◆ [Date updated: 2023/12/18(Mon) 08:34:51]
　■User: goblinmane
　│im trying to learn to speak mongolian and i am also returning to school after a 4 year hiatus
　│i have a job now as well which was something i was seeking but couldnt find while i was active on heyuri
　│im becoming more active in my local church community, have been meeting with my priest weekly
　│and mingling with the rest of the parish briefly.
　│How have things in your life changed since you began posting on Heyuri? (・∀・)
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　├■- I am now able to read untranslated eroge ヽ(´∇`)ノ
　││- School is now 10x harder and I'm failing hard (´Д`)
　││- I learned few 1337 skillz (´ー`)
　││- I earned some more fetishes (ﾟｰﾟ)
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　││Why are you learning mongolian?
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　│├■User: goblinmane
　│││I've always had a fascination with the culture, one of the most beautiful images i can think of
　│││is the Golden Horde charging through the steppes. I also find their folk religion, Tengrism, to be quite interesting.
　│││Id like to learn more about the religion from root sources and see in what ways they compare to Christianity.
　│││I can see myself living a few years out Ulaanbaatar sometime in my future, if not that then hopefully visit extensively.
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　││└■Interestan. I speak turkish so I can somewhat understand some Kipchak
　││　　languages (especially qirimtatar) since it's not that far from Oghuz
　││　　branch
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　││　　It's disputable to call Tengrism a "religion" (the word "belief" would
　││　　probably fit better) or Tengri as a "God". Tengri is the sky/the
　││　　universe, making Tengrism actually an ancient version of Pantheism. I'm
　││　　leaving some other Gods out, since they're closer to mythological beings
　││　　and mostly seen in Turkic mythology(?).
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　││　　Tengrism, being a folk belief, didn't have any book or official
　││　　documents (though, I think Irk Bitig is the oldest book on the topic...
　││　　but it's also more about turkic mythology than Tengrism) like Abrahamic
　││　　religions, nor much English resources. I think the most academic
　││　　research on the topic has been done in Turkish. If you're interested,
　││　　here is a book that seems to be suggested in Tengrist circles:
　││　　https://annas-archive.org/search?q=T%C3%BCrk+Kozmolojisine+Giri%C5%9F
　││　　You can read it by copypasting the text to a translator. Skip the
　││　　history part. Note that much of the documents from the era is biased
　││　　Chinese archives. Also this is mostly Turkic perspective, but Mongolian
　││　　Tengrism wasn't much different besides some names.
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　││　　As for Ulaanbaatar, I don't think it's much different than any big city
　││　　(;^Д^)
　││　　If you're a traveler, you'd probably be more interested in visiting the
　││　　rural villages of Mongolia or central asian Turkic states.
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　││　　Lastly, plz click on that "Make line breaks" buttan b4 posting
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　│└■I WILL IMPERSONATE DSCHINGIS KHAN AND TAKE OVER TEH WORLD!!!!!!
　│　│MUHAHAHAHA (｀∇´)
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　│　├■Tell that to the Poles! (´∇`)σ
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　│　├■САНАМЖ БУЙ ДЭМЭГЭЭ!!!!! (╬⊙Д⊙)
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　│　└■EHH!!? Σ(;ﾟДﾟ)
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　└■Thing have changed very little for me in the past 3.5 years - in fact 
　　　things haven't changed much in the past 15 years (;^Д^)