Buryat ritual lists comparisons

ChS, pp. 151-152 the 9 branches of the Turge (World-Tree)

p.

#

Branch

{comparative}

151

1st

"footsteps of the ancient shamans."

footprints of Xiuh-tecuhtli

 

2nd

"liberated from ... all worries"

Itztli (‘Knife’) to cut free

 

3rd

"insight about what your life purpose is"

 

152

4th

"peace"

 
 

5th

"all your helper spirits are singing like birds."

skull-headed bird (CBM & CF-M)

 

6th

"the gol" (dream-whirlpool connecting into the divine world)

{Vad.ava is, specifically, the divine whirlpool}

 

7th

"You ... are a bird".

owl in temple (CF-M, Boone p. 98)

 

8th

"you see ... Altan Hadaas, the pole star" ["The rotation of this star led to the creation of the Has Temdeg, a swastika symbol." (RW)]

Tlazol-teotl, goddess to whom the sacramental confession of sins (PS, p. 476, n. 384) is made {in the Parivrajya Vrata, the SWASTIKA asana is used for "confession of sins" (BCh, p. 81)}

 

9th

"you have reached the hole in the sky, the gate to the upper world. It is like the smoke hole of the teepee. [I.e., at the zenith] Stand up and look through the hole to the place beyond the heavens."

Tlaloc standing upright and craning his neck to look upwards (CF-M, Boone p. 98)

ChS = Sarangerel : Chosen by the Spirits. Destiny Books, Rochester (VT), 2001.

RW = http://www.newdawnbooks.info/Reviews/Riding_Windhorses.html

PS = D. H. Lawrence (ed. by L. D. Clark) : The Plumed Serpent (Quetzalcoatl). Cambridge U Pr, 1987. http://books.google.com/books?id=_ofwOinH958C&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=Tlazolteotl+"confession+of+sins"&source=bl&ots=qpkEO7vf5s&sig=I1vG5l8MhZzr7YHkIMGmZMWCtGg&hl=en&ei=MT2xSpywJailtgepmOTzBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=Tlazolteotl%20%22confession%20of%20sins%22&f=false

BCh = Arthur Lillie : Buddhism in Christendom; or, Jesus the Essene. 1887. http://books.google.com/books?id=dg1NAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=swastika+"confession+of+sins"&source=bl&ots=twp_Vv_Aw3&sig=SFtZgDnGiIbA3AfQtnFQJQ_xbOo&hl=en&ei=oDmxSvbEFc2ltgf025WSCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#v=onepage&q=swastika%20%22confession%20of%20sins%22&f=false

ChS, pp. 233-235 the 9 S^anar (‘Degrees’) of Consecration for Boo (‘Shaman’)

p.

#

Degree

{comparative}

233

1st

"making ceremonial fires."

Xiuh-tecuhtli is fire-god

 

2nd

"is washed with the waters"

Itztli’s wading in pool (CBM)

234

3rd

"is able to perform marriages."

Piltzin-tecuhtli, known for his romantic relationship with goddess Xochi-quetzal

 

4th

"a chest to store" objects within

Cen-teotl, god of maize (to be stored in siloes)

 

5th

 

Mictlan-tecuhtli, ruler of the dead

235

6th

"horse’s head."

+Chalchihuitl-icue, the water-goddess {cf. Vad.ava the water-mare-goddess}

 

7th

 

+Tlazol-teotl

 

8th

"jingle cones"

Tepe-yollotl the echo-god

 

9th

"transport himself"

Tlaloc standing upon a swimming crocodile (CF-M, Boone p. 98)

Elizabeth Hill Boone : Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate. U of TX Pr, Austin, 2007. pp. 96-99 depictions of the 9 Rulers of the Nights :-

p. 96, Fig. 51 as figured in various codices from Anahuac

p. 97, Fig. 52 in Codex Borgianus Mexicanus, p. 14

pp. 98-9, Fig. 53 in Codex Feje`rva`ry-Mayer, pp. 2-4

{the "rope" assigned to the 4th Buryat Degree ought properly to belong to the 5th, inasmuch as a rope is depicted (in CF-M, Boone p. 99) with Mictlan-tecuhtli [cf. noose of Varun.a, punisher of the dead]}

Mongol

Aztec

Cherokee

 

Tlaloc (grasping its breath) stood upon a swimming crocodile.

