Dordzhi Nandyshev, About Stealing Among Kalmyks

Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of the Coccacks. Such uncles returned with a bull and distributed its meat among the elderly men, having taking home as much meat as they needed.It is considered alright for Kalmyks to steal the following animals or objects: a hound, a knife, Buddhist texts, and Buddhist statues.Here is a story about theft that I heard from my mother. In the past there was a hoton (nomadic settlement) that consisted of only two yurts. Each yurt had a boy who were both of the same age. One day the boys were playing ankle bones when one stole bones from the other. The parents of the thief boy went to a temple to ask for advice. The monk said that the boy should not be dressed down for stealing as his fate was already written.