<><><>horse ties beckon like street lamps in miasma air<><><>

Caulbearer of the clan beguiled,

elders speaking Araky rituals~

smoke filled, peace piped,

sweathouse transfixations.

A rusty wagon blathered

on a labyrinthine avenue, and

elemental oaks shaped rising visions,

emitting shadows – innocence sought.

Her Fylgiar whispered to Laib Olmai...

breathing miasma air, “She dallies with ease.”

Laib Olmai and Fylgiar muttered,

“Even her nantags discarded…”

Rolling past an antique postal office,

horse ties beckoning like street lamps;

shadowiness sousing through sinews,

flesh and bone – solemnity an ascription.

Clinching her caul parchment talisman,

she pressed it against fleshy cheek.

Kyldysin shook their engine – "A breach."

The sages warm hearth now departed.

To Christs’mases Eve, forgotten beer,

Kumyshka and melted butter to appease

lower world elementals. Raising chary heads,

the caul – her flesh - that nuny syuan.

Evil Yakut smelt hunting blood-stained cauly

tincture, driving his palisade toward her heart.

Tiermes’s lobbed his hazelnut to her Fylgiar.

He dropped it in the Well of Segais – "nair say..."

Feeling the stings of the kurg-enenilit; her Sages sent

nantags, fresh parchment, and buryat cleansings.

Caulbearer of the Clan – The Major Koryak.

Standing by the warm hearth evil yakut laid to rest.

(Copyright © Donna L. Quesinberry – 2010)

Definitions and other information:

A Cauly birth is where the baby is delivered with "caul" and is considered a Shamanistic or Spiritually-blessed birth.  Often a Caulbearer served as good luck to a "clan" or "family." The Caulbearer has a Fylgiar (elemental spirit - like a guardian angle) that is always with them. Thought to be innocent and pure - the Caulbearer has special spiritual qualities.

Araky (mildly fermented drink that gives hallucinations) rituals are old lore like the American Indian smoking).

Fylgiar is a spirit guide attached to the caulbearer.

Laib Olmai is a good luck God.

Kyldysin is the God of Fertility.

Kumyshka is a fermented drink provided to the underworld to keep them busy and away from the good.

Nuny Syuan is an honored marriage - something the lower world envies.

Evil Yakut is a "bad" or "evil" Shaman who likes to harm or play bad tricks on Good Shamans or Caulbearers.

Tiermes’s was a God of the Euro culture (Celts and Euros).

When the Gods walked among the people, there was a marvelous magical Well named Segais. The well was shaded by nine magical hazel-trees - they contained all the wisdom of the ages and were powerful talismans.

Kurg-enenilit are the "mocking shamans" of course they are not good.

Major Koryak is a Cossack Shaman that is not a trickster - they are the major figures of the higher world.

The Minor Koryak is a trickster - there are also Middle Koryak's.

Hope the definitions help rather than hinder.