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“in a higher world, effecting the cure of the diseased man,”
or perhaps finding out that the patient is incurable.
In the Shamanistic religion the spirits of ancestors
play a very prominent part as the connecting link between
mankind and the upper or lower deities, aiding the Shamans
to intercede with the good deities and to cheat or exorcise
the evil spirits. With the exception of the highest divinity, [1]
who is exalted above all influences, good or evil, and
therefore cannot be moved either by sacrifices or prayers,
all the Shamanistic deities share the weakness of other
gods in being fond of praises and gifts of sacrifices. By
these means, and by the aid of the spirits of ancestors,
the Shamans move the beneficent gods to do their will and
drive out the evil spirits which torment mankind.
Throughout the whole life of man, these divinities and
spirits influence his destiny for good or evil. When a
human being is to be brought into existence, a deity of
the name of Bai-Ylgön notifies his son, Jajyk, of the event,
ordering him to take measures accordingly. This divinity
in his turn, on the intercession of the spirits of deceased
men (the Shamanistic saints), leaves the matter in the hands
of one of his servant deities, called Jajutschi, who fetches
vital power out of the milk-white sytak-köl and brings the
new human being into this world, accompanying it through
life as its counsellor and protecting genius.
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