Br’er Rabbit rode upon a swimming alligator.

 

The idol of Tlaloc was coated with the plant-resin "liquid rubber" (G).

Br’er Rabbit became stuck into the Tar Baby (originally a resin-doll).

Blue fire (of Butterfly-deity) in Lower World (RMSh, p. 85).

["from the South a blue fire" (Creek – NA, p. 65)] [Petroleum, tar, and resin combust with a blue flame.]

cf. the blue fire stolen for humans by the Algonkin rabbit-god (Manaboz^o) from fire-hoarding deities.

G = Bernardino de Sahagu`n : The Gods. (FLORENTINE CODEX, part 2). Santa Fe`, 1970.

RMSh = Purev Otgony (main transl. Purvee Gurbadaryn; assistant transl. Narantsetseg Pureviin) : The Religion of Mongolian Shamanism. GENCO University College, Ulaanbaatar, 2002.

NA = Hartley Burr Alexander : North American [Mythology]. Boston, 1916.

Aztec

Nansemond [tribe in Maryland] (TNAI, Vol. III)

Astika

goggle-eyed god Tlaloc

description of Abamoc^o, the Spirit of Evil : "His eyes, which were very large, were of the colour of the green far-eyes [spectacles] with which the pale faces survey distant objects, and stood out so far from the head".

goggle-eyed god Jagat-natha

crocodile’s grasped breath (= treasure-spirit’s "breath ... in blue flames" at Liberty Island, M&LOOL)

Abamoc^o’s daughter, the female Rattlesnake whose dowry included treasure of much wampum, had a "blue fire" in her lodge. She is stated to give chase to the "toad" {wherewith cf. the Snake-deity who in the Popol Vuh swallowed a Toad-deity which had swallowed the divine Louse-messenger, whose message may = Aztec crocodile’s breath}.

 

TNAI = James Athearn Jones : Traditions of the North American Indians. London, 1830. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20828/20828.txt

M&LOOL = Charles M. Skinner : Myths and Legends of Our Own Land. "Kidd’s Treasure". http://www.magick7.com/FreeBooks/0086/MythsLegends.html#2H_4_0267

ChS, p. 250 naadan

__ Dance

Mongol 28 animals (M&EC, Table 43)

Chinese omen-prodigies (AO&M, pp. 136-143)

1. Yohor ["circle" to raise a "spiral of energy" (p. 257)]

12.

8. {in a folktale from Lombardy, a whirlwind transported to a "white fox" (C&C).}

2. Bear ["Bear, associated with the east, is conductor of souls on their way to the lower world after death." (p. 243)]

10. Bear

9. red Bear

 

9. Peafowl

10. 9-tailed

 

8-7. Snake

11. white Deer {cf. Mixtec Deer-Snake god}

3. Goat

6. Goat

12. 3-horned beast {cf. "three-horned goat" (W7) = "Master Leonard" (DPh&F; DG s.v. "goat’)}

 

5. Pig

13. 1-horned beast {cf. in Kantha Puran.a "single horned Pig" (KS) = Varaha (E&C-HP)}

4. Wolf

2. Hound

18. white Wolf

 

1. Monkey

20. silver jar {cf. in Borneo, catching a "monkey, who has his hand jammed in the jar." (MB)}

5. Eagle

 

25. azure Crow

6. "breaking the horse"

26. Horse

29. "felicity cloud" {cf. Nephele ‘Cloud’ who gave birth to Kentauros (½ horse, ½ man) (GM 63.d)}

