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The World Tree carved on a pot. Amongst the modern religions, Hungarian mythology is closest to the cosmology of Uralic peoples. In Hungarian myth, the world is divided into three spheres: the first is the Upper World (Felső világ), the home of the gods; the second is the Middle World (Középső világ) or world we know, and finally the underworld (Alsó világ).
Hadúr, or Hodúr in old Hungarian, short for Hadak Ura, meaning "warlord" or "lord of the armies" in Hungarian, was the god of fire, later became a war god in the religion of the early Hungarians (Magyars).
The most reliable account of the táltos is given by Roman Catholic priest Arnold Ipolyi in his collection of folk beliefs, Magyar mitológia (Hungarian mythology) (1854). A táltos would be chosen by the gods or spirits before birth or during childhood.
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It is often said in Hungarian mythology that God (Isten in Hungarian) had help from Ördög when creating the world. [ 2 ] Ördög is often thought to look somewhat like a satyr or faun , a humanoid with the upper torso of a human male and lower portions of a goat; usually pitch-black, with cloven hooves , ram-like horns , a long tail ending in ...
Szélatya or Szélkirály (Old Turkic: Çel Ede or Çel Ata, "Wind Father") is the Turkic and Hungarian god or deity of wind. [1] [2] His female counterpart is Szélanya.
This image can be found in stories of the most well-known Hungarian authors, such as Elek Benedek, Gyula Illyés, or Arnold Ipolyi. In the János Diák , the dragon "sniffles with its nose", or in the Hajnal ("Dawn"), it is mentioned that dragons live in "Dragonland" ( Sárkányország ), where the hero needs to travel in order to save the ...
Szélanya (Old Turkic: Çel Ene or Cel Ana, "Wind Mother") is the Turkic and Hungarian goddess or deity of wind. [1] [2] She is the daughter of Kayra, the primordial god. [citation needed] Her male counterpart is Szélatya. [citation needed]