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Verechelen (; Chuvash language: Вӗрӗҫӗлен , or Вӗриҫӗлен, Вӗриҫлен, Вриҫлен; Russian language: Вереселень), also known as Chuvash , are winged fire-breathing and shapeshifting dragons. The legend originates with the ancestral people of the Chuvash people.
The name means 'invisible snake'. These differ from their Turkic peoples counterparts (such as Zilant), as they are supposed to reflect the mythology of Volga Bulgaria.
Another great snake, or dragon, was said to live in a Paganism tower temple at Yelabuga. Although the Bulgars adopted Islam as early as the tenth century, the snake allegedly survived until the time of Tamerlane's invasion.
Ibn Fadlan, who visited Volga Bulgaria in the 10th century, referred to numerous snakes, especially on trees. Once he saw a big fallen tree, which was longer than a hundred . Ibn Fadlan wrote that he'd seen a big snake at the trunk that had been almost as large as the tree itself. The Bulgars allayed his fears, assuring him that the snake was not dangerous.
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