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In Russian folk legends, the Chuds were described as exalted and beautiful. One characteristic of the Chuds was 'white-eyed', which means lightly colored eyes.
Russian bylinas and bylichkas describe the disappearance of the Chud when the Slavs came to their territories. When there were very few Chud left, the last of their kind drowned themselves (or buried themselves) to avoid being captured or having contact with aliens.[citation needed]
In the chronicles which narrate about the founding of Russia, the Chuds are mentioned as one of the founder races, with the Slav and the Varyags (Varangians).[citation needed]
Folk etymology derives the word from Old East Slavic language (chuzhoi, 'foreign'; or chudnoi 'odd'; or chud 'weird'), or alternatively from chudnyi, wonderful, miraculous, excellent, attractive.
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