 

25. Mule

31. Dipper-star {Is this the star whereof Bil<am prophesied, "There shall step forth a star" (B-Midbar 24:17) : this he uttered because his she-ass had rebuked him (B-Midbar 22:28).}

 

24. Sheep

34. golden carriage {cf. sheep having golden fleece (GM 148.g)}

 

23. Mule

35. 3-legged crow {cf. in Zend-Avesta, 3-legged mythic ass}

7. Bee

22. Owl {cf. at Knossos, "owl sitting at the entrance to a cellar, frightening away a swarm of bees" (GM 90.d).}

37. White Crow {cf. the white crow (GM 50.b) of princess Coronis, who was violated by (GM 50.5) Boutes "the bee-master" (GM 148.i)}

 

21. Horse

39. jade Horse

 

20. Deer {cf. Norse mythic deer which grazed on foliage of the tree Eik-tyrnir (‘Oak-thorny’, i.e. acacia)}

40. tree-root {cf. tree which, if stung by bee-bird Qin-yuan, would wither (HChM, p. 161)}

 

19. Hyaina {the Buda hyaina-folk of Abysinnia are of the tribe of (HP) Dan= S^uh.am : /s^uh.ah/ ‘chasm’}

41. white Pigeon {cf. pigeon released to fly in front of the Argo betwixt 2 cliffs (GM 151.a). In an African folktale, the medicine-bag carried by Hyaina caused a fall "into a gully" (M&F).}

 

18. Lion {cf. "Green Lion" of European alchemy}

42. Jade Goat (Khimaira ‘Nanny-goat’ (GM, vol. 2, p. 386a) was lioness-headed (GM 75.b)}

 

17. Peafowl [usually green]

43. "jade rooster"

 

16. Monkey

50. golden Man swimming {golden-skinned Tirthankara?}

 

15.

65.

 

14. Tigre

66. West Queen Mother (= White Tigress)

8. Grouse

 

67. white Pheasants

 

13. Deer

71. transparent Deer

M&EC = Joe D. Steward : Mesoamerican and Eurasian Calendars. PhD diss, U of Calgary, 1974.

AO&M = Tiziana Lipiello: Auspicious Omens and Miracles in Ancient China. Monumenta Serica Institute, Sankt Augustin, 2001. pp. 133-145 = 94 omens in Treatise (chs. 28-29 of Son-s^u) by S^en-Yue http://texts.00.gs/Auspicious_Omens_in_China.htm

C&C = "Comb and Collar" http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/332.htm

W7 = http://www.pantheon.org/areas/featured/witchcraft/chapter-7.html

DPh&F = Bulfinch : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1884. http://bulfinch.englishatheist.org/dic/m.html

DG = Demoniac Grimoire http://www.satanservice.org/practice/demonlist.txt

KS = http://www.sivalayayathra.org/Thiruppanticode.html

E&C-HP = http://www.indopedia.org/Talk:Evolution_and_creationism.html#Hindu_perspective

MB = http://www.boblucky.com/reflect/sept00.htm

GM = Robert Graves : The Greek Myths. 1955.

HChM = Linhui Yang & Deming An : Handbook of Chinese Mythology. ABC-CLIO, 2005.

HP = "Review of The Hyena People". In :- SHOFAR, vol. 20 (2002), pp. 155-9. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/shofar/v020/20.3climo.html

M&F = http://www.bluelion.org/mythandfolklore.htm citing :- Roger D. Abrams : African Folktales. Pantheon, New York, 1983.

According to the Ben, the anus of the spotted hyaina induceth "perpetual laughter" (p. 334); the striped hyaina’s meat is taken "as a medicine" by the Baduin (p. 336) [much as the pih.ta of doves’ flesh is taken as a sacrament by the Manda<]. In Panjab, nude women ride facing backwards on the backs of hyainas (p. 340) [much as steeds are ridden by riders facing backwards in the European "Feast of Fools"]. ASIAN FOLKLORE STUDIES, Volume 57, 1998 : 331–344 Jürgen W. Frembgen : "The Magicality of the Hyena".

