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In pre-revolutionary times, there were a lot of shamans in Yakutia – in almost every village there was some kind of sorcerer who delivered fellow countrymen from all sorts of ailments and other misfortunes. However with when the Bolsheviks came to power, widespread planting began atheism and the fight against the healers who are objectionable to the regime, resulting in the number of shamans in Yakutia has greatly decreased.
What are the Yakut shamans
In terms of their strength, Yakut sorcerers are divided into small, medium and the great ones. Moreover, some are descendants of ancient shamanistic dynasties, others do not have sorcerers in the family and get mystical abilities spontaneously. In the entire history of Yakutia, small shamans here there were a great many, medium – much less, and great – quite few. By the way, only the great shaman can speak directly with the supreme deity of the Yakut pantheon, whose name is Yuryung Aar Toyon.
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In addition, Yakut sorcerers are white (non-predatory) and black (predatory). The only difference between the two is that white shamans prefer not to use their power against ordinary people, while blacks do not adhere to such moral Code. But between them both those and others at all times conflicted be healthy. This was especially impressive for great shamans who without a break led each other civil strife, sending damage and curses on their opponents.
It is noteworthy that the women shamans, who are called udagans, they are superior to their male “colleagues”. Generally women in Yakutia they very rarely become sorcerers, but if they become, it’s usually great or at worst averages. Most By the way, a powerful shaman in Yakut history is considered udagansa Alysardah. This harsh lady sent to forefathers a good half of the great shamans who are not fortunate enough to live at the same time with her. The other half of Alysard except for sparing so that they “remember and fear.”
Shaman Initiation
To convey to the reader the seriousness of the Yakut shamanism, should talk about how people actually become sorcerers. This usually happens in childhood, most often in the beginning puberty of a person.
For example, with the great shaman Togustaah from Ust-Aldan ulus it happened at the age of nine. Parents of the boy left in the afternoon from home, and the child was left there alone. Suddenly in the yard I heard the clatter of hooves, so strong as if the whole horse army. The child crouched in horror under the bed near walls, and held my breath …
The stomp stopped, after which someone big and heavy jumped down to the ground and walked from the hitch to the side of the house. Judging by the sounds, he I didn’t go to the door, but directly to the wall, behind which I hid under the bed boy. When the steps came close, the child heard over a voice, a little like a human: “So here you are! Finally, our nine-year quest is over! ” the boy lost the creation.
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When the parents returned, they found their son lying on the floor in a fever and delirium. The child was put to bed, and father, as usual, immediately hastened to the village shaman. That came, examined the boy – and immediately understood everything. He is strictly ordered parents not to touch their son and only periodically drink it water. The sorcerer said that the child’s soul is now far in interworld, where higher forces perform a complex rite on it initiations into shamans.
It is believed that in such cases, the spirit messenger accompanies the soul elected to one of the sacred Yakut places where it is subjected so called “dismemberment”. It is not known exactly what happened to Togustaah, but one middle shaman, who at one time, too I had to transfer the “dismemberment”, described in detail this unpleasant process.
… As a boy, he grazed calves in a meadow and suddenly noticed how flashes of lightning literally out of nowhere appeared a huge tree. Some unusual bird was sitting on a tree and was staring at little shepherd. Under the weight of her gaze, the boy seemed to failed somewhere. Later, adults found him in a meadow unconscious, and for three months the child lay in bed without recovering.
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Subsequently, the shaman said that after meeting with the bird he found himself on top of a high mountain, which was surrounded by a stormy river. Not able to move, he simply lay on the ground and looked up at the sky. Soon, a huge man with a bear approached the boy in a waddle. head. In the hands of the giant were an ax and a spear, which he stuck blunt end to the ground. Then he took an ax, chopped off the boy’s head and planted it on a spear so that the head saw everything that happens to body. It was painfully dismembered.
The giant began to chop the headless body into pieces, and it went on for many hours. When he finished, came down from heaven three creatures resembling large birds with human faces. They are sorted the bloody pieces into three piles and disappeared.
Then, from the north, west and south, three clouds alternately sailed, from which every time some kind of demonic creatures appeared. They are descended to the top of the mountain and gladly absorbed the nursery flesh (each flock got a bunch), and then burp it back to earth and flew away.
As this inconceivable feast ended, like birds with human faces reappeared and began to assemble the body the boy together, holding the meat, bones and skin together with his own saliva. When they were done, the bear-headed giant took off his severed head. with a spear and put it to the body. One of the birds licked its neck. boy, and his head fused with the body.
“From now on, you are free! Rise, the shaman created by the highest planned and anointed with the north! “- someone solemnly said, and the child woke up in the parental home.
