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people in sibiria used to do a similar thing called "lotska" although they wouldnt sleep completely through it because a fire was maintained afaik and once per
by whythisnotthat 6y ago
people in sibiria used to do a similar thing called "lotska" although they wouldnt sleep completely through it because a fire was maintained afaik and once per day food and water was consumed. I always wondered what that does to your dreams and sense of reality, i know mine gets scewed easily.
- codesnik 6y ago"lotska" is not a russian word. It was probably "liozhka", ("process of lying for a long time"), if it is something to believe at all.
- whythisnotthat 6y agoInteresting, "lotska" is used in the source from the British Medical Journal from 1900 as linked in another comment, probably a translation from "liozhka". Sadly "A Practice closely akin to hibernation is said to be general among Russian peasants in the Pskov Government" seems to be all we have as of now for validation