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woman who inspired God to create

In Turkic mythology, a divine being that gives the God power and inspiration to create is mentioned. It's portrayed as a woman, the Head Goddess, who's behind of all the creation of the world and the humanity.

AĞ ANA: The great being whose name is most commonly found in the legend of creation, an angel and a protective spirit.

It's believed that even before earth and sky had been created, Ağ Ana had existed and wandered at the imaginary sky. She gave soul to everything that is beginning of the life, and carried the weight of circle of life on her shoulders. She, at the beginning of life, had gathered all the power in herself. According to Altai Turks belief, she's a woman that's been formed of light. (Her existence is from light.) And she gave God Ülgen the power and inspiration to create.

She's been called both Ağ Ana and Ulu Ağ Ana. "Ulu" has "great" or "sacred" meanings. It's been presumed that "Ağ" has a meaning same as "Ak" which means "white" (but mostly used as the meaning of purity). "Ana" means "mother" and it's commonly used in goddesses' names. The part above adds that she has a holy face and a holy soul.

In Yakuts, giving name to the child is one of Ulu Ana's duties. According to Turkic creation mythology,

... with the order of Ağ Ana, God Ülgen said "may be earth be created!" and earth had been created. Then he said "may sky be created!" and sky had been created.

She has the Mountain Spirit, and thus she's also a figure that's believed to protect mountains and homeland (yurt).

In Teleuts, this holy mother's name is "Ak Ene" (Ağ Ana). She's also called "Ene-yayaçı", which means "mother who creates".

Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük Celal Beydili

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Schema of nine layered earth and sky in Gök Tengri Turkic religion.

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