The shaman explains what happened to him as follows. His the astral body was split into many parts, a third of which turned out to be tied with the spirits of the north, a third – with the spirits of the west and a third – with the spirits of the south. Since the initiation took place in the north Yakutia, the shaman anointed north. Eaten by the astral body future sorcerer, the spirits subsequently always patronized him and carried out his will, including helping to fight with others sorcerers.
As for the great shamans, their initiation lasts even longer, since four flocks of spirits flock to a treat – from all sides Sveta.
How the great shaman dealt with enemies
The great shamaness Alysardah already mentioned by us performed at life unimaginable things. To ordinary people, she is the most remembered by her two skills: get rid of enemies and to teach those who openly doubted her abilities. we Here are two stories that perfectly illustrate this.
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By the way, contemporaries described Alysardah as the most common a young and attractive woman. The great udagans did not differ neither demonic features, nor tall, nor strong physique. On the contrary, in the eyes of fellow countrymen, she looked fragile and defenseless …
Our heroine had a sworn enemy named Oles, also great a shaman who lived in a neighboring area. The confrontation between them lasted long and was relatively sluggish – until Oles cool angered Alysardah and she, despite all her equanimity, offended at him in black. What exactly happened between the two great shamans, history is silent, but the ugang swore that it’s summer to bring your offender to the grave.
Having learned about this, Oles took a defensive position. All summer he almost did not leave his house and constantly carried out protective ceremonies. The sorcerer’s calculation was as follows: if Alysardah did not fulfill his the promise will be dishonored and is unlikely to re-want to ruin his.
One of the hot days, Oles nevertheless left his refuge and I went with my relatives to mow the grass and swim in the river. Suddenly he noticed far on the horizon a lonely cloud of unpleasant, rusty colors. A black raven flew over the river, anxiously croaking, and a shaman immediately changed in the face. He told loved ones that the patron bird warned him of an impending threat: Alysard moved on the road to the soul of his offender, and she is very determined.
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While Oles ran to his house, the cloud became larger and larger gradually turned black. Soon rain poured out of it, flashed lightning. But the cloud did not manage to overtake the shaman – he I ran to the house, locked myself from the inside and closed all the windows with special magic “valves” protecting from any evil witchcraft. Oles himself put on shamanistic clothes, took a tambourine and, descending into basement, began to intensively flail.
Soon a formidable cloud hung over the shaman’s house, and burst from it huge black whirlwind. He began to circle around the dwelling slivers of everything that was in the yard. You would think that a whirlwind doesn’t know how to approach the shaman.
But at some point, he suddenly jumped home and rushed inside through the chimney, which Oles, the frightened, did not cover. Of the huts were heard for a long time screaming and noise, until finally everything was quiet. A thundercloud dissolved in the sky and the weather returned again clear.
Olesya’s villagers didn’t immediately decide to enter his house, but when still gathered courage and went in, then saw lying in the cellar dead shaman. His body was terribly twisted, and his face turned into a solid bloody mess …
Alysardah during these events was at home and danced in a deep trance. She subsequently expressed regret that mortally wounded that day a couple of small shamans from the same area as Oles. And indeed, turned up to her under the hand of the sorcerers soon became seriously ill and died.
How Alysardah taught the arrogant officials
In the tsarist time, when Alysardah lived, in her village were two officials. Having heard about the powerful witch, they decided check rumors. These two could not be called big skeptics, rather they treated shamanism without due respect, considering him a bit of harmless fun.
Appearing in the house of Alysard and seeing instead of a formidable old woman fragile girl, officials behaved not in the best way: they demanded to feed and drink them, and then they started aloud discuss the virtues of the shaman. Alysardah sat modestly aside and did not interrupt uninvited guests. When they said they wanted see the “trick”, Alysardah agreed and pretended to fall into trance. In such a stationary state, the girl sat for half an hour.
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Realizing that they will not wait for the promised performance, and loudly cursing, the officials headed for the exit. But as soon as they opened the door, as a huge stream of water gushed into the house, as if during terrible flood. The water in which many fish swam, rapidly filling the house, and the men realized that soon they simply drown. Alysard was sitting on the former as if nothing had happened place, and the elements did not touch her, as if the shaman was protected by the invisible dome.
Terrified officials began to beg for mercy, but she answered that they would have to pay for their arrogance and ignorance. “If you catch one fish from the water, so be it, I’ll save your life, “she said coldly.
For an hour, the unfortunate tried to catch fish and finally somehow caught by the thing. “Now squeeze them, but harder!” – ordered the shaman. The officials tried so hard that even the veins on their foreheads swelled from stress …
Suddenly, the men came to their senses at once and saw that there was no water in there’s no house, and they stand with their pants down, panting and clutching each friend causal place. At the same time rolling around with a laugh local public.
Pulling his trousers on the go, officials rushed away. Not to the house Alysardah, they never returned to this village …
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