lake “Sadyrkol”
The most beautiful lake “Sadyrkol”
In ancient times, the territory of this lake was inhabited by the Kazakhs of the middle zhuz of the clan – Sadyr.
According to legend, the lake “Sadyrkol” roamed the shaitan (devil) on the ground. Looking on the shore of the lake, just above the cliff, lies a beardless man Aldar-Kose (“a beardless deceiver” character of the Kazakh epic). One would think that the dead man, only from snoring the coastal bushes bend, as from the wind. “Well, if alive – grinning shaitan rubbed his paws – so now it will be dead.” He crept up on tiptoe to the sleeping man and pushed him off the cliff. But then Aldar-Kose deftly wrapped his two arms around his neck, and they flew into the water together.
Long floundered in the whirlpool. Shaitan understood: they will not wriggle out of his tenacious hands. The man had to submit: he carried the beardless man ashore. Since then, all shaitans bypass this lake.
