Shaitan’s legend

 

The name of the lake Shaitan means "devil". The lake is so called because it was constantly bubbling and the islands floated by themselves.

Locals believed that an evil spirit lived in the lake.

A beautiful legend is connected with the appearance and name of the lake:

       

A long time ago, two tribes were at war with each other. One tribe believed in a good god, the other - on the contrary, in a cruel Shaitan. The final battle between them took place at the site of the lake. They fought all night, but Shaitan deceived everyone: when dawn broke, it turned out that the tribe of the good god was fighting with itself - not a single enemy was killed in the battle, and all those killed were hit only by their arrows. Tears and blood mixed together, flooded the battlefield. The earth collapsed and on this place the lake was formed. Since then, the evil spirit Shaitan lives in this lake, and when he gets angry, the water in the lake begins to boil.