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| Sleeping Tsaatan Girl. Photo Hamid Sardar-Afkhani, all rights reserved |
I’ve read
in the Siberian Times about the Kazakh village of Kalachi where people are
suddenly falling asleep for a few hours or even for days. The village has been
since given the nickname of Sleepy Hollow. Scientists keep trying to find the
reason of this illness. But we know, of course, that spirits could cause such
troubles!
In WotS,
you may replace the village with a summer or winter camp, and the explanation
of these phenomenon is clear: this is telluric magic. An üör, a demon from the
underground like a Jelmoghouz, or more probably an Old-Copper-Woman (or any
combination) is walking around causing these troubles. The reason is unknown.
It could be simple wickedness, or the creature may be looking for somebody
having a sign of recognition on his body (like a tattoo or an old scare) or
holding something it wants to get back. Or it may want to scare the clan to
have it leave the place for some reason, or collaborate with a nasty shaman of
an enemy clan.
Any idea to
exploit this scenario seed is welcome.
The picture
is from the photograph Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, who made wonderful pictures of
Mongolia -among others- and in particular of Reindeer People (Tsaatan).
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