#tengri

[tengritexas]

Perpetually in the state of:

Oh that pagan tumblr looks cool! We could be friends!

But also

What if they just chillin not wanting to be bothered

But also

They seem cool

But also

What if they bite

But also

😂😂😂

#adhd #pagan #witchcraft #witchy #magick #paganism #shaman #witchblr #tengri #adhd goes hard

[tengerist]

All over the world there are significant places. In Tengerism these places are sacred. If a human is to go to these places they should behave like they are in someone's home.

Because these places are the homes of the spirits. Ezen (masters) of nature, övög (ancestors), savdag and lus may live at these places. Worship in Tengerism is done in a place where the spirits that are communicated with in the ritual are present. So, these places are important to Tengeristic practice.

In Inner Asia many homes of spirits are known. But in other parts of the world people may be unaware of the homes of spirits. But through observation and being open to nature anyone can find the spirits.

#tengerism #tengrism #tengri #eternalbluesky #sky #shaman #siberianshamanism #pagan #animism #polytheism #wisdom #spirituality #nature #natureworship #naturephotography #tree #landscapephotography #forest #landscape #indigenousart #shrine #altar #ritual #ancestors #ancestorveneration #gods #god #spirits

[vadime]

#transport #rock #Tengri

[ra-horakhty-art]

Series of arts "Prayer" with Batu, who's confessing to the Sky.

Melancholy

Goal

Rage

Prayer

Repentance

Hope

Condescension

Delight

Keepers

#art #mongol empire #mongol history #mongolia #batu khan #batu #the horde #golden horde #eagle #tengri #steppe #nomad #batu sain khan

[menemennpastirma]

Young Sakha Turk woman.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0oPRFNNvYgzmbmzBronjukumzV7oCxonvKjPdhwyxbtGnJwvyki5w3bB5abt6y9vol&id=100064273136183

#sakha #yakutia #yakutsk #turkic #turkicworld #siberia #tengri #Turan #husky #wolf

[sibirsibir]

Symbol of Tengri

#Siberia #God #Tengri #Sky #天

[a-child-of-chaos906]

Can't stop thinking how magnificent Umay Ana is.

To understand this, you need to know one thing about Tengrism: that is Tengrism differs from region to region and there is no universal one. Which means, every practitioner will have something to them unique.

I have been gaining information on Umay Ana from different areas and worship Her as all what I have found.

Firstly, Her name. In Turkic, root "umāy" meant "placenta", "afterbirth". So here comes Her one of many roles, She is the Mother Goddess, Goddess of pregnancy, motherhood, birth, children, as well as protector of children and pregnant people. It was said, that when a baby laughs, it is Umay Ana with them.

As well, as being the Goddess of children, She is the Goddess and protector of women as well. With that, comes Her role as Goddess of fertility and virginity.

Beside that, She is The Earth, The Nature. She is a Creator Goddess, wife of supreme God Kök Tengri, it was to Her hunters prayed, so that they would have a good game.

Some equate Her with other Goddess, Od Ana, which I do, which gives Her domain of marriage and fire, especially the fire that burns in the human soul.

The last I have, is Her role as carrier of the souls, psychopomp, if you will. On Her hands soul enters the world, and on Her hands it leaves. That's why, it was said, there was blue stain on newborn baby's backs, it is Her mark, that soon fades.

She is the first cry of just born child as well as first whine of a baby animal. She is the last breath of an old man, as well as last rale of and old animal.

She is the first menstruation, She is the little girl, She is the maiden, She is the mother and her children, she is the grandmother and her grandchildren.

She is the laugh of baby boy, She is the hunter, that returned from hunt with his new food.

She is the harvest we eat, She is the fields, She is the steppes.

She is your cat at your side, as well as She is a mighty bear, that could kill.

She is the mountains, She is the caves, She is the forests, She is the planes.

She is the first flowers waking up after the snow, She is the naked trees in the winter. She is the seed, that was planted in the soil, She is the most mighty trees, that hold the earth.

She is the old bones, covered in moss, She is the flowers on fruit trees, She is the new beginning in spring, She is the abundance of life in summer, She is the going to rest world in autumn, She is the calmness in winter.

She is there, when trans women realise themselves and seek their new place, She is there, when trans men realise themselves and seek new place. She is there, when two people want to spend their life together.

She is the fire, that beats inside your heart, that keeps you warm.

She is soft and full of love, She is the Mother, the creator of this world, and She wants us to love it. She can be both accepting, as well as destructive, as nature can feed you or kell you, as fire can warm you, as burn you.

She protects with bow and arrows, Her hair is long and golden, She wears three-pronged crown.

She is so many. She is everything and everywhere and everyone.

I can't stop thinking how magnificent Umay Ana is. And I am excited to learn about Her more.

