This article deals with the problem of the in uence of dualistic religions over nondualistic ones. The main point of the author is that each nondualistic religion contains some di cult and complex characters who are venerated as guardian gods but who could be easily demonised under the in uence of the dualistic worldviews. The reason for such demonisation is a relative simplicity of dualism that explains everything in the categories as ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ that do not exist in nondualistic religions. Therefore, as the author argues, dualistic religion always a ects the nondualistic one when they meet. The research takes the example of Turco-Mongol and Finno-Ugrian mythologies, and the author observes characters of such gods as Erlik and Keremet before and after they were a ected by the Christian narrative.
