#DEITY : Tengri

[meirimerens]

the pathologic Kin is largely fictionalized with a created language that takes from multiple sources to be its own, a cosmogony & spirituality that does not correlate to the faiths (mostly Tengrist & Buddhist) practiced by the peoples it takes inspirations from, has customs, mores and roles invented for the purposes of the game, and even just a style of dress that does not resemble any of these peoples', but it is fascinating looking into specifically to me the sigils and see where they come from... watch this:

P2 Layers glyphs take from the mongolian script:

while the in-game words for Blood, Bones and Nerves are mongolian directly, it is interesting to note that their glyphs do not have a phonetic affiliation to the words (ex. the "Yas" layer of Bones having for glyph the equivalent of the letter F, the "Medrel" layer of Nerves having a glyph the equivalent of the letter È,...)

the leatherworks on the Kayura models', with their uses of angles and extending lines, remind me of the Phags Pa Script (used for Tibetan, Mongolian, Chineses, Uyghur language, and others)

some of the sigils also look either in part or fully inspired by Phags Pa script letters...

some look closer to the mongolian or vagindra (buryat) script

looking at the Herb Brides & their concept art, we can see bodypainting that looks like vertical buryat or mongolian script (oh hi (crossed out: Mark) Phags Pa script):

shaped and reshaped...

[reachingforthedivine]

Tengri, God of the Sky and Personification of the Universe.

[mythicalmuseomine]

Tengri

The sky god

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[a-child-of-chaos906]

Tengri, the great Deity, born before the existence of the world, is older than time itself, and what this very world created, is the Cosmos and the Sky itself, with their endless expanses: (Is simply exists).

Me (little human with some kind of neurodivergency, who tries to do what they can without going crazy): Hello, Dad! Walking home, I noticed a few bright yellow dandelions. They reminded me of you and your Sun, so I leave them to you as an offering. I hope you will enjoy!

Tengri (despite all His greatness and strength, being one of the most kind, gentle and loving the world and people Deities): Oh, thank you, my dear, this is wonderful. I'm glad you liked it. :)

Тенгри, великое Божество, рождённый до существования мира, старше самого времени и что этот самый мир создал, является самим Космосом и Небом, с их бескрайними просторами: (Просто существует).

Я (маленький человек с какой-то нейроотличностью, что пытается делать что может, при этом не сойти с ума): Привет, Пап! Идя домой я заметила несколько ярких жёлтых одуванчиков. Они мне напомнили о Вас и Вашем солнце, поэтом�� я оставляю их Вам как подношение. Надеюсь, Вам понравится!

Тенгри (не смотря на всё Своё величие и силу, являющийся одним из самых добрых, нежных и любящих мир и людей Божеств): Ах, спасибо, моя дорогая, это прекрасно. Я рад, что тебе понравилось. :)

[all-turkic]

Kayra Khan: The Creator and Chief God in Turkic Mythology

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[hasdrubal-gisco]

finally watched barbie last night. i think it was refreshing to see gerwig's exploration of population exchange in europe during the chalcolithic age. barbies are clearly coded to be early european farmers, living in a comfortable yet stagnant environment of europe at the tail end of the ice age, with a culture revolving around female fertility (notice the second character introduced is a pregnant barbie). the second sequence shows up ken(gosling)'s enterance into the story on beach, mirroring the arrival of western steppe herder cultures as glaciers in europe retreated.

once barbie and ken venture into the "real world" (prohpetic vision of the bronze age), ken adopts advanced technologies like the horse (horse), patriatrchy (worship of a male solar deity), and cars (the wheel, expoundable into the horse-driven chariot). his donning of the fringe jacket and cowboy hat stir within the audience a yearning for westward expansion, from the pontic steppe through the pannonian basin and beyond.

