Prins Oleg, Oleg den vise eller Oleg Veshchy (Siaren), även Oleh, eller Helge, (Khazarisk form: Helgu), av det fornnordiska mansnamnet "Helgi". När Rurik (Rörik) dog år 879, var hans son Igor (Ingvar) ännu inte vuxen, så en släkting vid namn Oleh (Helge) utsågs till förmyndarregent i Novgorodriket. Enligt Nestorskrönikan hade Oleg titeln storfurste.
According to the legend, romanticised by Alexander Pushkin in his ballad "The Song of the Wise Oleg,"[6] it was prophesied by the pagan priests (volkhvs) that Oleg would take death from his stallion.
To defy the prophecies, Oleg sent the horse away. Many years later he asked where his horse was, and was told it had died. He asked to see the remains and was taken to the place where the bones lay. When he touched the horse's skull with his boot a snake slithered from the skull and bit him. Oleg died, thus fulfilling the prophecy.
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