Alatyr (mythology)

It is often mentioned in stories and referred to in love spells as "a mighty force that has no end."

Spiritual verses describe how "from under the white-alatyr-stone" flows a miraculous source that gives the whole world "food and healing."

"[2] Dove book In Polish folk culture and language the stone is located on the borderline of the worlds, beyond the places of human residence.

This stone lies abroad in distant lands, but instead of prosperity brings misfortune.

The folklore does not speak about the origin of the stone but about the fact that it was brought by the devil to demolish a church, castle or other building.

[14] In Latvian, Belarusian and Russian healing charms, a raven is invoked as a helping animal: it is called upon to take away the disease from the patient, fly away to the ocean and place the illness on a white or gray stone.