Xargi, also called Mangi, is the chief ruler of the underworld in Siberian mythology, described as an ancestor of shamans and a bear brother of the creator god. He searches for the omi soul after it has taken a shadow form known as xanjan, and upon finding it he returns the soul to earth as a bird so that it may enter another creature's body.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayVenerated in a modern revival tradition 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Ronald Hutton, Hambledon and London
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