"May the revered Ancestral Spirits bear witness! I swear by the blood of our forebears that the Mountain Tribe and the Sea Tribe shall be allies, sharing the reindeer and forests upon our lands, mingling the bloodlines and marriages of our tribes... and the Benevolent Deer, Blue Sky, and God Mountain watch over us together! The offering for our alliance, our eternal enemy, is the Deer Tribe invading from the north!..."
"May the Main God bear witness! May the revered Rubber People ancestors bear witness! I swear by the blood of our forebears that the Mountain Tribe and the Kingdom shall be allies, sharing the Kingdom's salt and fire stone, mingling the bloodlines and marriages of our tribes... Under the supreme Sun of the Main God, the Mountain Tribe and the Kingdom will face the same enemy, fight shoulder to shoulder, and drive out the Deer Tribe invading from the north!..."
"Mu Lu Ala Shan Wa! Good! Raise the bonfires and make offerings to God Mountain and Blue Sky. Dance the ritual dance and make offerings to me! Then slaughter young deer, cut open your palms, drink the blood-drink, and make offerings to the most ancient Benevolent Deer!..."
The old grandmother, Mu Lu Mountain Mother, held the shamanic scepter high and roared and shouted at the altar in the tribal camp. And upon seeing the astonishing posture of her divine descent, all the tribesmen of the Mountain Tribe kowtowed and saluted in awe.
Among the North Asian tribes that believed in Eternal Heaven, whether it was the Mongol tribes occupying the grasslands, the Jurchen Tribes occupying the mountains and forests, the Ewen Tribes wandering the Wasteland, or the Kamchatka tribes wandering the snowy plains... a shaman summoning spirits and gods was the most sacred ritual!
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