Mongol mythology
King Gesar of Ling
The Mongol mythology is the traditional religion of the Mongols.
Creation
There are many Mongol creation myths. In one, the creation of the world is attributed to a Buddhist deity
all humanity.[2]
In another example the world began as an agitating gas which grew increasingly warm and damp, precipitating a heavy rain that created the oceans. Dust and sand emerged to the surface and became earth.Lake Khuvsgul) and the region around Lake Baikal where Lamaist persecution had not been effective.
Deities
- Bai-Ulgan and Esege Malan are creator deities.
- Otis the goddess of marriage.
- Tung-ak is the patron god of tribal chiefs and the ruler of the lesser spirits of Mongol mythology
- Erlik Khan is the King of the Underworld.
- Daichi Tengri is the red god of war to whom enemy soldiers were sometimes sacrificed during battle campaigns.
- Zaarin Tengri is a spirit who gives Khorchi (in the Secret History of the Mongols) a vision of a cow mooing "Heaven and earth have agreed to make Temujin (later Genghis Khan) the lord of the nation".
- The of the 2nd century BC. The Xiongnu may not have been Mongol, but Tengri is common to several Central Asian peoples, including the Mongols.
The wolf, falcon, deer and horse were important symbolic animals.
Texts and myths
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The
Uliger are traditional epic tales and the Epic of King Gesar is shared with much of Central Asia and Tibet
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The Tengriism.
See also
- Alpamysh
- Epic of Manas
- Manchurian mythology
- Scythian mythology
- Shamanism in Siberia
- The Secret History of the Mongols
- Tibetan mythology
- Tungusic mythology
- Turco-Mongol tradition
- Turkic mythology
Notes
- ^ Sproul 1979, p. 218
- ^ a b c Nassen-Bayer & Stuart 1992
References
- Walter Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia, Kegan Paul (2000).
- Myths Connected With Mongol Religion, A Journey in Southern Siberia, by Jeremiah Curtin.
- Gerald Hausman, Loretta Hausman, The Mythology of Horses: Horse Legend and Lore Throughout the Ages (2003), 37-46.
- Yves Bonnefoy, Wendy Doniger, Asian Mythologies, University Of Chicago Press (1993), 315-339.
- 满都呼, 中国阿尔泰语系诸民族神话故事(folklores of Chinese Altaic races).民族出版社, 1997. ISBN 7-105-02698-7.
- 贺灵, 新疆宗教古籍资料辑注(materials of old texts of Xinjiang religions).新疆人民出版社, May 2006. ISBN 7-228-10346-7.
- Nassen-Bayer; Stuart, Kevin (October 1992). "Mongol creation stories: man, Mongol tribes, the natural world and Mongol deities". 2. 51. Asian Folklore Studies: 323–334. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Sproul, Barbara C. (1979). Primal Myths. HarperOne HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 978-0-06-067501-1.
- S. G. Klyashtornyj, 'Political Background of the Old Turkic Religion' in: Oelschlägel, Nentwig, Taube (eds.), "Roter Altai, gib dein Echo!" (FS Taube), Leipzig, 2005, ISBN 978-3-86583-062-3, 260-265.
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