ken transforming barbieland into the kendom mirrors the replacement of early european farmer (vinča, varna cultures etc.) with corded ware and bell beaker cultures, settled iterations of the kens' previously pastoral culture. the only barbie not assimilated into the new cultral zeitgeist is weird barbie (basques), herself a cultural isolate even compared to other barbies pre-invasion.

the final battle scene between the two ken factions places particular focus on archery, hallmark of the mongol civilization, which was the last of the steppe invasions of europe. notice in this situation, gerwig's bravery in correctly having ken (asian) represent the kingdom of hungary (asian), whereas ken (gosling) is of course the ever-lasting scythian spirit emanating from the steppe. some scholars have suggested the light-blue void where the last battle takes place to be a metaphor tengri.

some other stuff happened as well but i didn't really get how that fit into the greater story i guess. what was the deal with the old jewish lady LOL !

[assistedbytherats]

<3

Walking your friends home as a devotional act to Hermes

Walking with a friend to their lectures as a devotional act to Hermes

Going somewhere for no reason other than to accompany them on their travels as a devotional act to Hermes

[shamandrummer]

The Many Lives of Mongolian Shamanism

The following is excerpted from Sky Shamans of Mongolia: Meetings with Remarkable Healers by Kevin Turner.

For thousands of years, Mongolia has been a nexus of Eurasian shamanisms that competed, mixed, and meshed across our planet's largest continent. Shamanism appears to have emerged with the very dawn of human consciousness, but archeologists can probably speak with confidence about only the past 30,000 to 70,000 years.

Archeological discoveries in Eurasia alone indicate that the practice of shamanism reaches back at least to 35,000 BCE, easily making shamanism the oldest spiritual practice known to mankind. Modern religious faiths such as Buddhism and Christianity are toddlers in comparison, and psychology is a mere newborn.

The word shaman originated from the Tungusic tribal language groups (from areas to the north and east of Mongolia), which are related to Mongolic languages. These are both part of the broader Altaic language group, which includes Turkic, Manchurian, and scores of other Inner Asian and Siberian languages, and may include Korean and Japanese at the easternmost reach. The modern term "shaman" has now been adopted by many as a catch-all word to describe those who by spiritual means seek direct access to information and healing power not ordinarily available.

The nomadic northern Siberian shamanic traditions tend to retain the highly individualistic aspects of shamanism; by contrast, a most interesting facet of Mongolian and Inner Asian shamanism is the amalgamation of the shamans' direct experiences of other realities with a religious belief system known as Tengerism (Heaven or Sky God-ism). Tengerism originated in Sumeria, one of humanity's earliest civilizations, and probably derived from the early experiences of the shamans, prophets, and mystics of pre-Mesopotamian eras.

The modern Mongolian term Tenger (or Tengri), meaning both "sky realms" and "sky spirits," almost certainly derives from the Sumerian word Dingir, also meaning both "sky realm(s)" and "deity(-ies)." The concept of divinity in Sumerian was closely associated with the heavens, evident from the shared cuneiform sign for both heaven and sky, and from the fact that its earliest form is a star shape. The name of every deity in Sumerian is prefixed by a star symbol.

Mircea Eliade proposed that Tengrism may be the closest thing we have found to a reconstructed proto-Indo-European religion. It is also evident that Tengrism's three-layered worldview is nearly identical to the tripartite world found in many kinds of shamanism, as well as the Vedic triloka ("three realms") world structure.

In Mongolian, one who travels the realms of the Tengers is called a Tengeri--"sky-dweller; sky-walker." I like to think that Luke Skywalker, the young warrior-shaman Jedi knight of the fictional Star Wars films, may have inherited his name from this tradition. Interestingly, the BBC reports that in censuses taken in 2001 regarding spiritual beliefs, hundreds of thousands of people selected "Jediism" as their faith of choice--such is the power of shamanism even in our modern myths and legends.

