Segeen Sebdeg Explained

Segeen Sebdeg, the 3rd of the 55 tenger of the western skies, is the Buryat god of winter, and "is married to Ugan Sesen ... ("first wisdom")".^[1] Their daughter Sesegen Nogoon (goddess of the spring season) married Zasa Mergen Baatar.^[2]

Another daughter of Segeen Sebdeg was Naran Gohoon ('Sun Beauty'), who was made sick by Atai Ulaan when he was refused to him in marriage by her father.^[3]

Segeen Sebdeg's eldest "son has a fiery eye on the top of his head and a single tooth."

Bibliography

• Sarangerel (Julie Ann Stewart) : Chosen by the Spirits : Following Your Shamanic Calling. Destiny Books, Rochester (VT), 2001.
• Gábor Klaniczay (ed.) : DEMONS, SPIRITS, WITCHES, Vol. 2 = Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology. Central European University Press, 2006.

Notes and References

1. Sarangerel 2001, p. 218
2. Sarangerel 2001, p. 219
3. Book: Klaniczay, Gábor . Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology . Pócs . Éva . Csonka-Takács . Eszter . 2006-10-10 . Central European University Press . 978-963-7326-76-9 . en.