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) |
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p. 233 weapons wielded by plaited-bearded god who emerged from that palace :- |
sword |
spear |
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tongs |
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axe |
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dagger |
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meat-knife |
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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’) |
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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 |
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2 dragons hidden in plough mirror at 3-seated shrine on northwestern wall on house; |
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along with carven wooden states of :- |
Bukogaier (‘hunchback’), Takagaier (‘swayback’) |
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p. 278 |
Semorken-Kentele (‘ones with no eyen’) |
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Babukai-Batulu |
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Baolodi-Bukuo |
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at rivers’ confluence, in the dense forest the Oroc^en people cannot find the tracks of :- |
gold-colored tortoise |
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silver-colored frog |
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wasp |
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spider |
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lizards |
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"sound of a shaken bell" |
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cuckoo calling loudly |
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leopard growling |
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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 |
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4th |
"bent-backwards human with two spirits" |
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5th |
"hunchback person with two spirits" |
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6th |
"black-frozen person with two spirits" |
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7th |
2 "halves of a person struck by lightning" |
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8th |
"single leg" |
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9th |
2 golden turtles |
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10th |
2 silver frogs |
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11th |
2 "people with no eyes" |
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12th |
"notched wooden stick for keeping records, with one spirit" |
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13th |
2 cuckoos |
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14th |
"wooden livestock pens, made of nine wooden stakes each with its own spirit" |
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15th |
"hunting gun, with one spirit" {would the earlier version been a blowgun, or what?} |
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16th |
2 "dragons, one strong and stubborn" |
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17th |
9 dancing boys & 9 dancing girls |
Caroline Humphrey with Urgunge Onon : Shamans and Elders. Clarendon Pr, Oxford, 1996.