Nodia

Nodes - a taiga long and slightly burning, smoldering bonfire , made of logs . The word "Nodya" is a borrowing from the Finno-Ugric languages (cf. modern Finnish. Nuotio - bonfire ').

Hodya “watch fire at hunters”, archang., Nodya the same, Perm., Nodyo, Nityo, Sib., Perm., Nizhny Novgorod., Nudya, Olonetsk. (Sandpiper. 1). From Karelsk. nuodivo, fin. nuotio "bonfire in the parking lot"; see Kalima 173. Komi nodja. ^[one]

In the design of a genuine node there are only two logs that are stacked horizontally one above the other, the fire is kindled between them and gives uniform and long-lasting heat due to slow burning.

In a number of recommendations, a node is depicted of three logs (two on the ground, one above them), this is essentially a “stacked” hunting fire, which is often arranged from five or more logs (the first row of three logs on the ground, the second row of two above them , the third - from one at the very top). This bonfire has nothing to do with nodya, since it eliminates the main properties of a real nodya - uniformity and duration of burning, efficiency and self-regulation of the flame.

Practicing huntsmen from the Pitkäranta region of Karelia “nodya” call both the above bonfire of two logs held by each other with stakes, and the bonfire of six logs with a pyramid (three below, two above and one on the third floor).