Bodonchar Munkhag is the founder of the House of Borjigin.
10 Facts About Bodonchar Munkhag
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Bodonchar or more accurately Butunchar is a diminutive form of "butuchi" using the diminutive suffix "-nchar" while Munkhag means fool or simpleton.
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Butunchar Bodonchar Munkhag was a commonly-known figure even among distant tribes such as the Baarin, who were descended from the first wife of Butunchar, a captured pregnant woman who described herself as "Jarchuud Adankhan Uriankhajin" meaning "female of the Jarchuud Adankhan clan of the Uriankhai tribe".
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At the time Butunchar Bodonchar Munkhag was born the Mongol tribes were located around Mount Burkhan Khaldun at the source of the Onon River.
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Bodonchar Munkhag had a servant called Boroldai Suyalbi and two famous horses, one black, one brown.
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Bodonchar Munkhag took the man's son, brought him home and made him do chores in the house.
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Bodonchar Munkhag gave each of them a single arrow and said "Break it".
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Bodonchar Munkhag plucked some hairs from the tail of his horse, made a snare, caught the hawk and reared it.
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Bukhu Khatagi came searching for his younger brother Butunchar Bodonchar Munkhag saying "this one has disappeared down the Onon River".
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Bodonchar Munkhag bore a child from Butunchar who was called Baaridai who became ancestor of the Baarin tribe.