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Segeen Sebdeg

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Segeen Sebdeg, the 3rd of the 55 tenger of the western skies, is the Buryat god of winter, and "is married to Ugan Sesen ... ("first wisdom")".[1] Their daughter Sesegen Nogoon (goddess of the spring season) married Zasa Mergen Baatar.[2]

Another daughter of Segeen Sebdeg was Naran Gohoon ('Sun Beauty'), who was made sick by Atai Ulaan when he was refused to him in marriage by her father.[3]

Segeen Sebdeg's eldest "son has a fiery eye on the top of his head and a single tooth."[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sarangerel 2001, p. 218
  2. ^ a b Sarangerel 2001, p. 219
  3. ^ Klaniczay, Gábor; Pócs, Éva; Csonka-Takács, Eszter (2006-10-10). Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-7326-76-9.

Bibliography

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  • Sarangerel (Julie Ann Stewart) : Chosen by the Spirits : Following Your Shamanic Calling. Destiny Books, Rochester (VT), 2001.
  • Gábor Klaniczay (ed.) : DEMONS, SPIRITS, WITCHES, Vol. 2 = Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology. Central European University Press, 2006.