The Custom Of Mongolian Atlas Worship

The article consists of six parts, such as foreword, the custom of atlas worship, the features of atlas worship, the cultural meaning of atlas worship, summary and references.In the foreword, it mainly talks about the reasons of the topic selection, the research situation and the raseach methods used in the paper.In chapter one, it takes "Buhe Belgudei's atlas" as an example to explain the reasons and the custom of Mongolian atlas worship that the custom of atlas worship is the reflection of the custom of skeleton worship and cherishing their livestocks of the Mongols.In chapter two, in order to explaining the Mongolian special national feelings, it tells us that the features of Mongolian atlas worship contain the features of ancestral beliefs and power beliefs.In chapter three, atlas belifes originated from soul beliefs and Heimori (it symbolises lucky fortune) beliefes. Atlas beliefs symbolizes the life, power and kindness, from here, we can see that altas beliefs originated from the custom of producing and living of the Mongols and their special understanding to the beliefs.The custom of atlas worship is one of representations for Mongolian soul beliefs. It not only shows the cognitive concepts of Mogolian beliefes, but also displays the features of Mongolian traditional thought. Then it dissolves into the Mongolian folk custom by cultural meaning.