Olonkho. P. A. Oyunsky

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СКАЧАТЬ of Ajarais – Upper World demons

      ⁴¹The Sakha epic about the feats of heroes

      ⁴²Epic performer, woman

      ⁴³Epic performer

      ⁴⁴Batas, a Sakha weapon, similar to a long, wide knife with a long handle

      ⁴⁵Frogs, lizards, bugs, snakes – traditionally associated with evil in Sakha mythology

      ⁴⁶Another name of the descendants of the Sunny Deities. ‘Kun’ means ‘sun’

      ⁴⁷Another name of the humans, descendants of the Sunny deities

      ⁴⁸Three laughing abysses – entrances to the Under World

      ⁴⁹Three gods of fate

      ⁵⁰Their assistant and chronicler

      ⁵¹The Upper world is inhabited by both good Sunny Deities on upper layers and evil demons Ajarais on the lower ones

      ⁵²Moon and Sun and also some stars and constellations are traditional gods in the Sakha pantheon

      ⁵³Branches and twigs of young birch trees

      ⁵⁴The son of the God of Sun, patron of horses

      ⁵⁵His wife

      ⁵⁶Another demons’ lord

      ⁵⁷Epithets ‘icy’, ‘cold’, etc. point to the evil nature of the phenomenon or a person

      ⁵⁸Legendary blacksmith

      ⁵⁹‘Uot’ ‘fiery’ a traditional epithet applied to both good and evil characters

      ⁶⁰One of demons’ lords

      ⁶¹Kharis – measure of length, equal to the distance between the tops of stretched thumb and middle finger

      ⁶²Legendary chronicler and story-teller

      ⁶³His assistant

      ⁶⁴Dwelling

      ⁶⁵Here and before – names of spirits of hunting and the forest

      ⁶⁶Goddess of fertility, patroness of women, children and cattle

      ⁶⁷‘Silver’ means ‘white’

      ⁶⁸Goddess of fertility like Ekhsit. Often they are presented as one goddess

      ⁶⁹A wooden bowl used for drinking

      ⁷⁰Sakha traditional fermented mare’s milk which is also typical of other Turkic peoples

      ⁷¹Goddess of nature

      ⁷²‘White’ means ‘divine’

      ⁷³Evil spirit of the road

      ⁷⁴Bones are used in shamanistic rituals but only evil spirits use human bones

      ⁷⁵Usually the name of a natural phenomenon – abyss, road, ocean, etc., is the name of their spirits

      ⁷⁶Here and below – typical exclamations of demons

      ⁷⁷Names of famous demons

      ⁷⁸A legendary couple – foreparents of Sakha

      ⁷⁹Loose ends of woven fabric

      ⁸⁰A thick rope made with horse hair which was tied to two posts and to which a foal was tethered during milking

      ⁸¹A place where festivals are traditionally celebrated

      ⁸²Bylas: 2.134 metres

      ⁸³Copper, gold, golden, silver, and other names of metals are traditional epithets used as a compliment to someone’s appearance or richness

      ⁸⁴i.e. Ekhsit

      ⁸⁵The image of the mare is connected with the cult of the horse in Sakha mythology

      ⁸⁶Traditional way of addressing old or noble ladies

      ⁸⁷Here and there – human-beings

      ⁸⁸Sakha ‘kun’ means ‘sun’

      ⁸⁹A cone-shaped summer house covered with birch bark, cortex or deer leather. Variant of urasa

      ⁹⁰An Ekhsit/Aiyyhyt farewell ceremony: people demonstrate their joy and happiness after the visit of the goddess and put butter on their faces to look satisfied and happy

      ⁹¹Valley

      ⁹²Demons have features of animals

      ⁹³Famous demon-Ajarai from the Upper World

      ⁹⁴The god of thunder

      ⁹⁵Famous demon-Ajarai from the Upper World

      ⁹⁶Demon-dragon from the Under World, the spirit of the abyss

      ⁹⁷Demoness

      ⁹⁸Famous demon-Abaahy from the Under World, spirit of the ocean

      ⁹⁹A demon.

      ¹⁰⁰Famous hero from the Upper World, defender of the Middle World

       Song 2

       Let me part my lips

       That have been stuck together,

       Let me open my mouth

       That has been shut,

       Let me sing you a song,

       My friends,

       About a glorious child,

       Who was destined to protect

       His kind-hearted

       Tribe of Aiyy-Khan

       With the reins on their backs…

       As soon as he started crawling

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