ABSTRACT

Meanwhile, Dobun Mergen died. After Dobun Mergen had died, Alan Go’a, being without a husband, gave birth to three sons. They were named Buqu-qadagi, Buqatu-salji and Bodonchar Mungqag, Bodonchar the Stupid. Belgünütei and Bügünütei, the two sons born previously to Dobun Mergen, said to each other behind the back of their mother, Alan Go’a: ‘This mother of ours has no brothers, no male relatives and no husband, and yet she has given birth to these three sons. There is only the man from the Ma’aliq-Baya’ut in the tent. These sons must be his.’ Alan Go’a knew what they were saying behind her back.