Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 292 THE TWIN BOYS, ALTIN SHAGOY AND MUNGUN SHAGOY VERY, very long ago lived Hodoy Shon Mergen Khan. He had a wife named Agwi Nogn; he had also a sister, whose name we do not know. Hodoy Khan said one day, "I will build a great white...
Chapter X. The Gods Of The Buriats : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 118 CHAPTER X THE GODS OF THE BURIATS DELQUEN Sagn Burkan, World White God, is the highest existence in the Universe. He is also called Esege Malan. In him are three spirits: Barony Tabin Tabung Tengeri, Zm Dishn Dirln Tengeri...
Chapter Iv. The Horse Sacrifice : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 44 CHAPTER IV THE HORSE SACRIFICE THE Tailgan, or Horse Sacrifice, takes place on a hill called Uhr, about seven miles from Usturdi. On this hill fifteen large stone altars have been built. The sacrifice is made by the first...
Chapter Xi. Myths Connected With Mongol Religi : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 178 ASHIR BOGDO AFTER Gesir Bogdo had been saved and cured by the Iron Hero, and Ashir had gone westward to take as bride Nalhan Taiji, the daughter of Gasir Baiyin, Gesir Bogdo began to live with his old wife, and lived in peace...
Chapter Iii. Collecting Myths : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 38 CHAPTER III COLLECTING MYTHS THE day following the wedding Andrei Mihailovitch came over from his summer place. He was supposed to remain at home for nine days, still he came. After a while he invited me to walk along the street...
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Chapter I. The Birthplace Of Mongol Activity : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 1 A JOURNEY IN SOUTHERN SIBERIA CHAPTER I THE BIRTHPLACE OF MONGOL ACTIVITY THE Buriats whose myth-tales I have collected, and whose beliefs, modes of worship, and customs I have studied at their source and describe in this volume...
Prefatory Note : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. v PREFATORY NOTE JEREMIAH CURTIN took the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Harvard College in 1863, having been a member of the last college class that studied their required mathematics under me as Assistant Professor. I found young...
Notes : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 301 p. 302 p. 303 NOTES MY collection of Buriat myths and folk-tales is small. The work should have been done years ago. I found many incomplete stories and fragments of myths, and am convinced that during the past five decades...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Part 07 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 196 BURULDAI BOGDO KHAN. No. II. BURULDAI BOGDO was the eldest of thirteen khans and was master of seventy-three tongues. He was seventy years old, and his wife was sixty. For many years they had no children. Finally, behind...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Part 03 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 247 YERENTE KHAN AND HIS SON SOKTO YERENTE was ninety-five years of age, and his wife, Untun Duryai, sixty. Though they lived in an immense stone yurta, they had neither son nor daughter. Yerente owned thousands and thousands...
Chapter Xi. Myths Connected With Mongol Religi. Part 02 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 164 THE IRON HERO THE Iron Hero cut open his side, and found a book in his liver. He read this book three days and nights, without stopping; at one time he laughed, at another he cried, at a third he sang songs. In this book it w...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Part 05 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 222 VARHAN TULAI HUBUN ONCE there were two brothers,--the elder Albat Mergin Hubun, the younger Varhan Tulai Hubun. The elder had a wife named Deri Sisin (Steel File), the younger was not married. "Let us try and see which of us is...
Chapter V. Journey To The Island Of Olkhon : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 53 CHAPTER V JOURNEY TO THE ISLAND OF OLKHON AFTER annoying delays the day for starting on the journey came at last (August 6); but only at one o'clock were we ready for the road. A few moments before leaving I witnessed...
Chapter Xi. Myths Connected With Mongol Religi. Part 04 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 130 GESIR BOGDO. No. II A VERSION OF THE PRECEDING STORY IN a time unknown, but very, very long ago, in a world preceding this world there were people called Marat; there were also Mangathais, who were ruled over by Shalmo Kh...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Part 04 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 232 ALTIN SHAGOY TO a forest at the foot of a mountain came a man seventy years of age and a woman who was sixty. They cleared a small space there, and the man cut down trees to build a yurta. When the yurta was finished they lived...
