KHARA-GYRGÄN: FIRST BURYAT SPIDER-SHAMAN

Psychology

As humankind’s earliest expression of spirituality and healing technique, the legacy of shamanism continues in the modern-day Mongolia. There are many myths concerning the origin and ways of the shaman. Myth of the First Buryat Spider-Shaman is interpreted in this paper which indicates in principles the fundamental practice of this primitive medicinal tradition. The myth of Khara-Gyrgän gives the precise shamanic procedure in the act of healing and redeeming the suffering soul. Since the outbreak of the pandemic from Wuhan, every traditional healing technique could be questioned for their efficacy because none but allopathic approach alone can fight and save the individual against the sufferings inflicted by the virus. Still we consider the past practices belonging to the ancestors and deities, and give them respectable space in research.

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