they have high door steps, because evil slide the earth and can't step over the high door step. Some nomads also had high door steps because of the same believe.
-Thank U Nomad! Mongols too believe that evil slide on earth and say "Muu yum gazar dooroos
irdeg"="Bad things come from under(or under ground)". So high door steps were important. Now
only monasteries have high door steps. Presently no one follow it -because it is hard to pass
freely through high door steps. However it is forbitten to put something under door step.
So, Ofcourse if U have high boots you are protected from evil spirits -when U are walking on
unholy land.
Some schools are called "Bosgo undur"="has high door step" means "hard to enter" exams are
hard.
I think this belief is shamanistic & came from cold Steppe. Cool air(bad for health) goes lower
than hot.
Maybe Manchu ppl(or more than 5000 years of battle & mix of ppl) spread this belief in china, -Is
it same in very northern regions(hot regions) of china? Do japanese palaces have high door
steps?(-ancient japanese copied ancient chinese culture) -these question may help.
Evil Spirit :
When human dies his souls go to sky:
1. This sky is not heaven, this is called "Tuner Karankuin Oron"="World of Total Darkness"
-sounds like SPACE. In this world human spirit stays forever. However U can call a soul & chat.
And there is no hell. Your soul can`t born again.
2.There is also HEAVEN with Tengri khaans & HELL with "Erlik Nomun" Khaan=Lord of Dead.
-More fairy tale like worlds. They send messengers as Hero to Middle World=Earth. HEAVEN &
HELL doesn`t fight, -there is no Good or Evil. Only in middle world war, evil is possible.
3.There is nothing, no hell or heaven. Soul is energy. If this energy disappears U die for real
-even dead body has energy. U can use this energy. -beliefs of Dark shamans.
Souls who stayed here in middle world is called BUG=Evil Spirit. Even your father`s soul can be
BUG. Why? -because to survive here in middle world soul need a body & energy source -In the
beginning they don`t know what to do but when they know how to survive they become evil. Every
human produce energy around it`s body -Scientists call it Aura. In ancient time it is described as
FIRE Around body. So, if some soul some how stayed & found a thing to live in, then it will need
to feed. Mostly at night when there is no light they come out and feed on sleeping ppl`s
energy(=Aura). Humans become unhealthy and ill -it can even die.
There are many way to chase away evil spirit or use it. Shamans make toy like(drayed body parts
of animal, rings or shapes of animal, human body or face like shapes...etc) things called ONGO(I
don`t what does it mean, I heard it means "Purified") & welcome souls to live in it. Some say U
can welcome it in your body & be more healthy, smart & powerful -your ancestor souls can be
good for U.
Evil spirits who live in wild (forests,....etc) are very strong =ancient spirits. They even can steel
your body. Of course U can`t see them -some can feel them.
-This is basic knowledge for Evil Spirits.
Is there any similar words to "ONGO"?
A Hero can use these Ongo as protection against other evil spirits.
"Tas bol" I think is the best from steppes evil. His favorite magic is to turn people in to stone with word "tas bol".
Your story about "Tas Bol" intrigued me.
In Mongolian lang "Tas" -is used to add more power to some words :
Tas Khar =Totally black
Tas Kharankui =Total darkness
Tas Tsavchih =Cut into 2 in just one strike.
Tas Kuldu =Frozen to bones
Tas Khatu =Very hard
word "Bol" means "Become"or"Make"
Surely "Tas Bol" is a spell.
There is same magic in Mongolian fairy tales. However, first U need magic stone which makes
living things into stone. Then u need to tell spell like :
"Unasan gazaraa
Urgaa had bol" ="Make it into standing stone"
and throw it to your enemy. It is risky magic, U must throw it accurately, also U can`t throw stone
far like arrow -your enemy must be face to face combat lover like Monstar.