{"id":3922100,"date":"2025-09-25T09:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/the-onega-petroglyphs-depictions-of-sky-beings-from-6000-bc\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:03:01","slug":"the-onega-petroglyphs-depictions-of-sky-beings-from-6000-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/the-onega-petroglyphs-depictions-of-sky-beings-from-6000-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Onega Petroglyphs: Depictions of sky beings from 6,000 BC?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Onega petroglyphs are rock engravings located on the east coast of Lake Onega in the northwest of Russia.\u00a0<\/strong>According to reports, the thousands of petroglyphs date back to around 5,000\u20146,000 BC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Experts have identified around 1,200 petroglyphs scattered in an area of 20 km, including several capes, such as Besov Nos, which features the mysterious \u2018Demon petroglyph\u2019.<\/p>\n

The engravings are 1-2 mm deep and represent animals, people, boats and geometric shapes, such as circular and half-moon symbols, but also what some authors even suggest may be representations of constellations.<\/p>\n

The Onega Petroglyphs\u2014located in the Karelian Republic\u2014are considered as the most complex and expressive rock art examples in northern Europe.<\/p>\n

The enigmatic figures etched in rock on the shores of Lake Onega feature countless ancient symbols that depict religious, and ritual scenes, as well as warfare and everyday life.<\/p>\n

The first rock engravings in the Karelian Republic were discovered in 1848 by the curator of the Museum of Mineralogy of St. Petersburg Konstantin Grevingk near the village of Besov We<\/em> on the shore of Lake Onega.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Onega petroglyphs were studied by Swedish researcher Gustaf Hallstr\u00f6m.<\/p>\n

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The petroglyphs near Lake Onega. Image Credit: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are a number of extraordinary symbols reproduced in the rocks of Lake Onega.<\/p>\n

In addition to circular and half-moon shaped signs with rays, among the Onega Symbols we can identify anthropomorphic figures, sometimes creatures that resemble moose wolfs, and images of so-called shaman canes, etc.<\/p>\n

Almost half of all prints on Lake Onega are swans, ducks, and geese.<\/p>\n

There are few scenes of human occupation.<\/p>\n

The content of different accumulations of petroglyphs varies greatly, which is probably due to the age difference between the petroglyph groups, and changes in human occupation through the Neolithic period.<\/p>\n

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Another incredible view of the petroglyphs at Lake Onega. Image Credit: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curiously, at the end of August, from the end of Cape Besov we can sometimes see how a large reddish sunbeam gradually sets in, and on the opposite side, the bright, large and completely full moon rises.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, similar phenomena that ancient man saw from the shores of Lake Onega served as an incentive to depict the circular and half-moon shapes that many scientists consider symbolic images of the sun and the moon.<\/p>\n

When the sun sets on the horizon, the petroglyphs \u201cdisappear\u201d right away.<\/p>\n

We see an absolutely clean and lifeless stone surface.<\/p>\n

This phenomenon, called by scientists \u201cthe effect of the prehistoric cinematograph,\u201d even impresses anyone who witnesses it today.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Demon petroglyph\u2019 of\u00a0Besov Nos<\/h2>\n
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The so-called \u2018Demon\u2019 petroglyph at Cape Besov. Image Credit: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The petroglyphs\u00a0at\u00a0Cape Besov feature a strange, two-meter-long \u201cDemon petroglyph\u201d as well as depictions of \u201cCatfish,\u201d and \u201cLizards\u201d.<\/p>\n

The curious depiction of the so-called \u201cDemon\u201d covers two stones which appear to e broken in half. Local legends\u00a0suggest that it was there were\u00a0ancient people performed a set of rituals and sacrifices more than 8,000 years ago and that supernatural beings were fed with blood that sipped into the crack between the stones, separating the image in half.<\/p>\n

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The Onega Petroglyphs. Image Credit: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The \u2018Demon\u2019\u00a0petroglyph caused outrage among monks in the 15th century. The monks decided one day to carve a massive cross next to the ancient petroglyph, as a sign of fighting evil \u2018spirits\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The Onega petroglyphs are rock engravings located on the east coast of Lake Onega in the northwest of Russia. According to reports, the thousands of petroglyphs date back to around 5,000\u20146,000 BC.<\/p>\n

Experts have identified around 1,200 petroglyphs scattered in an area of 20 km, including several capes, such as Besov Nos, which features […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3922100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-code","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3922100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3922100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3922100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3922100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}