Buryat nadaan

Japanese 36 animals (M&EC, Table 40)

Malay rejan-s (M&EC, Table 42)

3. Goat

 

11. She-goat

 

34. Pig

16. Pig

4. Wolf

33-1. Wolf

 

5. Eagle

23. Falcon

17. Falcon

6. breaking-in a horse [aequivalent to dwarfing it]

19. Horse

26. Dwarf Deer

7. Bee

16. Jellyfish [stinging, like bee]

27. Owl

 

15. Oyster [producing iridescent pearl, cf. "green rainbow" in Book of Chilam Balam]

28. Green Pigeon [cf. rainbow for pigeon of Noh.]

 

14. Fish

29.

 

13. Shark

30.

 

12. Dragon

31.

continuation through to end, of the Chinese 94 omen-prodigies

Chinese omen-prodigies (AO&M, pp. 142-145)

Aztec 20 day-signs

60. insecticidal herb

4. Lizard (feeding on insects) [Yucatec Kan ‘Ripe’ alluding to ripening of fruits made possible by extermination of fruit-devouring insects]

65. swinging water-well

5. Snake (which can be slung or swung) {cf. Hindu allegory of snake in cistern}

68-9. (various deficiencies)

6. Death

71. transparent Deer

7. Deer

74. flying Rabbit

8. Rabbit

82. Yellow-River "essence" = Human-headed Fish

9. Water

83. herb

10. Hound {cf. Kic^e` Coyote-god’s abduction of Maize-god}

84. big shell

11. Monkey [often depicted with curled belly {cf. curled snail or conch}]

85. herb

12. Twisted (an herb)

86. wine-springs

13. Reed {cf. use of bamboo as vessel wherefrom to drink}

87. sun-and-moon

14. Ocelot {according to the Mei-ge epic of the Yi, "The tiger’s ... left eye became the sun, Its right eye became the moon." (RT, p. 367)}

88. mushroom-flower {mushrooms flourish where lightning hath stricken, in Hellenic lore}

15. Eagle {source of lightning, in North American Indian lore}

89. emerald {in "emerald" sphaire, "birds spread their wings" (Mother of Books -- in GB, p. 680)}

16. Vulture

90. inexhaustible jar

17. highland Maya aequivalent to Aztec "Earthquake" is incense (BY, Table 15c) {incense is an item which may be contained in an inexhaustible jar; cf. the inexhaustible oil in widow’s jar (MLKYM B 4:1-6)}

91. carriage of mountain

17. Earthquake

92. rhinoceros {"Pangu is the rhinoceros" (RT, p. 375); his "bones became ... stones" (ibid., p. 373).}

18. Flint

93. black cinnabar

19. Pipil Ayotl (‘Turtle’) {the Chinese Tortoise-god is black}

94. tripod

20. Kic^e` Hunahpu (‘Huntsman’) {huntsmen may use a tripod in order to steady their aim.}

GB = Willis Barnstone & Marvin Meyer : The Gnostic Bible. Shambhala, Boston, 2003.

BY = Munro S. Edmonson: The Book of the Year. U. of UT Pr, Salt Lake City, 1988. http://texts.00.gs/calendar,_MesoAmerican.htm

RT = ORAL TRADITION, vol. 16 ( 2001), pp. 364-80. Wu Xiaodong : "The Rhinoceros Totem and Pangu Myth". http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/16ii/Wu.pdf

ChS, p. 253 colors of hadag (‘ribbon’) tied to seterleh (sacred animal which "is allowed to run free without being ridden or shorn"

__ ribbon

varn.a-s (in India)

white

white (brahmin)

blue

 

red

red (ks.atriya)

green

 

yellow

yellow (vais`ya)

black

black (s`udra)