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Yelbeghen, sometimes Yelmogus is generally considered to be a creature separate from dragons and a polar opposite to them in its nature. It is a being of pure evil, a dragon-like beast and dreadful monster with no reason, that usually lives in dark and hostile places, or guards unreachable locations in fairy-tales.
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 and cultural constructs related to the nomadic and warrior way of life of Turkic and Mongol peoples in ancient times. [1] [2] [3] Turkic mythology shares numerous ideas and practices with ...
Turkish Siyah Qalam. A depiction of dancing divs (fiends) Az – Demon of Greed (or Lust), mentioned in Turk Manichaen sources. [14] Azāzīl – a being mentioned in some Turkish Sufi texts who was once the executioner of God, but fell from grace when he refused to bow before mankind. Similar to Satan. [15] Cin – Turkish equivalent of the ...
Anatolian dragons Illuyanka: Originating from Hittite mythology, a serpentine dragon slain by Tarḫunz. [11]Ebren: The Turkish dragon secretes flames from its tail, and there is no mention in any legends of its having wings, or even legs.
Mythological dragons, serpents, and snakes. Illuyanka – serpentine dragon from Hittite mythology and religion; Nāga – half-human half-snake being, found in Hindu mythology and Buddhist mythology. Verechelen – mythical creature between a dragon and a snake, often depicted with multiple heads, originating from Volga Bulgaria.
Zilant (Russian: Зилант; Tatar: җылан, romanized: cılan/jılan, lit. 'snake') is a legendary creature, something between a dragon and a wyvern in Turkic mythology (especially Tatar).
Archaeologists have finally deciphered the meaning, long debated, of a text inscribed on an ancient Turkish monument.. The heavily damaged inscription, written in the Old Phrygian language, is ...
Yunus Emre was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic who influenced Turkish culture. Like the Oghuz Book of Dede Korkut, an older and anonymous Central Asian epic, the Turkish folklore that inspired Yunus Emre in his occasional use of tekerlemeler as a poetic device had been handed down orally to him and his contemporaries. This strictly oral ...