The earliest authenticated records of Mongolian shamanism go back to the beginnings of the Hunnu Dynasty, 209-93 CE (also known as the Xiongnu in Chinese records). Mongolian legend tells us that, during this time, a nine-year-old Hunnu boy united with a she-wolf, engendering the modern-day Mongolian people. The headdress of a shaman (circa 300–100 BCE) was found in one of the graves of Noin-Ula (Mongolian: Noyon uulyn bulsh) in northern Mongolia, and is strikingly similar to the Mongol Darkhad headdress of today. The fabric's colors, weaving methods, and embroidery are also similar to those found in fabric produced by Scythians in the Greek colonies on the Black Sea coast, leading scholars to draw links between these ancient cultures. (Scythian tribal areas were just west of Mongolian territories.)

According to historian and researcher Otgony Purev, shamans played an important role in diplomatic efforts and treaties with neighboring nations. The Hunnu emperors even constructed permanent shamanic shrines, and encouraged individual shamans to synthesize their diverse practices into a national religion. "Shamanist religion" then became part of the organizational basis of governmental and military activity.

Shamanism became the main source of education and ideology for the earliest pre-Mongol states. This continued for nearly 400 years, and ties to education remain influential in the Mongolian shamanic revival even today. With the disintegration of the Hunnu Dynasty, institutionalized shamanism returned to its more natural, individualistic and autonomous forms across a series of disparate Inner Asian kingdoms that spanned a millennium.

[thewitcheslibrary]

Erlik - mythology and information

Erlik, Erlig, Erlik Khan, Erleg or Yerleg (Hungarian mythology comparable to Ördög) is the deity of death and the underworld, also known as Tamag (hell) in Turkic mythology. Er (or yer) refers to Earth, the depths in which Erlik resides. Erlik summons death, plague, and bad spirits from the underworld to torture humanity and transport their souls to his domain. Tengrism is not founded on a written corpus, but rather on the spiritual experiences of Turkic people, hence there are no universally accepted doctrines among Turkic people. Erlik has previously been referenced in the Orkhon texts and has a persistent role as the lord of the underworld in Turkic belief systems.

Mythology-

In Turkic mythology, Erlik had a role in the genesis of humanity. He slew the messenger-god, Maidere/Maydere, and is a sin-teacher. He is sometimes symbolised by a totemic bear. Erlik was the deity of evil and darkness in Turkic mythology, as well as the king of the underworld and the judge of the dead. Erlik is Ülgen's sibling; both were formed from Kayra (Tengere Kayra Khan). He wants to be equal to Ulgen, so he creates his own land. He was imprisoned in the 9th stratum of the earth and grew antagonistic to the top world, the realm of light. According to the Khakas, Erlik lives in the lowest underworld, in a copper mansion with gold furnishings.

According to Altai folklore, Erlik created the spirits (İye) while still in heaven. When Erlik claimed divinity for himself, he was driven out and descended to earth along with his spirits. Another Altai tale holds that God (Tengri) gave Erlik a hammer and an anvil, but took away his power when Erlik used them to create evil.

According to another mythology, reported by Vasily Radlov, God commanded the first person to plunge into the primordial seas and retrieve a handful of dirt from the sea's bottom. However, the first person wanted to hide some dirt so that he might eventually establish his own planet. But the earth in his mouth increased, so he spit it out. Kayra, who created the universe in this tradition, banished the first human from the celestial realm as a kind of punishment and called him Erlik.

In another story, mankind were immortal before the arrival of Erlik. People and animals overpopulated the earth until a crow proposed bringing Death into it. So people summoned Erlik, and death entered. First, everyone knew when they'd die, so they lived in terror until Tengri concealed their date of death.

Erlik's malevolent spirits inflict misfortune, disease, and death among humans. These ghosts are envisioned as Erlik's helpers. Aside from this, his nine sons and daughters support their father's nefarious intentions. Erlik's daughters, in particular, strive to persuade a shaman to alter his mind as he tries to approach Ulgen with their beauty. Erlik causes all forms of disease and demands sacrifices from the people. If they do not sacrifice to him, he collects the dead remains of those he has slain and transports them to this lower realm, where he makes them his slaves. As a result, when illness strikes, people become afraid of Erlik and make numerous animal sacrifices to him, particularly in the Altai Mountains.

