Mongolian cosmogony

This system of belief is centered around local wild fauna and oral transmission, with few written sources.

Seven Gods) for the seven stars of the Big Dipper, Gurvan Maral Od (Mongolian: Гурван марал од, lit.

Three Deer Stars) for Orion's Belt, and Hun Tavan Od (Mongolian: Хүн таван од, lit.

Mongolian astrology calculates the positions of each of the planets visible with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

The names of the remaining celestial bodies excluding the Earth come from Sanskrit and are largely used in Mongolian, but in an unofficial way.

Mongolian expertise in astrology and astronomy goes back to the fourteenth and fifteenth century astronomer, mathematician and viceroy in Samarkand, Taraghay, known as Ulug Beg, whose empire spread to Central Asia.

This constellation is limited for them to the seven Dipper stars making the bear's tail and body, but the legend concerning it is probably the most famous in Mongolia.

The king asked the eight brothers to bring her back and said: "If one of you succeeds to rescue my beloved, I will give to him a golden arrow".

The name Doloon burkhan (the Seven Gods) come from this legend to appoint the Great Bear and the Golden Stick, Altan Hadaas, the Polar Star.

One tradition, based on the birth years in the Chinese calendar, concerns the link between Mongolian people and the Great Bear as one star of this constellation is attributed to each of them.

"[3] According to a Mongolian legend, a woman devoting herself to count one hundred stars in the sky will dream about her future husband.

Sometimes, Mongolians honor the Great Bear (Doloon Burkhan) by throwing milk in its direction.

Milk can be replaced by vodka which, even if it is colorless, symbolizes the dark color and the strength for Mongolians.