Beasts, Men and Gods

About this eBook

Author

Ossendowski, Ferdynand Antoni, 1878-1945

Title

Beasts, men and gods

Credits

Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Mongolia -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

2067

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2067

Release Date

May 14, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BEASTS, MEN AND GODS
2. 2.by Ferdinand Ossendowski
3. 3.EXPLANATORY NOTE
4. 4.BEASTS, MEN AND GODS
5. 5.Part I — DRAWING LOTS WITH DEATH
6. 6.CHAPTER I — INTO THE FORESTS
7. 7.CHAPTER II — THE SECRET OF MY FELLOW TRAVELER
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — A FISHERMAN
10. 10.CHAPTER V — A DANGEROUS NEIGHBOR
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — A RIVER IN TRAVAIL
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — THROUGH SOVIET SIBERIA
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — THREE DAYS ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — TO THE SAYANS AND SAFETY
15. 15.CHAPTER X — THE BATTLE ON THE SEYBI
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE BARRIER OF RED PARTISANS
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — IN THE COUNTRY OF ETERNAL PEACE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — MYSTERIES, MIRACLES AND A NEW FIGHT
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — THE RIVER OF THE DEVIL
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE MARCH OF GHOSTS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — IN MYSTERIOUS TIBET
22. 22.Part II — THE LAND OF DEMONS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — MYSTERIOUS MONGOLIA
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — THE MYSTERIOUS LAMA AVENGER
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX — WILD CHAHARS
26. 26.CHAPTER XX — THE DEMON OF JAGISSTAI
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI — THE NEST OF DEATH
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII — AMONG THE MURDERERS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII — ON A VOLCANO
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV — A BLOODY CHASTISEMENT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV — HARASSING DAYS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI — THE BAND OF WHITE HUNGHUTZES
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII — MYSTERY IN A SMALL TEMPLE
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE BREATH OF DEATH
35. 35.Part III — THE STRAINING HEART OF ASIA
36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX — ON THE ROAD OF GREAT CONQUERORS
37. 37.CHAPTER XXX — ARRESTED!
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXI — TRAVELING BY “URGA”
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXII — AN OLD FORTUNE TELLER
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIII — “DEATH FROM THE WHITE MAN WILL STAND BEHIND YOU”
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE HORROR OF WAR!
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXV — IN THE CITY OF LIVING GODS, OF 30,000 BUDDHAS AND 60,000 MONKS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVI — A SON OF CRUSADERS AND PRIVATEERS
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVII — THE CAMP OF MARTYRS
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVIII — BEFORE THE FACE OF BUDDHA
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXIX — “THE MAN WITH A HEAD LIKE A SADDLE”
47. 47.Part IV — THE LIVING BUDDHA
48. 48.CHAPTER XL — IN THE BLISSFUL GARDEN OF A THOUSAND JOYS
49. 49.CHAPTER XLI — THE DUST OF CENTURIES
50. 50.CHAPTER XLII — THE BOOKS OF MIRACLES
51. 51.CHAPTER XLIII — THE BIRTH OF THE LIVING BUDDHA
52. 52.CHAPTER XLIV — A PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF THE PRESENT LIVING BUDDHA
53. 53.CHAPTER XLV — THE VISION OF THE LIVING BUDDHA OF MAY 17, 1921
54. 54.Part V — MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES—THE KING OF THE WORLD
55. 55.CHAPTER XLVI — THE SUBTERRANEAN KINGDOM
56. 56.CHAPTER XLVII — THE KING OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE FACE OF GOD
57. 57.CHAPTER XLVIII — REALITY OR RELIGIOUS FANTASY?
58. 58.CHAPTER XLIX — THE PROPHECY OF THE KING OF THE WORLD IN 1890
59. 59.GLOSSARY

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