Chapter Xi. Myths Connected With Mongol Religi. Part 05 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 127 CHAPTER XI MYTHS CONNECTED WITH MONGOL RELIGION GESIR BOGDO. No. I (TOLD BY SCKRETARYOFF) AT first--in the beginning of the world--there was confusion here below, and great disorder. There were also various vile creatures...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Part 08 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 186 CHAPTER XII MONGOL MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES BURULDAI BOGDO, No. I ONCE there was a khan named Buruldai Bogdo. He was seventy years old and his wife was sixty, and they had no children. One day the khan took a book out of his head...
Title Page : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. i A JOURNEY IN SOUTHERN SIBERIA THE MONGOLS, THEIR RELIGION AND THEIR MYTHS BY JEREMIAH CURTIN Author Of "The Mongols, A History, The Mongols In Russia, Myths And Folk-Lore Of Ireland, Creation Myths Of Primitive America," Etc...
Chapter Viii. Customs Of The Buriats : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 92 CHAPTER VIII CUSTOMS OF THE BURIATS THE MAKING OF TARASUN THE most important work in a Buriat house and of a Buriat woman is to keep the milk barrels full, and to distil the milk into tarasun, a liquor looking like alcohol...
Chapter Ii. My Journey To The Buriats : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 18 CHAPTER II MY JOURNEY TO THE BURIATS ON the morning of the 9th of July, 1900, the train on which I had traveled from Moscow came in sight of Irkutsk. I was greatly delighted with this capital of Eastern Siberia. The city, as seen...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Part 02 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 271 ALAMALDJIN AND HIS TWIN SISTER HANHAI ALAMALDJIN BOGDO and his twin sister Hanhai were born in Iryil of a father who was seventy-five years of age and a mother who was sixty. After the twins were born the father called all...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Part 06 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 206 HNKUVAI AND THE HORSE WITH ROUND HEAD AFTER this world had become a world, and this earth had become earth, and water had become water, there lived near the northern side of the Altai mountains, on the ridge called Huhi, a kh...
Chapter Xii. Mongol Myths And Folk Tales. Sharu : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 201 SHARAU ONCE there was a young man by the name of Sharau. He became restless, and one day told his mother that if he had a small sum of money he would go out into the world and make a great deal more. His mother gave him what he...
Chapter Xi. Myths Connected With Mongol Religi. Part 03 : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 134 GESIR BOGDO. No. III BETWEEN two sky-dwellers, Khan Tyurmas Tengeri and Atai Ulan Tengeri, a dispute arose as to which of them should be master of Segel Sebdik Tenger, the cold ice sky. At last they agreed that in three days...
Chapter Ix. The Origin Of Shamans : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 105 CHAPTER IX THE ORIGIN OF SHAMANS FROM Barony Tabin Tabung Tengeri, the first spirit to emerge from the Highest Existence in the Universe, Delquen Sagn Burkan, World White god, often called Esege Malan, came the fifty-five...
Chapter Vii. A Birthday In Siberia : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 87 CHAPTER VII A BIRTHDAY IN SIBERIA ON September 6, my birthday, I hired a troika for four rubles and a half and set out to bring in Manshut, dead or alive. The day was beautiful, the air clear, sweet; the sun shone brightly...
Chapter Vi. Sojourn On The 'sacred' Island : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. 73 CHAPTER VI SOJOURN ON THE "SACRED" ISLAND THE morning following my arrival on Olkhon the golovar of Kutul, who had accompanied me to the island, returned to the mainland, after sending for a man whom he said could tell me much...
Illustrations : * "A Journey in Southern Siberia", by Jeremiah Curtin, [1909], p. xiii ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait of the Author "Frontispiece FACING PAGE Irkutsk, Siberia 18 Post Station at Elantsin 24 Our Traveling Carriage while Making the Buriat Journey 24 Baggage and Provisions of Convicts 40 Convicts Passing...
