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Shamans of Yakut origins truly exaggerated the fire spirit (Uat

Iccite) in the sense that they had made him into a supposed Sun god, as
in Zoroastrianism. Anatolij Ignatevia Gogolev says the following in his
book about the Yakut and these perverted and superstitious beliefs:
"The fire, burning in the family hearth, however, understands brilliantly what
is being said and done around him. Hence the warning that it would be dan-

gerous to insult the fire. It was thought of as a living being, wherefore it was
not advisable to poke at fire with iron. Housewives always attempted to keep
the fire satisfied, and they gave him a piece of everything they cooked or baked.
Similarly he got some from the results of a lucky hunting expedition”. 129

WOMEN ARE “FILTHY” IN

THE SUPERSTITIOUS SHAMANIST RELIGION
Another feature of pagan Shamanists is that they, with their low
minds, considered women and girls as “spiritually filthy” beings. So
much so that they forbade women or girls to step on and supposedly

“pollute” fire, which they literally regarded as a supposed deity. Prof.
M. Ya Barmich from the Russian Humanities Educational University,
writes the following in his book on perverse Shamanist beliefs:
“The taboos connected with the cult of fire are aimed not to hurt or pollute
fire which gives pure warmth and to life property, so that the people are for-
bidden to pour water on fire hastily, throw any unclean sweepings to the fire,

or to spit into the fire. It used to be forbidden to stir up fire with sharp met-
al objects, otherwise the hostess of fire might be wounded. Women and girls
are forbidden to step over the fire, since they are considered unclean and may
pollute the fire." 130

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