Let us now turn to the ancient myths and legends of the ancient Kyrgyz people regarding cosmology and cosmogony.
The Kyrgyz tried to ensure that their path was never directed towards the stars, believing that this would bring them misfortune. They believed that if one were to leave somewhere on the ninth day, the horse might become ill — the horse's legs would be heavy. Hence, the widespread belief among the Kyrgyz that only the tenth day promises success and well-being, and on this day one can set off anywhere, in any direction. The Kyrgyz strictly adhered to this unwritten law.
From the myth about Rajal and Kair, the stars make almost imaginary geometrically closed circles in ten days, resembling the drawings of a horoscope. It can be assumed that in the past, the Kyrgyz had people who knew how to construct horoscopes. Due to the loss of their writing system, the descendants of the Kyrgyz have preserved neither drawings nor primitive theories of astrologers; only the rules remain as law. In the "Manas," according to the version of S. Karalaev, there is mention of the astrologer Agyday. According to preserved versions, he predicted a person's fate based on the position of the stars. He was also a diviner: he had forty-one divination stones and dalychy. In connection with hunting, and later with animal husbandry, divination using bones became widespread among the Kyrgyz. For this, they selected a shoulder blade (flat, wide, triangular in shape, belonging to the bones of the front limbs) exclusively from a white (if the animal is an albino, even better) ram, cleaned of fat and meat tissues. Before conducting the sessions, the diviner (often called dalychy) determined when he himself was under the influence of celestial bodies and had heightened tone (special inspiration). Then he would find out the favorable days for the person who was to be divined. After that, a large fire was lit in an open place. Around the fire, there would sometimes sit witnesses or inspiring dalychy people. Stripped to the waist, holding the ram's shoulder blade over the fire and alternately directing his gaze to the cosmos and to the flames, the dalychy would recite the following incantation:
Blue sky,
And you, Almighty.
Mother Earth,—
Source of life for all beings.
With the fiery tongue,
Tell what will happen
To this person.
For his sins,
He prays for forgiveness.
Under the thermal influence, thread-like cracks of various shapes would appear on the sooty surface of the shoulder blade. For example, if the lines were straight, his affairs would be successful, but if they were zigzagged or branched — trials awaited him, and so on. Thus, in the "Manas," the well-known Kalmyk diviner Targyl Tas, before the hero Zholoy sets off on a campaign, warns him based on the nature of the lines on the bones:
Do not set off this year:
This month is unfavorable for the horse.
This year is unfavorable for the hero,
According to the position of the stars.
