Historical Dictionary of the Russian FederationArchived 2014-10-02 at the वेबैक मशीन, Robert A. Saunders, Vlad Strukov, Scarecrow Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-5475-8, ... Historically, Tuvans were shamanistic, practicing a form of sky-worship or Tengrism. The Tos Deer Respubliki Tuvy (Nine Heavens of the Republic of Tuva) was established in the post-Soviet period to provide a national organization for the republic's shamanists ...
Spirit Seeker, Sunbird Shaman, Tamara Rees, Lulu.com, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4092-2438-9, ... In Mongolia, Siberia and countries that have had contact with people from these areas such as Iraq, expectant mothers are given a set of three triangular pouches sometimes called Gurbaljim. These pouches are generally strung point downwards. The top is usually Blue, the middle is Green and the bottom is Red. If the mother gives birth to a girl then a Golden or Yellow pouch is added at the bottom. The colours of the initial three pouches represent; Blue - Father Sky, Green - Mother Earth, Red - The Lower World. The yellow or golden pouch represents the deity, Golomt Eej (the Daughter of Father Heaven), who is the mistress of the fire in Tengrism ...
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Historical Dictionary of the Russian FederationArchived 2014-10-02 at the वेबैक मशीन, Robert A. Saunders, Vlad Strukov, Scarecrow Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-5475-8, ... Historically, Tuvans were shamanistic, practicing a form of sky-worship or Tengrism. The Tos Deer Respubliki Tuvy (Nine Heavens of the Republic of Tuva) was established in the post-Soviet period to provide a national organization for the republic's shamanists ...
