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{{Short description|Forest spirit of Khanty and Mansi mythology}} |
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In [[Mansi people|Mansi]] [[folklore]], the '''Menk''' is a forest-dwelling creature. The [[Mansi people|Mansi]] are an [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous people]] living in [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]], [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/mansis.shtml|title=THE MANSIS |publisher=The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire|author=|date=|website=www.eki.ee}}</ref> |
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In [[Khanty]] and [[Mansi people|Mansi]] [[folklore]], the '''Menk''' is a forest spirit of these peoples' mythology.<ref name="Hatto2017">{{cite book|author=Arthur Hatto|title=The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes: An Exploration of a Siberian Oral Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYDuDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA243|date=2 February 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-10321-4|pages=243–}}</ref><ref name="Balzer1999">{{cite book|author=Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer|title=The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZedV50h5-kC|date=21 November 1999|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-00673-3}}</ref> The [[Khanty]] and [[Mansi people|Mansi]] are [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous people]] living in the [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]] of [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/mansis.shtml|title=THE MANSIS |publisher=The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire|author=|date=|website=www.eki.ee}}</ref> |
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==Mythology== |
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==Dyatlov Pass incident== |
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The menk is part of the [[Siberia|Siberian]] [[oral tradition]]. These beliefs were retained by the Khanty and Mansi people, even though they became, or were compelled to become Russian Orthodox Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the Khanty [[Epic poetry|epics]], the menk are presented as "formidable forest spirits". The Hero-Prince typically inflicts many "pseudo-deaths" on a menk until he is able to inflict a "total death". Menk are protected by gods who intervene to prevent their deaths, however the laws of the gods can be bypassed by humans. In the epics, menk occur in sevens, such as seven menk from one mother, or seven menk with one soul. According to the mythology, menk's eyes cannot look down, so the Hero-Princes often attack them from below while fighting in rivers. <ref name="Hatto2017" /> |
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{{Location map|Russia|relief=yes|marksize=7|mark=Blue pog.svg|lat_dir=N|lat_deg=61|lat_min=45|lat_sec=17|lon_dir=E|lon_deg=59|lon_min=27|lon_sec=46|position=right|width=200|float=right|caption=Dyatlov Pass, Russia}} |
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In Khanty mythology, local people of ''Por'' ancestry are aligned with menk, who they believe to be "just like humans, only spirits of the parallel forest world".<ref name="Balzer1999" /> |
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The [[Dyatlov Pass incident]] involved the deaths of nine young ski [[hiking|hikers]] in the northern [[Ural Mountains]] on or about February 2, 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/3571/20120801/dyatlov-pass-explained-science-solve-russias-terrifying.htm|title=Dyatlov Pass Explained: How Science Could Solve Russia's Most Terrifying Unsolved Mystery|first= Anthony|last=Smith|date=August 1, 2012|website=isciencetimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dyatlov.looo.ch/en|title=Dyatlov Pass|author=|date=|website=dyatlov.looo.ch}}</ref> [[Benjamin_Radford#Dyatlov_Pass_Deaths_.282014.29|Bejamin Radford]] is a skeptic of the hikers deaths being caused by a Menk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/discoverys_mountain_of_mystery_mongering_the_mass_murdering_yeti|title=Discovery’s Mountain of Mystery Mongering: The Mass Murdering Yeti - CSI|author=Benjamin Radford|date=2014|website=www.csicop.org}}</ref> |
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==Popular culture== |
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==International Center of Hominology== |
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According to skeptical investigator [[Benjamin Radford]], a 2014 [[Discovery Channel]] program that suggested a menk was responsible for deaths in the [[Dyatlov Pass incident]] is "a textbook example of modern cable TV mystery-mongering".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/discoverys_mountain_of_mystery_mongering_the_mass_murdering_yeti|title=Discovery's Mountain of Mystery Mongering: The Mass Murdering Yeti - CSI|author=Benjamin Radford|date=2014|website=www.csicop.org}}</ref> |
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Igor Burtsev of the International Center of Hominology claims to have obtained and produced evidence that the Menk or Russian Yeti exist.<ref name="Huff">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/russian-yeti_n_5411705.html|title=Mysterious Deaths Of College Students Blamed On 'Russian Yeti'|first=David|last=Moye|date=29 May 2014|publisher=|via=Huff Post}}</ref> Burtsev's research reflects that a Menk is most notable for having large feet and states “''They have bigger foot than the human, and they have short necks, almost without necks,''” “[The footprints are] ''everywhere. For last 50 years, I’ve find signs of Yeti, confirmed by reports of eyewitnesses. They’re about 5,000.''”<ref name="Huff" /> |
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 4 June 2024
In Khanty and Mansi folklore, the Menk is a forest spirit of these peoples' mythology.[1][2] The Khanty and Mansi are Indigenous people living in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia.[3]
Mythology
[edit]The menk is part of the Siberian oral tradition. These beliefs were retained by the Khanty and Mansi people, even though they became, or were compelled to become Russian Orthodox Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the Khanty epics, the menk are presented as "formidable forest spirits". The Hero-Prince typically inflicts many "pseudo-deaths" on a menk until he is able to inflict a "total death". Menk are protected by gods who intervene to prevent their deaths, however the laws of the gods can be bypassed by humans. In the epics, menk occur in sevens, such as seven menk from one mother, or seven menk with one soul. According to the mythology, menk's eyes cannot look down, so the Hero-Princes often attack them from below while fighting in rivers. [1]
In Khanty mythology, local people of Por ancestry are aligned with menk, who they believe to be "just like humans, only spirits of the parallel forest world".[2]
Popular culture
[edit]According to skeptical investigator Benjamin Radford, a 2014 Discovery Channel program that suggested a menk was responsible for deaths in the Dyatlov Pass incident is "a textbook example of modern cable TV mystery-mongering".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Arthur Hatto (2 February 2017). The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes: An Exploration of a Siberian Oral Tradition. Cambridge University Press. pp. 243–. ISBN 978-1-107-10321-4.
- ^ a b Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer (21 November 1999). The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-00673-3.
- ^ "THE MANSIS". www.eki.ee. The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.
- ^ Benjamin Radford (2014). "Discovery's Mountain of Mystery Mongering: The Mass Murdering Yeti - CSI". www.csicop.org.
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