Gutals

Mongol gutals or gutuls (Mongolian: гуталcode: mon promoted to code: mn , Mongolian pronunciation: [ɢʊtʰəɮ]; plural гутлуудcode: mon promoted to code: mn , IPA: [ɢʊtʰɮu꞉t]) are leather boots that are a traditional footwear of Mongolia. Some unique features of the boots include slightly upturned tip of the toes,^[1] different varieties of leather ornaments^[2] and vertically uneven cuts at the entering holes of the footwear. Gutals can be used especially as horseback riding^[3] and wrestling footwear. However, there are not authentic gutals; they entered Mongolia from Tibet during the 17th century.^[4]

Mongols still wear gutals today.^[5]

In the 2020 video game Ghost of Tsushima, it is possible to find an artifact item that represents traditional Mongolian gutal boots.^[6][7] There is some speculation that, in the comic book Dragon Ball, a character called Gokū regularly wears boots that might be originally inspired by gutals.^[8][9]