Esege Malan, according to Mongol myth

Mythology

The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...

 and the belief of the Buriats is the great Creator

Creator deity

A creator deity is a deity responsible for the creation of the world . In monotheism, the single God is often also the creator deity, while polytheistic traditions may or may not have creator deities...

 of all living things. His son is Solobung Yubin

Solobung Yubin

Solobung Yubin , otherwise called Uhaa Solbon, is the "spirit of the evening and morning stars -- Venus ." Or else, Solbon is Venus simply as "evening star". This name, defined as the "shepherd of heaven", is transcribed Ζὀλβων in Byzantine records...

, a spiritual morning star

Star

A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

 which if offered sacrifices will reward the Mongol people with greater harvest yields and prosperity.
As chief of the sky-spirits, Esege Malaan calls meetings of them "in the Pleiades and on the moon".