Monday, March 13, 2017

Representations about the Universe in Tuvan mythology

The Universe has three worlds:

  1. The Upper World
  2. Middle world - The Yellow Universe
  3. lower world - The Dark Universe
The upper world is not like a Christian paradise, and the bottom is not like a Christian hell.
The upper and lower worlds are eternal.There people live after death.The world of people is called the "Deceptive Yellow Universe", because it is not eternal.Three worlds are interconnected and one can move from one to another.
In the average world live:
People.
"Kizhi Borus"  Wild people.
"Shulbus" Shulbus live in hard-to-reach districts of the taiga and on the mountain tops.If a person sees the true appearance of the shulbus, he will soon die.
Entities - Spirit "oran-tangdee a:zi" They are the owners of lakes, mountains, rivers, forests, healing springs, taiga.People communicate and revere nature.People take only what is necessary.People, before going on a hunt, cutting down a tree, fishing, ask permission from the spirit.
Essence ''Buk''  He gets into people.He encourages a person to do bad things.
Devilry "Azalar" The soul of the deceased person turns into "aza", if the rituals were not performed after death. Or he has an unfinished business, or he died in terrible agony and wants revenge.Aza can change its form: turn into different animals or have an ugly human form.They can harm living people.
"Chetcherler" - Souls of deceased people, who did not care to get to the place they needed.
In the lower world live:
The ruler of the whole lower world is Erlic Khan.People will come to him after death to court.He punishes the guilty and rewards good people.
Cannibals "Magachynnar"
"Chylbiga" - A woman eating children.
"Albys" Albis are in the form of a beautiful girl or man.They will entice travelers with their beauty.
" Deereng" It has the form of a handsome young man riding a horse.
In the upper world live:
The ruler of the whole lower world is Ak Khan and Heavenly deities.



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