Mongolian Mythology 

Hey everybody and welcome back to Raisa's Mythological Creature Blog! Today I will introduce 10 Mythological Creatures from Mongolian Mythology.

Today's first critter is Avraga Dhagas. The name Avraga was also used by other space animals, such as the Avraga Dhagas fish. They would be like Greek mythical titanic characters, just as they have disappeared from the world. Some of them have been killed, others have been stuck underground, others have been smuggled.

Serpent creatures in many cultures of the world are rewritten with demonic qualities and bad deeds. This scheme is no stranger to the Mongols as well. After all, everyone in Mongolia knows the Great Serpent, who in the dawn of history challenged the most powerful beings living in the world.

In Chinese mythology, Lung, a dragon, water ruler, god of rain and storm takes an important place. In the Tibetan tradition its counterpart is Luu. One of them, or perhaps both, was cursed to the Mongol myths, giving them many offspring.

The worst thing that can happen to a Mongolian man is dropping his horse. Sometimes, a spirited soul sneaks into a house and frightens the children, sometimes going to a wedding at a wedding or an evening. The ghost of the dead is invisible to the earth, only shamans and dogs can see him. To get rid of him, you shoot, poke around the corners with a sharp object, and even better to attack the intruder. Such bourgeois spirits are called booholdojami.

The next three creatures are all black demons. They are Rahu, Arah and Arhan. Not all ancient Mongolian myths and legends are gone. The three demons are older than the cruel giants of manga, yet still exists. After all, eclipses of the sun and the moon happen.

Almas. Some believe that it's a hairy and huge demon living in the mountains; some thinks it's a witch, who has only one leg, one hand and one eye also with one breast which put on her back. Believers scare their children with this creature. He (or she) probably belongs to Turkish mythology, not really a bad demon. There is a theory that he/she could be both these avatars in one creature, meaning ambiguity, nature and divinity.

And the last is the most terrifying creature in Mongolian mythology Szulmas, he is evil. The prototype of Szulmas was probably Szimnu - the god of darkness. He is a bad ghost, the enemy of gods and all people. But Szulmas doesn't live underground in hell like devils from other mythologies, he lives on earth with humans - which is even more scary. In folklore he is related with giant monster Mangas.

Thank you for reading today's blog! Please join me tomorrow! Bye!