Staburadze
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Staburags or Staburadze was an unusual 18-meter (59 ft) high cliff on the bank of the Daugava River in Latvia shaped and formed by lime-rich springs. According to a legend, it was once a girl in mourning who was petrified.
Since 1965, the cliff has been submerged at a depth of 6.5 meters (21 ft) due to the construction of the Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station dam.[1]
In literature
In Andrejs Pumpurs' epic poem Lāčplēsis, Staburadze was the name of a goddess living in a crystal palace beneath the whirlpool at the foot of the cliff.[2]
References
- ^ Rozenberga, Māra (July 28, 2015). "50 years since legendary Staburags cliffs disappeared". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ Pumpurs, Andrejs (2011). Bearslayer: A Free Translation from the Unrhymed Latvian Into English Heroic Verse. Tredition Classics. ISBN 978-3-842-48426-9.
External links
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- "Słupi-róg". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 10. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1889. p. 859.
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