In shaman prayers, Erlik is characterised as a creature with a pig's face and teeth and a human body. Aside from his face, he is an elderly man with a well-built physique, dark eyes, brows, and moustache. According to the Dolgans, Erlik led Mammoths to the underworld. When they attempt to return to the surface, they freeze to death as punishment.

The dinosaur Erlikosaurus is named after him.

[yellowmanula]

Tengri, central to ancient Turkic and Mongolic beliefs, was revered as the sky deity embodying the vastness of the heavens. Unlike many gods in organized religions, Tengri was not depicted through idols or worshipped in temples. Instead, Tengriism was deeply rooted in nature, with the open sky serving as his dwelling. Followers of Tengri believed in his omnipresence and omniscience, invoking him as a witness during oaths or as a guide before major events like battles. Leaders and warriors would pray to Tengri on mountain summits or in seclusion, calling upon his strength and protection.

Tengri’s favor or displeasure was thought to be reflected through natural phenomena. Sudden weather changes, storms, or other natural signs were interpreted as his responses to human actions, underscoring the belief that Tengri maintained a watchful gaze over the world. This connection to the natural world and the cosmos formed the core of Tengriism, shaping the spiritual lives and cultural values of early Central Asian societies.

[yesunova-xiv]

The Real Steppe: Udgans & Böös

On the Azim Steppe we encounter some udgans like Sadu Dotharl and Tumulun Mol. What is an udgan and why is there 'böö' in the title?

A 'böö' is a shaman, whereas an 'udgan' is a shamaness. Talking about shamanism on the Eurasian steppe is a big topic. So at the end, I'm going to recommend some extra reading for those who want to delve deeper.

Overview

When we talk about shamanism on the Eurasian steppe we tend to be talking about practitioners belonging to Tengrism, which is the religion practiced by many Mongolians but expands out of Mongolia's borders, such as into Siberia.

The main principles around Tengrism revolve around the sky gods, known as the Tengri, but also around animism and nature.

There is a whole perspective of the cosmos through Tengerism, which a person's 'ger' or 'yurt' can serve as a map, so where things are placed is important, and there are rituals that may be performed within them. With animism there are spirits in all things, so there is a connection everywhere. Milk is seen as holy water in their traditions and milk products are often used as offerings to spirits. Arkhi (vodka made from milk) and kumis (fermented milk) also get used. There is an interesting implication I will come to with some of the lore of the Azim Steppe here.

For the sake of this post, I want to focus on a few points that can be related to FFXIV. Those main focuses are:

Types of Shamanism

Milk & also it's relation to the Ugund

Souls, Afterlife and Reincarnation, with ties to the Dotharl

But this only touches the surface of a much bigger topic.

Types of Shamanism

Tengri Shamanism is split out into 3 types, though we do not really see them explored in Final Fantasy XIV and their udgans, but I think they can leave some room for speculative analysis.

The three types are: yellow, black and white.

Black Shamans:

They get the name from the direction they drew their power and they are supported by black deities and spirits and they also worship their ancestors. They intended to overcome evil by pitting might against might.

White Shamans:

They personified humanity and their practices related to deed and called upon peaceful masters from the white side and directing their worship in that direction. They have people commune with nature and earth spirits and pacifying any angry ones.

Yellow Shamans:

There were introduced in Mongolia by the spread of Tibetan Buddhism, it is closer to white shamanism but incorporates Buddhist beliefs and practices.

