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An early 20th-century report on Altaian shamanism by researcher Karunovskaia describes a shamanistic journey, information provided by one Kondratii Tanashev (or Merej Tanas). However, A. A. Znamenski believes this material is not universal to all Altaian peoples, but pertains to the specific worldview of Tanashev's Tangdy clan. Regardless, the material showed a belief in a tripartite division of the world in sky (heavenly sphere), middle world and underworld; in the central part of the world, a mountain (''Ak toson altaj sip''') is located. Upon this mountain there is "a navel of the earth and water  ... which also serves as the root of the 'wonderful tree with golden branches and wide leaves' (''Altyn byrly bai terek'')". Like the iconic imagery, the tree branches out to reach the heavenly sphere.<ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1007/978-94-017-0277-5_3|chapter=Siberian Shamanism in Soviet Imagination|title=Shamanism in Siberia|year=2003|last1=Znamenski|first1=Andrei A.|pages=131–278|isbn=978-90-481-6484-4}}</ref>