This is a documentary film 1993 Russian Andrei Golovnev Sikhirtias evokes the legend of a population that date according to the archaeological remains found in the tundra of Siberia to the west, before installing the nomadic Nenets
Film Synopsis translated by Helen Fara:
“The Sikhirtias small legendary people are considered the predecessors of the tundra énètses They hunted wild reindeer, and were commercial whaling and walrus
The Sikhirtias live forever, but underground They belong to the world of the dead They only appear at night or in fog They wear metallic clothes and move on dogs or Mamontov, reindeer land They have white eyes, they are blind Sometimes they come to see the living, but only at night or in fog They leave in their wake metallic objects When the shaman calls the fire by his crackling, warned of their coming Then the shaman enters into a relationship with the realm of the dead and the spirit N’ga Sometimes people say they met and they talked about their
These are very similar to Sikhirtias Dropa, the little men legends of the white island in the Gobi Valley …