The deep blue lake at the head of the Egiin gol (the Selenga system) in the Sayan forest, held sacred by the hunting peoples round it.
The Tomsk article of Ushnitsky has the Merkit leave the Khovsgol region for the Selenga about the tenth century (a hypothesis). Not a settlement.
Who holds it
- Title
- The forest peoples of the Khovsgol basin
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Forest peoples' lake; frozen in January.
Council
none; no town
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Place only; the later name Dalai Eej (Mother Sea) is not attested for 1200.
Sources and studies
- V. V. Ushnitsky, The Riddle of the Merkit Tribe, Vestnik of Tomsk State University, History 2013, no. 1 (21)
- Wikipedia, Mongol campaigns in Siberia
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.