the Winter Ox

 By Yakut legends,  Winter Ox comes from the Arctic Ocean  every autumn and brings us cold. In the first day of spring ( januar 31 )  his first horn breaks, and the second - at februar 31 . Then falls off the head, and with the floating of ice its corpse is sent back into the ocean. 
 The Winter Ox character is  combined two charachters the Ox and the Mammoth. in the Yakut mythology all spirits ichchi are humanized,  people communicates with them, make  sacrifices, hold ceremonies, asks for their goodwill,but   the Winter Ox is deprived of it all. In the Yakuts tradition and mythology, he is the personification of the inevitable elements (cold, cold, winter), and that is why it comes from the ocean, from  north. in the myths  Winter Ox is described as a  huge white Ox  with blue spots , crystal horns and  frosty breath.The forests freezes with it's steps , people and  animals suffer from the cold. In the end of winter  cold   reaches its peak. A day before the end of January  the Child Of the  Warm Sky Mighty Eagle come flying   from  south, shovel the  snow off his nest and  screams loudly.the Winter Ox begins to retreat from the eagle's scream : he broke the horns and its head  falls off.