Turkic mythology refers to myths and legends told by the Turkic people. It features Tengrist and Shamanist strata of belief along with many other social...
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previously known as Dayık in Altai mythology. He lives at the junction of 17 rivers. Alaz – God of fire in Turkic mythology. Also known as Alas-Batyr or sometimes...
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groups Turkic migration, the expansion of the Turkic tribes and Turkic languages, mainly between the 6th and 11th centuries Turkic mythology Turkic nationalism...
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Winged horse (category Horses in mythology)
Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology. The Wind Horse is a winged horse from Tibetan mythology. The Ethiopian pegasus was born on an...
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Grey wolf (Old Turkic: Böri) is a sacred animal and national symbol in Turkic mythology. The wolf Ashina (Kökböri) is part of the play a great part in...
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Georgian mythology Ossetian mythology Vainakh mythology Azerbaijani mythology Scythian mythology Turkic mythology Ainu mythology Bai mythology Chinese...
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Mongol mythology Tengriism (indigenous Mongol & Turkic belief) Philippine mythology Anito Gabâ Kulam Semitic mythology and Arabian mythology Jewish mythology...
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List of lunar deities (section Turkic mythology)
God Kušuḫ (Hurrian mythology) Goddess Selardi (Urartian mythology) God Aglibol (Palmarene mythology) God Almaqah (Sabaean mythology) God Baal-hamon (Punic...
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horse in Philippine folklore Tulpar, the winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology Shabdiz horse of khosrow parvi, shah of Iran Rakhsh, horse of Rostam...
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List of solar deities (section Turkic mythology)
the Sun. A "sun deity" (kaum näkte), possibly a goddess. Gun Ana, common Turkic solar deity, seen as a goddess in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz traditions Koyash...
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Tengrism (redirect from Mythology of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples)
several medieval states such as the First Turkic Khaganate, the Western Turkic Khaganate, the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, Old Great Bulgaria, the First Bulgarian...
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Mongols Tibetan mythology Tungusic mythology Turco-Mongol tradition Turkic mythology Sproul 1979, p. 218 Nassen-Bayer & Stuart 1992 Walter Heissig, The...
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Kayra (category Turkic gods)
Kayra or Kaira (Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰖𐰺𐰀) is the creator god in Turkic mythology. He is the god who planted the tree of life called Ulukayın. Kayra is described...
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Erlik (category Articles containing Old Turkic-language text)
(Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰼𐰠𐰃𐰚; Turkish: Erlik Han) is the god of death and the underworld, sometimes referred to as Tamag (hell) in Turkic mythology. Er (or...
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in Turkic mythology. Also known as Yer Ana. İye, deities or spirits or natural assets. Baianai, the god of the forest, animals, and hunt in Turkic mythology...
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List of fire deities (section Turkic mythology)
counterpart Turgmam, goddess of fire Atar, yazata of fire in Persian mythology and Zoroastrianism Komod Pazik, Sakizaya god of fire Icep Kanasaw, Sakizaya...
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The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages...
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List of goddesses (section Turkic mythology)
Dei-ili [zh] SaySiyat mythology [zh] Wauan [zh] Sakizaya mythology [zh] Icep Kanasaw [zh] Tsou mythology [zh] Nivnu [zh] Kebalan mythology [zh] Mutumazu [zh]...
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Etugen Eke (category Turkic goddesses)
variously as Itügen or Etügen Ekhe) is an earth goddess in Tengrism and Turkic mythology. She was believed to be perpetually virginal. The word "etugen" associates...
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Venus in culture (section Turkic mythology)
in general. In the 11th century Turkic Kutadgu Bilig, under cross-cultural influences of Greek and Sumerian mythology, Venus became associated with love...
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Kuara (category Turkic gods)
Turkic mythology, and the son of Tengri. Kuara (also known as Kvara) was held in particular reverence by the early Danube people. This Oghur Turkic deity...
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creature and a goddess. In the mythology of the Turkic peoples, the wolf is a revered animal. In the Turkic mythology, wolves were believed to be the...
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The First Turkic Khaganate, also referred to as the First Turkic Empire, the Turkic Khaganate or the Göktürk Khaganate, was a Turkic khaganate established...
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Epic of Ergenekon (category Turkic mythology)
high plateau with steep slopes. In the Turkic mythology, the myth aims to explain the foundation of the First Turkic Khaganate. The Ergenekon legend tells...
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Umay (category Articles containing Old Turkic-language text)
Umai; Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰢𐰖; Kazakh: Ұмай ана, Ūmai ana; Kyrgyz: Умай эне, Umay ene; Turkish: Umay Ana) is the goddess of fertility in Turkic mythology and Tengrism...
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Chinese mythology is encountered in the traditions of various classes of people, their Huaxia predecessors, Tibetan mythology, Turkic mythology, Korean...
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Asena (category Turkic legendary creatures)
Turkish ethnic nationalism in the 1930s, the veneration of figures of Turkic Mythology, such as Bozkurt, Asena and Ergenekon was resurgent. The Turkish Air...
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wisdom, agility, fertility and supernatural powers in Turkic mythology. In some of the early Turkic tombs, deer figurines were found. In the Ottoman Empire...
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Tulpar (category Turkic legendary creatures)
Tulpar is a legendary winged or celestial horse in Turkic mythology, akin to the Greek Pegasus. This mythical creature is prominently featured in the state...
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remarkable similarity between the biography of Oghuz Khagan in the Turkic mythology and the biography of Maodun found in the Chinese historiography, which...
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