Sikhirtya is a mysterious people. The legend of underground people.Сихиртя-таинственный народ.

According to legend, this mysterious people once lived in the tundra in Siberia and the Urals. The inhabitants of the Far North called them sikhirta (or sirtya) and attributed many strange properties to them. Sikhirta were small in stature with light eyes and lived in high sandy hills. According to legend, for some unknown reason, they went underground, and on the surface they avoided meeting people. Strange creatures came to the surface at night or in fog. They wore beautiful clothes with metal pendants, often presented people with metal products, because Sikhirtya are excellent blacksmiths and jewelers. So who are they, these mysterious sikhirta? It is known that the Samoyeds (Samoyed peoples) - the Nenets and others - relatively recently settled on the coast of the Arctic Ocean (from the 2nd to the 19th century AD), who lived here before them? Этот загадочный народ по преданию проживал когда-то в тундре в Сибири и Приуралье. Жители Крайнего Севера называли их сихиртя (или сиртя) и приписывали им мно