#Quday :: Umay Ana :: ⌞🌱🌳💚⌝ #Umay Ana worship #Tengrism #Tengriism #Tengri #Umay #Umay Ana

[mythicalmuseomine]

Tengri

The sky god

Taking requests!

requested by @tengritexas

#tengri #tengri deity #deity #mythology

[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

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #azim steppe #lore #mongolia #rp #The Real Steppe #mongolian steppe #xaela #ffxiv xaela #au ra #shamanism #tengri #realsteppe

[irithnova]

Head empty

Just thinking of the stuffed sneks that Mongolian shamans wear

#Mongolia #Mongolian shaman #Mongolian shamanism #Shamanism #Tengrism #Tengri #Meme #So cute 😭😭

[dejahisashmom]

The Ancient Practice of Tengriism, Shamanism and Ancient Worship of the Sky Gods | Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/ancient-practice-tengriism-shamanism-and-ancient-worship-sky-gods-002387

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#1990s #Ancestor Worship #Animism #Bronze Age #Burkhanism #Buryatia #Central Asia #Cosmic Tree #Eje #Erlik #Genghis Khan #Gok-Turk Empire #Kazakhstan #Kishi #Kyrgyzstan #Mongke Khan #Mongol Empire #Mongolia #Mongolians #monotheism #polytheism #Sakha #Shamanism #Sky Gods #Tengerism #Tengri #Tengrianism #Tengrianizm #Tengriism #Tengrism

[tengritexas]

Yes, even celebs are Pagan. No, its not that deep everytime.

There are a surprising amount of Pagan religions represented in all kinds of industries! Sure we think of Christianity and the abrahamic religions as being represented the most and thats probably true as those are dominant religions in the US but there are genuinely all kinds of people!

✨️ I bet you didnt know XXXTentacion was Pagan and his Patron God was Hecate! ✨️

This is one of the recorded calls regarding one of his cases in which he prays to Hecate with a friend over the phone before continuing an hour long conversation about their case.

As you can imagine lots of people who dont understand hellenic paganism and what its like use this a write off to "See I told you he sold his soul!" But people pray over the phone all the time! X also commits witness tampering over the phone and says a handful of out of pocket things so its fair to say he wasnt thinking clearly as he was warned to NOT do that before calling.

So there you have it! I did partially want to clear this up as I grew up listening to X! Although being a celeb Im sure he did get involved with bad occult practices either intentionally or unintentionally. But this isnt "selling his soul" this is Paganism and seems like for a lot of people online rn they havent met a Pagan and therefore dont understand 😂

If you explore the world around youll realise there a lot of people with lots of beliefs and ideas! Dont be so quick to judge research first please! 🙏

#pagan #witchcraft #magick #witchy #shaman #witchblr #paganism #witch #tengri #shamanism #rapper #rap #music #xxxtentacion

[tengerist]

Just like many birds, many indigenous people of Siberia and Mongolia are nomads. They go to different places during different seasons. This they did this to not exhaust the pastures and benefit from the local resources best. In other words they travel to the place they best fit into the ecosystem. Many governments forcibly settled the indigenous people and stropped their nomadic lifestyle. This not only lead to destruction of culture but also destruction of ecosystems. Overgrazing causes desertification. people are must all their resources from a habitat single habitat, rather than taking only that what a habitat can spare before moving along. Instead of settling nomadic people the world should learn for the traditional lifestyle. To not exhaust local habitats. The bird in the picture is a Grus grus, Common Crane

#tengerism #tengrism #tengri #eternalbluesky #sky #shaman #siberianshamanism #pagan #animism #polytheism #wisdom #spirituality #nature #natureworship #naturephotography #sustainability #environment #ecology #savetheplanet #indigenous #wildlife #bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

[shahinelected]

🇦🇿 İldırımlı mənzərələri sevirəm! Səsinin gurultusu, İnsanın daxilini titrətmək iqtidarında olması, ətrafı özünəməxsus bir şəkildə işıqlandırması! Qısası ildırımın əzəməti böyükdür, çünki o, Əzəmətli Hökmdarın (Allahın) Qüdrətinin təcəssümüdür!

🇷🇺 Обожаю виды с молнией! Рев его голоса, способность потрясти изнутри человека, уникальным образом озаряя окружающую среду! Короче говоря, великолепие молнии велико, потому что она является воплощением Силы Всевышнего (Бога)!

🇹🇷 Yıldırım manzaralarını seviyorum! Sesinin uğultusu, insanın içini sarsma yeteneği, çevreyi eşsiz bir şekilde aydınlatması! Kısacası yıldırımın ihtişamı büyüktür, çünkü o, Yüce Hükmüdar'ın (Allah) Kudretinin tecessümüdür!

#shahinelected #ildırım #yıldırım #allah #yaradılış #yaratılış #молния #творец #всевышний

#shahinelected #ildırım #yıldırım #təbiət #doğa #doğa olayları #doğa olayı #allah #tanrı #tengri #təbiət hadisəsi #təbiət hadisələri #yaradılış #yaratılış #yaradan #yaratıcı #молния #молнии #природа #природнаякрасота #красота природы #природная магия #творения #творение #творец #бог #тенгри #всевышний #аллах

[cyncreates]

I was talking with an Antiquarian recently and he was saying sth that I think is a really interesting concept, historically incorrect but a beautiful thought as a spiritual person:

Humanity has two birthplaces: Africa and Siberia, sun and moon, heat and cold, sand and ice deserts. Areas that have extremes and poor living conditions, because humans are born from hardship. After a while, people moved to easier areas, fertile land, bearable climate, but those who moved further lost their connection to their birthplace, spirituality and to the mother who created us.

#pagan #spirituality #tengri #thoughts #gaia #mother earth #witchcraft

[yildizlarinalti]

Türk olunmaz, TÜRK doğulur!

#Spotify #türk #kanı #turan #Atatürk #Göktürk #tengri