Lord Lizard. The work was done on birch, burned and covered with black stain.
God lizard (Yusha, Yasha, Yesha, Yage, Yase, Yusha-snakes, Jasse) - one of the gods of the ancient Slavs-pagans, who manages the underground and underwater world. The very sight of the God Lizard was presented to the Slavs in different ways-a huge snake, a dragon, a lizard with two heads, a crocodile. It is he in the form of dragons and snakes depicted on many household items, architectural elements, elements of clothing, amulets. The lizard symbolizes the lower world, underground, according to the Slavic tradition is the world of ancestors. Mythological tales of the Slavs, in which he guards Kalinov bridge over the river Currant, is none other than the God Lizard, whose role was eventually forgotten, and he turned into a kind of evil creature, which fights the main character. Especially strong belief in this God was widespread in Novgorod, which stands on the river Volkhov and lake Ilmen.