The Blue Wolf and the Fallow Doe: Ancestors of the Mongols
According to the Secret History of the Mongols, the Mongol people descend from a blue wolf (Börte Chino) and a fallow doe (Göo Maral) sent by Tengri (Heaven). The wolf and doe crossed the Tengis Sea and settled near the source of the Onon River at Mount Burkhan Khaldun, where they gave birth to the first Mongol, named Batachiqan. This legendary origin story establishes the divine mandate of the Mongol ruling line and the sacred landscape of the Onon and Kherlen river region. The blue wolf ancestress myth was central to Genghis Khan's claim of heavenly authority to unite the Mongol tribes.