IOIO-2025: Task-7 (Jelmaya)
Jelmaya
Designed by Kunsulu Jilkishiyeva (Turkey)
Difficulty: ******_ _ _ _
Paper size: 35-35 cm
Paper: 30-40 g/m²
Round: 2
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what does Jelmaya mean? Is it a camel with wings?
@DU Xiyuan, According to Kazakh folklore, Jelmaya (from ″Jel″ meaning ″wind,″ ″demon,″ ″devil,″ and ″Maya″ meaning ″one-humped she-camel″) is a legendary winged she-camel, typically owned by such mythical or legendary historical figures as poet-priests, sorcerers, magicians, shamans, witches, male and female wizards, and the ″mystan kempir″ (a witch-like figure). Legendary personalities like Asan-kaigy, Manas, and Korkyt-ata always rode her. In this context, the etymology of the name of Zoroastrianism′s founder, Zoroaster, interpreted as ″owner of the yellow she-camel,″ becomes quite explicable and points to the antiquity of the concept of the ″she-camel as the primary mount of a priest or prophet.″
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