“Mongolia 🇲🇳 ~ Scenic and Superstitions”

• October 1, 2019
• By Daryl
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Mongolia has some of the most scenic beauty we have ever seen. We were off-road 90 percent of the time and traveled high in the north to find the reindeer tribes. We may or may not have crossed over into Russia, and we did have a permit to do so; just in case. The tribes are nomadic and move.
I rode a reindeer at the tribal camp, which required horses to actually make the mountainous trek to find the Reindeer Tribe.  Daryl was too big to ride their Reindeer, so he did not get to ride one. What a trip! We slept in Gers, and Tee Pees, so it was rufffffing it for sure. We traveled about 1,200 miles throughout Mongolia!

After having conversations with our guide, Daryl put together this list of superstitions.

Superstitions of Mongolia

All nations have superstitious beliefs, Mongolia is no exception. I interviewed our guide who speaks English very well and became enlightened with stories of old. One story he was told sounds a little comical but he totally believes it.

If you find a squirrel’s nest in late fall and steal all the nuts out of it. A thought that is too much to bear. To save himself from sure starvation, the poor victim will find a strong blade of grass and choke himself to death. This is Mongolia and that is how it works here.

When a child is born the sex is kept a secret until three years old. The evil spirits wants to know the name and what sex the child is so it can do no harm. If people talk about child the evil spirits will hear and do bad things to the child. The child does not cut his or her hair until three to five years old. At that time a ceremony is performed and all the family comes. Everyone cuts a piece of hair and give child money. The hair is saved and wrapped in religious cloth and kept in a safe space.

A man must ask he wife’s family for blessing to be married. Many of the tribes in the past would steal women from their homes and take them for his wife. Now before marriage they play out the fantasy of stealing the women and taking them for wives. They plan a night and the parents would be in one of three Gers and the girlfriend would be in another. The man would sneak in and steal his new wife. Then the parents would try catch them as they are leaving and yell for them to come back

Touching a mans head or hair is bad , disturbing the energy of his soul. It will make a Mongolian man very angry.

American Indians are close to Tibetan and Mongolian people, they think of them as there spiritual self and their way of thinking is close to the same. Many carvings and photos have been seen of American Indians in these countries. The speech patterns are similar.

Ovoo monuments mark division of tribal lands. When passing into another tribes land, as passing three stones are picked up. Three wishes are made, circling the Ovoo a stone is thrown on top.each circle a wish is made. If a walking cane was used and injury is healed, the cane would be hung on the Ovoo for good luck. Religious clothing would be left also. Different colors have different meanings, like blue is sky and green would represent the land,

We passed a shawman monument that is a drum with colored fabric wrapped around. A medium would hit the drum and a Spirit would take over his soul. For several hours the shawman would smoked constantly and drink alcohol for the Spirit. Afterwards the medium would come out of his trance and feel no effect from the tobacco or alcohol

It is bad to touch bird feathers, it will mess with the birds spirit and in turn be bad for the person touching the feathers. It is just bad.

One needs. To tidy up bed or things will not go well for the day

A backpack can not be worn existing on your back exiting the Gur or you and your family will loose a their fortunes