Reinterpreting for FFXIV:

Sadu's job/class is represented as Black Mage, though she is referred to as an Udgan. But in the world of Final Fantasy XIV, certain 'jobs' appear in different parts of the world under different names and practices. Like Warriors with their berserking and the Chaghan tribe and the Will of Karash. Or how Geomancers of the East are like conjurers of the West. So with Sadu she appears to be a black mage. And pitting might against might sounds like her thing and also true of black mages with the Void. Unlike Black Mages we do not see Sadu draw power from the Void. But I feel Sadu's magic would be more in tune with the concepts of Black Shamanism.

On the note of White Shamanism. There's the calling upon peaceful masters, communing with nature and earth, which sounds very White Mage/Conjurer like. Though I sincerely doubt there are any intended connections, but these may be the kind of connections I tend to think about when writing a character related to the steppe (as an RPer).

The Significance of Milk

In FFXIV we have reference to some of the milk-based drinks you will find in Mongolia. There is kumis, arkhi and steppe tea. Ever wondered why they put Ala Mhigan salt crystals in the crafted recipe for Steppe Tea? It's likely because it's based on 'Suutei Tsai', which is the name given to a savoury tea from Mongolia, which is very milky and savoury (hence the salt).

But in terms of religious practices, if you see arkhi served in a ger in Mongolia, you might see somebody dip their finger in and offer some arkhi vodka to the sky, the earth and to their forehead. This is an offering made to the spirits that may be done before they drink it. There's many ceremonies that involve milk as holy water, such as at weddings where they may drink kumis or milk from respective families to the bride and groom or during shamanistic rituals.

On the Azim Steppe there is also a tradition relating to milk and that's with the Ugund tribe. Their flavour text is below:

When members of this tribe die, their heads are removed from their bodies and placed in a jar of fermented goat milk. Once the liquid has been drunk by the head (in other words, evaporated), the head is then buried under an anthill so that the tiny workers can carry the spirit to the afterlife. The journey is thought to be a terrible one, the road filled with ghosts of the damned, so ensuring the spirit is drunk helps ease the journey.

At first glance it looks like the idea is that the spirit finds comfort in their journey to the afterlife by being intoxicated, but it does specify milk. Given it 'holy' nature, I expect this would provide a boon to the dead spirits of ugund in their journey.

The 3 Souls & 3 Worlds

I find the 3 souls concept of Tengrism interesting, though it can be more than 3 souls depending on beliefs, but in short, each of us have at least three souls within us, the suns, suld and ami.

The suld sits in our crown chakra whilst the suns and ami sit in our chest. The suns and ami have to be in balance with each other, else you may be susceptible to illness. A shaman is able to perform rituals that help rebalance them. It is also possible for suns and ami to become disembodied, but the suld is vital to life and you will die if you lose it. If the suns and ami are gone for a period of time then you will fall ill.

Suld - This resides in nature after death. This is vital to life, without it, you will die. This has a connection to father heaven and the tengger that live there. It's the most individualised and it is your nature spirit. It carries no past-life experiences but develops characteristics to distinguish you from other people, like your charisma and dignity.

Suns - Reincarnates after death. This contributes to the formation of your personality and carries the collective experiences of past lives. It's also comes from the lower world and in death will return there and may also return as a ghost. The suns has the strongest past-life memories. But significantly evil suns may end up extinguished forever. The suns can temporarily leave the body and sometimes wander as far as the lower world.

Ami - This is the body soul, which also reincarnates after death. It is called the 'breath' soul, if it exits the body it'll result in illness. It returns to the world tree in death and roosts in the tree branches between heaven and earth in the form of a bird. They tend to reincarnate through relatives and carry genetic or ancestral memory and these enter the body at birth.

As we reference three worlds here too: they are comprise of the upper, middle and lower worlds, which I referenced in my post on Morin Khuur with its symbolism. The upper world is represented by the heavens and the lower world can possess evil and malicious spirits and has more superstition and taboo surrounding it. The crossing over into the lower world is also represented as crossing a river.

There's a few nuggets of information I've represented above that may elicit some connections. So I will break them down.

