A 2006 stamp by Latvian Post dedicated to Staburags

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 a mourning girl that turned into rock.

Since 1965, the cliff has been 6.5 meters (21 ft) underwater 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 of the cliff.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rozenberga, Māra (July 28, 2015). "50 years since legendary Staburags cliffs disappeared". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ Pumpurs, Andrejs (2011). Bearslayer: A Free Translation from the Unrhymed Latvian Into English Heroic Verse. Tredition Classics. ISBN 978-3-842-48426-9.
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