Some further notes on Marco Polo’s Tatar Gods
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Marco Polo’s travelogue, Devisement dou monde ‘the description of the world’ is a very important source for understanding the marvels and misteries of the - at that time - still rather unknown Orient, especially with regard to the Ta(r)tars i.e. the Mongols. With regard to the spiritual world of the Ta(r)tars, besides a high and celestial God, known from other sources as tenggeri, Marco Polo offers a detailed description of another deity. The relevant passages are reported below from Ramusio’s 1559 version: Of the celestial and terrestrial deities of the Tartars, and of their modes of worship, of their dress, arms, courage in battle, patience under privations, and obedience to their leaders.
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