Serge (post)

It is also a symbol of the world tree that unites the three worlds: Three horizontal grooves are cut on the pole, the upper one intended to bind the horses of the heavenly inhabitants of the upper world, the middle one intended for the horses of men, and the lower one for the horses of the underworld.

Three serges made from birch trees (generally dug up by the roots) were used at the initiation of the shaman.

One has ribbons tied to it, the colors of the ribbons indicating whether the shaman is to be a black or yellow shaman, or serve both good and evil.

[3] At the cemeteries of the shamans very high serges were placed for the unification of gods and spirits.

The most famous of these stones is the Altan Serge ("golden pole") located in the Tamchinsky datsan, in the Buryat village Gusinoye Ozero.