Siberian Fisherman Nets an Ancient Pagan God Statue
- 10 years ago
When fisherman Nikolay Tarasov had one of his latest catches examined he learned it was a 4 thousand-year-old figure of a pagan god.
Many fishermen dream of getting that one big catch that will afford them a lifetime of bragging rights.
One Siberian sportsman in Tisul recently learned that netting a history-making haul doesn’t always involve a fish.
When Nikolay Tarasov had one of his latest catches examined he learned it was a 4 thousand-year-old figure of a pagan god.
The day he found it he was out with a friend casting nets along a riverbank.
Tarasov felt a tug, inspected the mesh, and at first mistook the sculpted piece for an oddly shaped stone.
Upon closer examination, the fisherman realized the figure had a face, and an angry looking one at that.
He took it to a local museum so experts could take a look at it.
After they and personnel from another institution gave it a thorough examination, they realized its age and importance.
It was determined to have made by one of two groups that occupied the region long ago.
Both of them made similar figurative art and practiced paganism, the belief system anchored in the power of the natural world.
Given the museum’s excitement when first seeing the piece, Tarasov left it with them as a donation and later remarked, 'To sell it and make profit? What are you talking about?’
Many fishermen dream of getting that one big catch that will afford them a lifetime of bragging rights.
One Siberian sportsman in Tisul recently learned that netting a history-making haul doesn’t always involve a fish.
When Nikolay Tarasov had one of his latest catches examined he learned it was a 4 thousand-year-old figure of a pagan god.
The day he found it he was out with a friend casting nets along a riverbank.
Tarasov felt a tug, inspected the mesh, and at first mistook the sculpted piece for an oddly shaped stone.
Upon closer examination, the fisherman realized the figure had a face, and an angry looking one at that.
He took it to a local museum so experts could take a look at it.
After they and personnel from another institution gave it a thorough examination, they realized its age and importance.
It was determined to have made by one of two groups that occupied the region long ago.
Both of them made similar figurative art and practiced paganism, the belief system anchored in the power of the natural world.
Given the museum’s excitement when first seeing the piece, Tarasov left it with them as a donation and later remarked, 'To sell it and make profit? What are you talking about?’