Once, there was an old rich man who had a son and owned 1,000 horses. One day, they wanted to move on to other pastures. When the man led his horses to a nearby river he came across a dshelbege (a female ‚evil spirit‘). She was going to kill him unless he gave her either…
Mensch-Wolf
In dieser Rubrik finden sich Beiträge über meine frühere Feldforschung über Mensch-Wolf-Konflikte in der Mongolei. Demnächst erscheinen hier auch Beiträge zu Mensch-Wolf-Beziehungen in Deutschland…
Wölfe in der Mongolei/Wolves in Mongolia (I): Introduction
When I visited a community of Tuva pastoralists near Dsaamar, about 150 kilometres north-west of the Mongolian capital Ulaan Baator, wolves had killed a lamb the night before. Everybody was still nervous and feared further attacks. Therefore, several men had placed empty oil barrels around the community land which were meant to resemble humans on…