Page "Chud" Paragraph 16

The mytho-poetical tradition of the Komi the word chud ' can also designate ( 1 ) Komi heroes and heathens ; ( 2 ) Old Believers ; ( 3 ) another people different from the Komi ; ( 4 ) robbers — the latter two are the typical legends in Sámi folklore.

In fact, the legends about Chudes ( Čuđit ) cover a large area in northern Europe from Scandinavia to the Urals, bounded by Lake Ladoga in the south, the northern and eastern districts of the Vologda province, and passing by the Kirov region, further into Komi-Permyak Okrug.

It has from this area spread to Trans-Ural region through mediation of migrants from European North.