Culture-hero / first-shaman tier (classed as demigod: a mortal man elevated to founding shaman). Name often anglicized 'Morgon-Kara'; the Buryat behind it is Mergen ('wise/marksman') Khara ('black'). The episode is a widely cited type-scene of Siberian soul-retrieval.
Domains
shamanhood
Powers
rides his drum up into the spirit world
brings the dead back to life by retrieving their souls
transforms into a wasp to steal back a hidden soul
Sources
Mircea Eliade, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, 1964 (Buryat first-shaman legend)