Dayan Deerh

deity · Mongolia · Central Asia

Dayan Deerh is a shamanic deity of fertility and protection from the Khövsgöl region of northern Mongolia, venerated in both yellow and black shamanism. Worshipped as a mountain god turned shaman-spirit and community guardian, his cult centers on Tsagaannuur and the Deerkhiin Khüree shrine, where his statue and renewed ongons receive offerings for cattle and children.

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