| 释义 |
ongon|ˈɒngəʊn|
[Russ.]
In the Shamanist religion of the Buriats of Mongolia, an image of a god or spirit supposed to be endowed with the power of the force it represents; a fetish.
1901D. Bantzaroff tr. J. Stadling in Contemp. Rev. LXXIX. 89 The dim idea of the immortality of the soul and a future life gave rise to the Ongones, the deified spirits of the ancestors. 1910Encycl. Relig. & Ethics III. 12/1 The Turks of Yenisei call the ongon tyus, whereas among the Altaians it is named Kurmes. On the one hand, it is an image of God, and, on the other, God himself, a fetish possessed of his own power. The tyus, or ongon, reminds us of the rôle which among some Christian peoples is filled by the images of saints. 1936V. A. Demant Christian Polity xi. 191 The Ongons of the Mongolic Buriats are effigies of dead heroes, and so are the images of Indo-China. 1950Funk's Stand. Dict. Folklore II. 823/1 Ongon, in Buriat religion, an image embodying a god and therefore possessing the power of the god: among the Altai called kurmes, among certain Turks, tyus. 1970New Society 5 Mar. 393/1 The word, ‘ongon’, means both a spirit and the material representation of a spirit. Drawings are made only of known spirits, each of which has particular magical powers. Since the representation is the spirit, the drawings themselves become magical: according to the spirit, an ongon can cure smallpox, keep young lambs healthy, give protection to fishermen and so on. |