The idea of the suns and ami souls reincarnating can maybe be related to the Dotharl, where only the udgan can tell a person's previous life, this remains consistent with the point that in Tengrism only shamans can see these souls. Could it be that the Dotharl follow the 'suns' soul and sense its past lives to know who it once belonged to and help them learn who they were and continue their life in a new body?

The talk of the Ugund journey to the afterlife being filled with the ghost of the damned could be referencing the suns of the lower world.

And one can draw a comparison to the lower world and life stream if you wanted, though there is not causal relationship here in Final Fantasy lore, but the similarity can make for comparison. But of course, something like this in Final Fantasy could have been inspired by something like the River Styx, as it's not an exclusively Tengri imagery used for passing into a lower world

Learn More:

This is a huge topic and this post scratches the surface, but I thought these were interesting aspects that have some references (some loose) in FFXIV's lore.

This is a pretty good online resource, the author is a Tenger Shaman and I also have a copy of their book, which covers much of what's on there as well as some of the rituals: http://buryatmongol.org/a-course-in-mongolian-shamanism/

And a video of a Tenger Shaman talking about his profession:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DONJywWRjf4

[tengritexas]

What/Who is Umay? Tengrist deities

Hey everyone! So in my itty bitty amount of time on tumblr I found there isnt many resources in Tengrism so Im here to provide for all my fellow Pagans and Shamans

Umay (pronounced Umai) is the mother of nature and of the "middle world" the middle world being Earth and the physical universe!

She is associated with protecting the unborn and maintaining the harmony of nature.

Although She is her own diety she is an extention of Tengri, God of the blue Sky.

"Adjacent religions" in which a similar description is made include religions like Wicca (mother of the earth)!

Just a little snippet today! Hope you enjoyed :>

[ottoman-empire-chan]

I can’t find a source for this but I remember hearing somewhere that this is sort of how the Mongol empire treated religion, with the idea that their god Tengri was specifically the god of the Mongol people, and they didn’t want non-Mongols worshipping him, and so they were exceptionally religiously tolerant (which is definitely true)

Whether it’s true or not I think it’s a really cool concept, and one I’ve decided to implement (fairly loosely) in my take on the “big homogenous human empire” in my homebrew setting

In the far reaches of the empire, citizens are actively barred from converting to the empire’s official religion, with the right to do so (and all the prestige and influence that comes with it) only granted to those who earn the emperor’s favour or rise to prominence in the imperial court

Priests of the religion spend most of their time ensuring the wrong people aren’t practising their tenets (sometimes not even able to practise them themselves) and trying to keep the secrets of the faith (sometimes knowledge as simple as the religion’s primary deity or if they even have one) from getting out

The result of this secrecy is often theological debates where non-imperial theologists argue not which religion is closer to the truth, but which religion is closer to that of the emperor, claiming their imperial majesty surely worships “my god” or practises “my way of worship”

Thus concludes yet another session of thinly-veiled-attempts-to-infodump-about-the-fantasy-world-in-my-head

Cleric who's trying to make everyone else atheists.

It's their god, not anyone else's.

[irishfederalreconnaissance]

A Brief Explanation of Jewish Cultural Epochs (Slave Labor)

Kazakh: The Japanese Hanjo, Neanderthals, have taken Tengri, their language for currency and hotel, and reversed it, so it merges; hence, the speaking of Tengri backwards, Hebrew, is entrapment in a hostel.

Babylon: The concept of the deity, the cuneiform picture, and the cuneiform drawing of letters, available if refusing swine, is the empathy removed from the enemy, the refusal to regard enemy force as son or daughter; the mating game, without raising the past paramour.

Titus: The Jew, is the common stage, the cavorting with children and animals, as gay men, the stage as beyond war, and instead, play; the literature, as the improper ideal, that being beyond nature, as viewed through ideal to nature instead; the platonic.

Jesus: The blues and rhythm, as the band of those destroying a culture, through traveling nomad, the institute; the teaching of children, to dance and play, instead of bear war and tidings, the unserious objective of the Israelite.

