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  2. Asena - Wikipedia

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    Asena is the name of a she-wolf associated with the Gokturk foundation myth. [1] The ancestress of the Göktürks is a she-wolf, mentioned yet unnamed in two different "Wolf Tales". [2] The legend of Asena tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health.

  3. Turkic mythology - Wikipedia

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    The wolf symbolizes honor and is also considered the mother of most Turkic peoples. Ashina is the name of one of the ten sons who were given birth to by a mythical wolf in Turkic mythology. [25] [26] [27] The legend tells of a young boy who survived a raid in his village. A she-wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health.

  4. Grey wolf (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The wolf Ashina (Kökböri) plays a great part in the Epic of Ergenekon which is the founding myth of all Turkic and Mongolian tribes.. According to the legend when Ötöken, the capital city of the Göktürks was attacked and all residents killed by the enemy - only one boy survived the massacre.

  5. List of Turkic mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    According to legends, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He lures victims to a thicket and tickles them to death. Susulu – Mermaid in Turkic mythologies. She is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. She is the daughter of the Sea King.

  6. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    An old she-wolf with a sky-blue mane named Ashina found the baby and nursed him, then the she-wolf gave birth to half-wolf, half-human cubs, from whom the Turkic people were born. Also in Turkic mythology it is believed that a gray wolf showed the Turks the way out of their legendary homeland Ergenekon , which allowed them to spread and conquer ...

  7. Epic of Ergenekon - Wikipedia

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    In 1933, Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, a Turkish intellectual and a founder and key theorist of the Kadro movement, consubstantiated the Ergenekon epic with the Turkish revolution. [31] In the new Turkish version of the Egenekon Legend, the motif of the wolf was added [32] (Turkish text, version of Ministry of National Education of Turkey).

  8. Germany summons Turkish ambassador as row erupts over ... - AOL

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    Germany summoned Turkey’s ambassador in Berlin Thursday in a tit for tat over a controversial gesture made by a Turkish soccer player celebrating a goal at Euro 2024. ... also known as a ‘wolf ...

  9. Turkic creation myth - Wikipedia

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    After another year, there was an old wolf who guarded the platform day and night, howling. It dug a hole underneath the platform and would not leave for a long time. The younger daughter said: "Our father put us here, wanting to give us to Heaven. Now this wolf came here, it is probably a heavenly being, sent by Heaven."