A painting depicting Gesar by Nicholas Roerich.
Nice review of Epic of King Gesar – Sandra Ingerman’s Blog ~ How to Thrive in Changing Times written by Pat Hartman Shamans of Mongolia
New ! Unearthed from 1995, Sarangerel odigan’s Course on Mongolian Shamanism
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The Fourth Branch
Gal Nurma Khan (Part 1)
In the heart of the golden earth,
A place of eternal peace,
In the center of the world,
A place of joy and prosperity,
Where a hundred thousand horses graze in the north
Where countless tens of thousands of cattle graze in the south,
Where people ate three satisfying meals a day,
Where people celebrated three [...]
The Third Branch
Arhan Hara Shutger
Born from the head of the leader of the
Forty four tenger of the east, Atai Ulaan Tenger,
Having been cast down from the sky,
Coming from the serene heavens
Toward the broad earth,
It stood exactly halfway between heaven and earth.
As if hung by a cord from the heavens,
As if supported from the earth below.
Lacking [...]
The Second Branch
Geser Comes Down to Earth (Part 3)
After this had happened,
Nyuhata Nyurgai rode his mousy brown colt,
Strapping on his tiny bow and quiver
He rode about randomly,
Riding fast,
Riding mightily,
Going at a quick pace,
He galloped about his homeland.
When he came to one valley
He saw his brother Altan Shagai.
He was picking up a hammer
Weighing 1400 pounds,
Hoisting it [...]
The Second Branch
Geser Comes Down to Earth (Part 2)
When the yellow sun rose the next morning,
Benevolent Sargal Noyon Khan
Gave his son Altan Shagai a cup of tea to drink.
He seated his in front of him
On an unbroken four year old ox.
Thus he traveled off to test his son.
They came to a taiga with tens of [...]
The Second Branch
Geser Comes Down to Earth (Part 1)
The evil beings that developed from the body of Atai Ulaan
Spreading death and suffering upon the earth,
With noses as big as stove pipes,
Two lines of snot running from their nostrils,
With black kettles full of tarry food,
Eating disgusting black food,
Having soleless boots,
Topless hats,
Tailless horses,
Bodies that cast no shadow,
Nine [...]
Conclusion of the First Branch
The War among the Tenger
This having happened,
The red middle son of Atai Ulaan Tenger,
Shara Hasar Buhe,
His older brother having been dispatched so easily,
Thrown down to earth so disrespectfully,
Anger and hate boiled in his heart.
The black hairs on the crown of his head stood up,
The white teeth in his mouth gnashed together.
Many [...]
Abai Geser: The First Branch
The War among the Tenger
In the earliest of early times,
In the most ancient of periods,
In the first of first times,
In the time of the beginning;
When the highest bright heaven
Was swirling with fog,
When the earth below
Was covered with dirt and dust;
When the grass had not yet begun to grow,
When the broad long [...]