The mammoth (mamontʹʹ) is, according to Samoyed conceptions, a giant animal which lives in the earth, where it digs itself dark passages and paths and lives by [eating] the soil. it is named Jengora «(Jang-oorah Jangoorah, zemli poroz''. A reindeer in the ground with antlers = bones)», in other words, Earth’s stag, or ins Sinne der Sprache: Earth’s host, Lord of the Earth. The Samoyeds believe that the beast is still alive, because they found its bones so fresh. Anyone who has had the misfortune to find its bones is close to death if he cannot avert the accident through sacrificing a reindeer to Tadebtsioh.