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Creation. There are many Mongol creation myths. In one, the creation of the world is attributed to a Buddhist deity Lama. At the start of time, there was only water, and from the heavens, Lama came down to it holding an iron rod with which he began to stir. As he began to stir the water, the stirring brought about a wind and fire which caused a ...
In Mongolian shamanism, tngri constitute the highest class; [2] they are attested already in the oldest written source in Mongolian, The Secret History of the Mongols. [3] The highest deity, Tngri, is the "supreme god of heaven" and is derived from Tengri, the primary chief deity in the religion of the early Turkic and Mongolic peoples, and also goes by Möngke Tngri ("Eternal Heaven") or ...
Tengri was the main god of the Turkic pantheon, controlling the celestial sphere. [27] Tengri is considered to be similar to the Indo-European sky god, *Dyeus, and the structure of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European religion is closer to that of the early Turks than to the religion of any people of Near Eastern or Mediterranean antiquity. [28]
Sülde Tngri is an equestrian war god, [1] one of the tngri, the highest group of divinities in Mongolian shamanism and Buddhism. [2] He is usually depicted as an armored warrior riding a horse. [3] In Mongolian shamanism, everyone possesses a guardian spirit, called a sülde. "Sülde Tngri" can refer to the sülde of any great leader, but it ...
Maahes, lion-headed god of war. Menhit, goddess of war, "she who massacres". Montu, falcon -headed god of war, valor, and the Sun. Neith, goddess of war, hunting, and wisdom. Pakhet, goddess of war. Satis, deification of the floods of the Nile River and an early war, hunting, and fertility goddess.
Erlik is the god of death and the underworld, known as Tamag. Ay Dede is the moon god. Another god is Natigai, who was the god of pregnancy, children, livestock, wives, and health. [94] The highest group in the pantheon consisted of 99 tngri (55 of them benevolent or "white" and 44 terrifying or "black"); 77 "earth-spirits"; and others.
Dayisun Tngri. Daichsun Tngri, also known as Dayisud Tngri and Dayičin Tngri, is a Mongolian war god "of a protective function" [1] to whom captured enemies were sometimes sacrificed. [2] One of the equestrian deities within the Mongolian pantheon of 99 tngri, Dayisun Tngri may appear as a mounted warrior. [2] Some of his characteristics may ...
The Mongols were highly tolerant of most religions during the early Mongol Empire, and typically sponsored several at the same time. At the time of Genghis Khan in the 13th century, virtually every religion had found converts, from Buddhism to Eastern Christianity and Manichaeanism to Islam. To avoid strife, Genghis Khan set up an institution ...