"God bless you! Captain Zuvalo, are you sure you want to go to the mountains in the north to meet the grandmother of what tribe?..."
"Of course! Witness the Lord God! Shi Jian, we dealt with those two hunters, invited them to dinner, and gave them gifts... Wasn't it just to meet their leaders and priests, to know the details of this area, and to find the local tribal meeting?
Is it possible to form an alliance?”
"Indeed! But the captain...these hunters said that their sleigh can't hold too many people and can only carry four or five people...This is obviously an excuse! The risks involved... Lord God! These tribes across the sea, give
I have a very dangerous feeling. Their eyes are indifferent, not simple and enthusiastic at all. They seem to be different from the Jiao people on the west coast and in the far north!..."
"It doesn't matter! The Lord God protects me! In order to spread the glory of the Lord God and for His Majesty's divine revelation, so what if I take some risks! Didn't they leave behind an important, um, good-looking woman who can win our trust?... Shi Jian,
After I leave, you will take that hostage and wait patiently for me to come back! If by any chance I cannot come back...then you will treat me as dead, lead the entire advance exploration team, and prepare to fight for the Lord God!..."
"Well, I understand! Captain...may the Lord God bless you!..."
"Haha! The Lord God will surely bless you!..."
Snowflakes fell on the pure white ground, dyeing the green of the vegetation and the gray-brown of the earth white. And in the blowing wind and snow, two groups of warriors from the Eastern and Western tribes were standing in the frozen bay.
, looking at each other in silence outside the simple camp. Groups of huskies squatted on the snow, their silly faces full of curiosity. They shook their silly heads from time to time to shake off the snowflakes on their heads, and then used
The claws dug randomly into the snow pit, letting out bursts of excited wolf howls!
"Ouch! Ouch!..."
"Be obedient! Shut up!..."
"Ouch...wu...gu..."
A Kotelmen huntress wearing a leather robe and a deerskin hat waved her whip impatiently, making a crisp "snap" sound. Seeing her action, the surrounding huskies all started beating her.
He shivered, lowered his eyebrows and whimpered twice, becoming well-trained again. The hunting captain Mu Quan glanced at the tall and powerful huntress, pursed his lips, and had a vague sense of guilt on his face.
"Msona, my daughter...grandmother..."
However, the huntress Msona did not look at her father, Msona, nor did she care about what the other party said. She just held her head high, puffed out her chest, narrowed her eyes and looked down at the "Headman of the Sea" Zuvalo who was talking.
"Is this the leader of the Kaibu? He doesn't seem to be able to fight with the warriors next to him. Can he control the tribe?"
Seeing that Zuvarro was not tall or strong, the huntress had some doubts in her eyes. But when she saw behind Zuvarro, there was a row of Kingdom warriors wearing bronze armor, many tall northern warriors.
The eyes of the local sailors and the long boats frozen in the bay and river immediately became hot.
"Ancestors! Warriors of the Haibu! Bronze armor, bronze spears and big ships..."
"The Lord God bless you! Welcome, the granddaughter of Grandma Yamabe, a dog trainer who can control white wolf dogs!..."
The exploration captain Zuvalo made a decision, then smiled and nodded to the huntress Msona. The huntress raised her eyebrows sharply, pursed her lips, and bowed her head slightly in return.
"Witness from our ancestors! The leader of the Haibu tribe who has come from afar... I hope you have enough courage to live up to my grandmother's expectations and bring back the head of the chief of the Lubu tribe to become my future husband!..."
"Huh? What did you say...?"
Exploration captain Zuvalo blinked and looked at the huntress' complicated eyes, unable to understand what she was saying. He looked at Yamabe's translator Wu Hai, who just smiled in a friendly manner but translated nothing.
"Lord God! What a strange... hostage..."
Exploration captain Zuvalo scratched his hair and suppressed some doubts in his heart. He already knew from Wu Hai that the chief of the mountain tribe was an old and wise grandmother, and the hunting captain Mu Quan was a tribal hunter.
Their leader, the most skilled warrior, is also the son-in-law of the old grandmother. As for Msona, the dog trainer and hunter, she is the granddaughter, or "granddaughter" respected by the old grandmother.
Yes, the Kamchatka tribes in Far North Asia, whether it is the Chukotka Tribe in the north, the Koryak Deer Tribe in the north, or the Kotelmen Mountains in the south, are all the same as the Unan in the Aleutian Islands.
Like the Canadians, they are an ancient matrilineal clan.
In these matrilineal clans, the family's lineage and social status are passed down through the maternal line, that is, determined by the mother. The highest status in the tribe is the grandmother who has many children, is respected by the elders, and has shamanic heritage.
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"Witness the Lord God! When we go to the other tribe's camp, it's useless to bring more people... I just need to bring the hunter Xiong Da and an armored warrior from the kingdom! ... Without further ado! Let's leave now!
…”
The cold wind blew on the body of the exploration captain Zuvalo, but he didn't feel the cold at all. At this moment, the blood of adventure, like many successful experiences in the past, boiled and flowed in his warrior-like body. He had a look on his face
He was so bold and confident that he only took two followers with him and got on the sled at the bottom of the mountain, sitting right behind Mu Dog.
"Aow! Aow! Aow! Aow!..."
Soon, the continuous howling of dogs sounded again. The tribal hunters in the mountains silently boarded the sled, drove the obedient husky dogs to change direction, and quickly disappeared into the wind and snow in the north. On the snowfield covered with white snow,
Only the lone huntress Msona and dozens of armored and spear-wielding kingdom warriors and tribal sailors were left!
"Ah! The spiritual ancestors, the benevolent sacred deer, the warm sacred mountain, and the highest sky..."
Until this moment, facing the Kaibu warriors alone, the young huntress Musona felt uncontrollable uneasiness in her heart. She knew her grandmother's intentions and what the upcoming negotiations meant!
If the negotiation between the two parties is successful, she will leap forward and become a bridge of communication and trust between the two tribes. She will stand out from the many granddaughters of the old grandmother and may even inherit the shamanic heritage!
And once the negotiations between the two parties break down, the old grandmother, who is as cold as the snowfield, will never let the leader of the Kaibu come back alive! As for her being kept as a hostage, there is no doubt that she will be ruthlessly abandoned by the old grandmother and become a sacrifice to the gods.
Sacrifice of deer and sacred mountain…
"All living things! May you protect me!..."
As the wind and snow came, the huntress Msona lowered her eyes and prayed in a low voice to the spiritual creatures in the mountain belief. She praised the ancestors of the past generations, the heroic spirits of the shamans, and the oldest ones who nurtured all tribes.
Renlu also praised the sacred mountain that blocked the wind and snow and provided warmth to the tribe. When she sang the praises of the last and most noble sky, she used a word that was not ancient. It was gradually introduced from the Ewen tribe in the west.
Loan words from Kamchatka Peninsula.
"Huh? Is she praying to...the gods of the local tribe's beliefs?"
Samurai Captain Chakapu Shijian pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the prayer of huntress Msona. Then, he keenly caught a word that appeared repeatedly at the end, which seemed to be a very respected god. And this
The name of the god is called "The Supreme God of Heaven"... "Tenggri"!
This chapter has been completed!