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A Goat AS BUDDHA’S THRONE: THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE IN MONGOLIAN RIDDLES REFERENCES TO Monks, NUNS AND RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY FIGURES BypxHbI 0MH® byurap yıaaH yaBraHll — 3yr* In front of the deity A plump red nun — Oil lamp The following riddle describes the encounter of two lamas: AHJar Jam aryypaa Gapman np3B Joxxor Jam naxnypaa 6apnaı np3B — Tosy TOBYIOX*! Lubsandorj, consultation 2014. For more on this class of words in Mongolian, see: Zikmundova, Veronika: ‘Iconopoeia’ in Mongolian and Manchu. In: Mongolo-Tibetica Pragensia ‘02, Ethnolinguistics, Sociolinguistics in Synchrony and Diachrony, 2002, pp. 129-149; Oberfalzerova, Alena: Onomatopeia and Iconopoeia as an Expressive Means in Mongolian. In: Mongolo-Tibetica Pragensia ‘09, Ethnolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Religion, and Culture, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2009, pp. 29-60; Oberfalzerova, Alena: The Use of Iconopoeic Words in Spoken Mongolian. Mongolo-Tibetica Pragensia ‘10, Ethnolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Religion, and Culture, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010, pp. 7-34. Bonn, JI. et al. (ed.): Moneon xannuü Oaneapaneyü maundap mone, Vol. 1, p. 298; Moneonvin ypan 30xuonvin moüMm I]. 1lnHx113x yxaaHbI akam9MmuÜH x9B1131, Yraau6aarap 1976 [Overview of Mongolian Literature, Vol. 2], Vol. 1, p. 361. Lubsandorj, consultation 2014. Onzuúxyrar, L.: Tyan onvcozo, Vol. 1, p. 276. 157
