The article is devoted to the description and attribution of six tin plaques found in the north of Western Siberia on the territory of the sacred site of Mansi. A version has been put forward that their plots are connected with the figure of the biblical King David. It is assumed that these items are of Russian origin and date back to the time of the initial advance of the Russian people to Western Siberia in the early 16th century.
Key words: Siberia, David, Russians, Voguls, tradition, sanctuaries, rites.
In the summer of 2013, while rafting in Northern Sosva, tourists found interesting objects that may date back to the time of the initial development of Siberia by Russian people. The site of their discovery is located on the right bank of the river approximately 2 km above the village of Manya (Berezovsky district of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra). It is a wooded promontory with a height of approx. 70 m. Mansi call it Akhtys-us - "Stone city". Just down the river on the left bank is Vangrenel cliff - "Curved, crooked nose"; under the "nose" in the cliff is the legendary cave.
N. L. Gondatti recorded the Mansi legend about the cave at Vangrenel Rock: "The cave existing at Vangrenel owes its origin to the following circumstance: once a hero was fleeing from the pursuing enemies, he had a box with various things dear to him; when he saw that he was being overtaken, he threw it with terrible force into the rocks; the box broke a hole, and thus the beginning of the cave was laid; that is why, according to the foreigners, there were previously various objects in it. metal objects, especially mirrors. < ... > Between Vangrenel and Akhtys us there used to be a stone bridge connecting these two areas, on which there were often fights between the heroes who lived in Akhtys us and those who came from below; but then the local heroes left, because among the heroic customs there was one that did not allow them to live there where frequent fights took place" [1 ...
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