Erlig Khan

Mongol · deity · primordial · deity

Bull-headed lord and judge of the dead, equated with Yama.

Domains

underworld
judgment

Powers

Judge the dead by white and black pebbles

Epithets

ᠡᠷᠯᠢᠭ ᠨᠣᠮᠤᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ

Relations

equated with: Lord of the Dead
syncretism: Yama
equated with: Erlik

Sources

W. Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia

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