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Apr 23, 2020 9 tweets 5 min read
LAKE SEYDOZERO: Hyperborea in the Kola Peninsula?
Local Sami legends tell of an evil giant named Kuiva that terrified them in ancient times. Shamans went up to the sacred Seydozero to ask the Gods for help, at which point lighting struck it, leaving only his imprint behind. In the 1920s, Alexander Barchenko led an expedition to neighboring lake Lovozero to investigate a phenomenon of mass psychosis afflicting the area. "Arctic hysteria" would cause strange behaviors among locals and visitors alike. The Sami refused to let them approach a sacred..