Shamans and Elders : the Daur Mongol-s (of northwestern Manchuria)

Map. 1 -- Mongol tribes

tribe

its location

Haih

Outer Mongolia

C^ahar

Inner Mongolia

Daur

northwestern Manchuria

p. 98 trees with their animals

tree

animal

great willow

galierte

poplar

owl

broad willow

S^imuku (sapsucker)

wild rose

tree-mouse

wild plum

eagle

white-stemmed red-branched willow

gens^iha

shrub willow

20 crows

larch

10 angula

white birch

somuha

ders grass

55 sparrows

elm

cuckoo

camphor tree

python

p. 232 "The shaman’s soul, now joining with the onggor, set off on his dolbor journey."

p. 232 many-colored palace with :-

70-storeyed dayimen

8-storeyed ningil (tentpost)

p. 233 weapons wielded by plaited-bearded god who emerged from that palace :-

sword

spear

tongs

axe

dagger

meat-knife

   

p. 233 shaman loaded upon his own __

the patient’s __

back mirror

chronic diseases

front mirror

illness

at the end of the earth, beside the Ji S^ilka river,

p. 277

"Struck by lightning nine times Those hit ... become" :-

Koletardi (‘half ones’), Kaletardi (‘cut-off ones’)

 

Kalani (‘black ones’), Kac^ani (‘frozen ones’)

 

having reached at "the Solon & Daur", there are :-

"piece of jade ... on the heated bed ... is the resting place of ... the master pearl" in palace in city of Bei-jin

 

2 dragons hidden in plough mirror at 3-seated shrine on northwestern wall on house;

 

along with carven wooden states of :-

Bukogaier (‘hunchback’), Takagaier (‘swayback’)

p. 278

Semorken-Kentele (‘ones with no eyen’)

 

Babukai-Batulu

 

Baolodi-Bukuo

 

at rivers’ confluence, in the dense forest the Oroc^en people cannot find the tracks of :-

gold-colored tortoise

 

silver-colored frog

 

wasp

 

spider

 

lizards

 

"sound of a shaken bell"

 

cuckoo calling loudly

 

leopard growling

 

wild boar

pp. 278-279 the 17 " ‘seats’ of Holieri ancestors"

p.

#

seat

278

1st

9 Mangee spirits

279

2nd

9-headed Mangee

 

3rd

9 human skulls

 

4th

"bent-backwards human with two spirits"

 

5th

"hunchback person with two spirits"

 

6th

"black-frozen person with two spirits"

 

7th

2 "halves of a person struck by lightning"

 

8th

"single leg"

 

9th

2 golden turtles

 

10th

2 silver frogs

 

11th

2 "people with no eyes"

 

12th

"notched wooden stick for keeping records, with one spirit"

 

13th

2 cuckoos

 

14th

"wooden livestock pens, made of nine wooden stakes each with its own spirit"

 

15th

"hunting gun, with one spirit" {would the earlier version been a blowgun, or what?}

 

16th

2 "dragons, one strong and stubborn"

 

17th

9 dancing boys & 9 dancing girls

Caroline Humphrey with Urgunge Onon : Shamans and Elders. Clarendon Pr, Oxford, 1996.