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Ot is the goddess of marriage. Tung-ak is the patron god of tribal chiefs and the ruler of the lesser spirits of Mongol mythology; Erlik Khan is the King of the Underworld. Daichi Tengri is the red god of war to whom enemy soldiers were sometimes sacrificed during battle campaigns.
Od Ata is the Mongolian and Turkic / Altai god of fire. He is the male form of Od iyesi. Od Ede means 'Fire Father' in the Altay language (od "fire"; ede "father"). In Mongolian folklore he is referred to as the Od Khan "king of fire". Od Khan (or Odqan) is a fire spirit in the shamanistic traditions of Mongolia.
Hera, goddess of marriage, women, women's fertility, childbirth; Heracles, god of strength and athletes, had an association with male fertility as well as agriculture. Ilithyia, (also called Eileithyia) goddess of childbirth and midwifery; Pan, god of shepherds and flocks, associated with fertility, particularly that of animals
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]
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.
Mongol emperors were known for organizing competitions of religious debates among clerics, and these would draw large audiences. Genghis Khan's decree exempting Buddhists (toyin), Christians (erke'üd), Taoists (xiansheng) and Muslims (dashmad) from tax duties were continued by his successors until the end of the Yuan dynasty in 1368. According ...
Pages in category "Mongolian deities" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Altan Telgey;
Ibaqa Beki was a Kerait princess and Mongol khatun active in the early 13th century. She was briefly married to Genghis Khan , the founder of the Mongol Empire , and subsequently married to the general Jürchedei.