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{{Short description|Myths in the Mari folk heritage}} |
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== The creation and cosmology == |
== The creation and cosmology == |
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[[File:Jumo den Jyn 04.jpg|thumb| Kugu-Yumo and his brother Jõn (Kijamat) in the form of drakes create peace on the waters of the oceans]] |
[[File:Jumo den Jyn 04.jpg|thumb| Kugu-Yumo and his brother Jõn (Kijamat) in the form of drakes create peace on the waters of the oceans]] |
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The [[Mari people|Mari]] creation myth is a typical [[ |
The [[Mari people|Mari]] creation myth is a typical [[Finnic mythologies|Finnic]] creation myth. In the beginning there was an eternal ocean in which a duck swam. She looked for land to lay her eggs on. When she finally found land, she could only fit two of her three eggs there. Out of the first egg came a duck called Jum (probably the initial form of the skygod Kugu Jumo), who started work with creating the world. And out of the second egg came a duck called Jõn (probably the initial form of the god of death Kijamat), who went out to create the underworld. Out of the third egg later came Targõltõš. |
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The Maris believed the sky |
The Maris believed the sky to revolve around the Northern Star, held up by the pillar of the world Kava Menge. |
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The end of the world lies in the north, beyond the three rivers Tupsa, Perža and Voja. |
The end of the world lies in the north, beyond the three rivers Tupsa, Perža and Voja. |
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