Kungur
2 leyendas
The White Caver
The underground counterpart of the Black Climber, known to everyone who goes into caves across the former Soviet Union. What makes him white is calcite, settled on his clothes over years below ground. Meeting him traditionally means the party has lost the route. Cavers have a half-joking initiation rite for newcomers in which he is described — a rare case of folklore whose carriers know perfectly well it is folklore, and which is none the weaker for it.
La cueva de hielo de Kungur
Una cueva de yeso del krai de Perm de unos seis kilómetros, con setenta lagos subterráneos y hielo permanente en las salas de entrada. El primer plano se levantó en 1703. La tradición dice que la hueste de Yermak invernó aquí antes de cruzar los Urales, y una gruta se llama las Lágrimas de las Damas: la leyenda cuenta que una hija de Cristián X de Dinamarca resbaló y murió aquí durante una visita.