Shamanism - Descending Spirit, Pole. (Mexico and Mongolia) (Anthropology Note 290)

 

The Diving God of the Maya
@Tulum Ruins Mexico

Note 290 Descending/Diving Spirit and Pole - Central to Shamanism. 

Suddenly I connected what I saw 12 months apart - Mexico and Mongolia Shamanism! 

Both deep-rooted.

Mongolia @ The Mongolia and Tibet Center Taipei

Mexico

@Miguel Hidalgo 

@Tulum 

A Day in Mongolia

Mongolia and Tibetan Cultural Center. Taipei

A fabulous painting with details which we can relate. Such as slash-and-burn agriculture method. Chutsao 出草(today known as indigenous headhunting expedition. Although chutsao origin is deer-hunt - burn grass to create wildfire, await deer to flee and hunt. Leather tanning process (indigenous Tsou/Bunun in Alishan area most famously known). Shaman ritual (Kaxabu 散毛/薩滿仔). Forest logging.