Lodge: The poor man, as the militia, outnumbering the rich man, the gladiator; the print of the head of the coin, as the leader, with the back marked in currency of the past leader; a Celtic culture, however with coin upon bust, as the authorization to provoke an act, considered criminal unless in bearing of heraldry.

China: The countries of the world, as in prefecture, the university; therefore the clergy, as the leaders, through the Rabbinical, the Muhammadan, the homosexual; the netting and knighting of the world, as having luxury, without pay; the option removed, to the common feed, without pork, the aphrodesiac, hence been born slave, the tithe.

Renaissance: The shaved head, as slave soldier, having been born to act by labor of common mirth, the cooperative, a commune upon insured debt; the others, as having supported the self, the colony of state, from Europe to Asia, and inside Africa and up into Russia, the engineered project; the Hebrew tongue, as out of Latin, with a proper script of Kiev, the engineered project upon labor.

Colony: The New World, as having those implacing and implicit in creative, as slave, having held such as Protestant, hence the individual insisting upon compliance to medicine, as the slave, and those otherwise, having imbibed liquor and marijuana outside of care of common facility; the creation of paperwork, to bind the slave, and the common police, as differentiating prison and hospice, the combination to be the corrections, the separation upon statement to be the clearing of suit.

Holocaust: The calculation of wages labor, outside of performed family of difference of workshop; hence any of those performing wage to pay police in product, to acquire trade, and any of those otherwise, to be the Catechism; therefore the Jew, be working in common labor, to become the police officer, the minister of government.

Progressivism: The state of speech, as the spy, hence any raised by grooming, selected by felony, placed by patriotism, or otherwise bred by union, or any combination thereof, having found embassy, in the community, the more laws the poorer production, but the more powerful the leader; the dominance of America, under African laws imposed, the taken blacks as the heralds of the United States imperium and its resulting dominance over the voice of the people.   

[a-child-of-chaos906]

Thing about Tengrism I love is there is almost no canon, the only two I know are Tengri is superior, Deity or forse, and to follow it's philosophy of being kind.

I know six creation myths. And they all are true. It depends on region. I heard more turkish version with Ak Ana, more mongolian with Ulgen and Erlik. In my region Tengri was born out of the egg. And they are all right.

I didn't know about Erlik or Ulgen until I started to talk with other Tengrist. They didn't know about my local belief, that Sun and Moon are Tengri's eyes. There is no right pantheon. There could be Gods in one region that don't exist in others. I found it beautiful.

Umay Ana has different roles in different regions. On one land She is Goddess of fertility and virginity. In others She is only Earth. In others She is Goddess of children. She is all of it, even if in other communities some of it do not acknowledge.

Tengri is seen as Deity to some, or forse, the world itself for others and they are all right.

I really like that there is no dogma. That you should to figure it out yourself, what is the best for you. With talking to others. Because there is so little left. Mongolian Tengrism, Turkish Tengrism, Kazakh Tengrism, Siberian Tengrism and many more, they all has differences, but the core is Tengri. And, at the end of the day, you need to find, what is the most appealing to you.

Gods, I fucking love Tengrism.

[acrystalwitch]

Sutekh, Loki and Erebus, Nyx and Their Children, a little with every Underworld Deity and a Tengrist Kök Tengri, Umay Ana and Ak Ana. I am really interested, what you can say.

Oooh, okay so you have a lot energy to do with the cycle of life and death around you. You have a range you work with from fertility deities to death deities.. so I feel like there has to be a lot of magic around death or spirit work...

but also on the flip side- spells and magic around manifesting as well. Things to create abundance in wealth and relationships/family.

I could see a lot of unconventional but talented divination work as well from what I’ve known of Nyx devotees (my girlfriend )

I also feel there could be Fire and Water energy magic as a talent of yours

✨send an ask with the deities you worship and I’ll assume what type/s of magic you practice ✨