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  2. Mongol mythology - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Alan Gua - Wikipedia

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    Alan Gua and her sons, from Jami' al-tawarikh, by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani. Alan Gua (Mongolian: Алун гуа, Alun gua, lit. "Alun the Beauty".Gua or Guva/Quwa means beauty in Mongolian) is a mythical figure from The Secret History of the Mongols, eleven generations after the blue-grey wolf and the red doe, and ten generations before Genghis Khan.

  4. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology. The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf), and also plays a role in ancient European cultures. The modern trope of the Big Bad Wolf arises from ...

  5. Tengri - Wikipedia

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    The Turkic form, Tengri, is attested in the 8th century Orkhon inscriptions as the Old Turkic form 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 ‎ Teŋri. In modern Turkish, the derived word " Tanrı " is used as the generic word for "god", or for the Abrahamic God, and is used today by Turkish people to refer to any god. The supreme deity of the traditional religion of ...

  6. Category:Mongolian legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mongolian legendary creatures" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  7. Category:Mongol mythology - Wikipedia

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    Category:Mongol mythology. Category. : Mongol mythology. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythology of Mongolia.

  8. Mongolian shamanism - Wikipedia

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    Mongolian shamanism is an all-encompassing system of belief that includes medicine, religion, a reverence of nature, and ancestor worship. Central to the system are the activities of male and female intercessors between the human world and the spirit world, shamans (böö) and shamanesses (udgan). They are not the only ones to communicate with ...

  9. Genghis Khan - Wikipedia

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    Genghis Khan[a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia. Born between 1155 and 1167 and given the name ...