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In search of the eagle huntresses
In ancient times, women hunted alongside men in the nomadic #Kazakh community.
By Asha Tanna
Published On 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023
"In 2013, Kazakh women in Mongolia captured global attention when a young eagle huntress, Aisholpan Nurgaiv, became the subject of a viral photograph taken by Israeli photographer Asher Svidensky. He returned to the country in 2014 with British director Otto Bell, who made a documentary about the teenager.
"The storyline focused on her being an outlier in Kazakh culture in what Bell described as an 'isolated' community with 'a certain kind of ignorance about what woman can do'. These remarks were made during a press interview on CBS's Mountain Morning Show in January 2016, where he also said she was the 'first woman to eagle hunt in the 2,000-year-old male-dominated history'.
"But Kazakhs and historians say this is not true..."
The article goes on to mention: ""'Eagle hunting always included women,' says Adrienne Mayor, a historian at Stanford University, who details the practice and its history in her 2016 research paper, The Eagle Huntress - Ancient Traditions and New Generations. 'Archaeology also suggests that eagle huntresses were more common in ancient times.'
"'The oldest known artefact showing this kind of hunting is a golden ring made about 2,500 years ago. The scene on the ring shows a woman on a running horse. She’s spearing a deer. Her eagle is hovering above the deer and her hound is grabbing its leg,' she tells Al Jazeera.
"The historian explains that the Kazakhs are descendants of the #Scythians who were expert horse people and archers. 'They considered men and women equal, and in small tribes, it was logical and necessary for everyone, young and old, to be able to wield a weapon and ride horses and hunt with an eagle for survival. You had to be able to contribute to the group as a stakeholder on the steppes,' she says.
"Although the practice is 'now more commonly passed down between males, in ancient times, men and women fought in battle together and hunted side-by-side'."
Full article:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2023/9/21/mongolia-eagle-huntresses?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
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"content": "I just came across this article, nostr:npub1jq9h36l049nq907sxexlkv278qakyhtyh96ygq8ylxzuhyfr27gsl3jqnl and wanted to know your thoughts...\n\nIn search of the eagle huntresses\n\nIn ancient times, women hunted alongside men in the nomadic #Kazakh community.\n\nBy Asha Tanna\nPublished On 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023\n\n\"In 2013, Kazakh women in Mongolia captured global attention when a young eagle huntress, Aisholpan Nurgaiv, became the subject of a viral photograph taken by Israeli photographer Asher Svidensky. He returned to the country in 2014 with British director Otto Bell, who made a documentary about the teenager.\n\n\"The storyline focused on her being an outlier in Kazakh culture in what Bell described as an 'isolated' community with 'a certain kind of ignorance about what woman can do'. These remarks were made during a press interview on CBS's Mountain Morning Show in January 2016, where he also said she was the 'first woman to eagle hunt in the 2,000-year-old male-dominated history'.\n\n\"But Kazakhs and historians say this is not true...\"\n\nThe article goes on to mention: \"\"'Eagle hunting always included women,' says Adrienne Mayor, a historian at Stanford University, who details the practice and its history in her 2016 research paper, The Eagle Huntress - Ancient Traditions and New Generations. 'Archaeology also suggests that eagle huntresses were more common in ancient times.'\n\n\"'The oldest known artefact showing this kind of hunting is a golden ring made about 2,500 years ago. The scene on the ring shows a woman on a running horse. She’s spearing a deer. Her eagle is hovering above the deer and her hound is grabbing its leg,' she tells Al Jazeera.\n\n\"The historian explains that the Kazakhs are descendants of the #Scythians who were expert horse people and archers. 'They considered men and women equal, and in small tribes, it was logical and necessary for everyone, young and old, to be able to wield a weapon and ride horses and hunt with an eagle for survival. You had to be able to contribute to the group as a stakeholder on the steppes,' she says.\n\n\"Although the practice is 'now more commonly passed down between males, in ancient times, men and women fought in battle together and hunted side-by-side'.\"\n\nFull article:\nhttps://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2023/9/21/mongolia-eagle-huntresses?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us",
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