Tengrism Episode 1: Original Religion of the Turks and Mongols

[@KhansDen]

NOTE: Alright, guys. Echnaton was of course NOT a deity but the messenger of Aten or Aton, the actual god. This is a mistake on my part, and I apologize. Want to delve deeper into Tengrism? Then check out the follow-up video about the Cosmology of Tengrism, and the meaning of the Tree of Life and Lifestream: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIPZmIOPnsiUbLc I also have a Patreon page just in case you want to support this cause: patreon.com/thekhansden

[@MickeyMouse-el5bk]

May they get back to it and join us

[@cpt191021]

is tengri's body the actual sky? or is he just like formless?

[@KhansDen]

@@cpt191021 Great question. When you ask Mongolians, they might answer with "yes". But in Turkic Cosmology, Tengri was actually called Kök Tengri or Gök Tengri with full name - and Gök is the term for "sky". Tengri meant as much as "god" or "ruler", and therefore we would refer to Gök Tengri as "ruler of the sky" or "god of the sky". Thus, Tengri =/= sky itself. As there seems to be a connection between Tengri and Umay, Erlik and the other deities or entities, we can furthermore assume that while Tengri is not sky itself, he is simply a formless entity and invisible to the naked eye. Much like the many "sky gods" of other religions, like Dyeus of Indo-European Mythology.

[@harveyspecter1855]

@@KhansDen tengrism has actually a lot in common with Hinduism. Hinduism is an umbrella term. But Vedic Hinduism comes extremely close. Central tenets are also quite similar in both.

[@robertomassa731]

@@KhansDen Khan Tengri is defineteley Dyeus Pather!!! Both Sky Father!!!

[@겨울-z6v]

In Korean mythology, there is a god called 'Tangun', transcribed in chinese characters as 檀君. The interesting part is, that these characters sounded as 'tang-gur' in old chinese. So the original 'name' or the original 'sound' of 'Tangun檀君' is actually 'Tangur' or something similar. I think this is somewhat connected to 'Tengri'.

[@robertomassa731]

All the peoples of Central Asia were worshipping the sky as the Heavenly Father. It was probably a common Eurasian culture, in ancient times all the peoples of Eurasia were under TENGRI originally. With different pronunciations of the same name...

[@II-ug8ji]

The Göktürk khanate and those living in Korea were related, I guess, they migrated to Korea from Mancurya and Tungus.

[@ogznyoutube6431]

Thats not a God thats a false God a taghut

[@manguanxu3612]

@Tengis which Chinese are you referring to? get him out so shit can be clarified. POV: NO ONE SAID THAT

[@skullshotskullshot8572]

All greek tengri came from hindu gods

[@mishka3284]

I’m a Mongol and Tengrism is still practised by 5% of Mongols today in Mongolia

[@Mila-nr2hp]

😳 It is sad. My mom ancestors came from Turks and China.

[@robertomassa731]

It will arise soon. All the tribes of Central Asia were under TENGRI originally. There was a common Eurasian culture that became fragmentated and partially lost through centuries. Only TENGRI can unite all tribes. PEACE. 🕊

[@robertomassa731]

@man_on_the_moon2 The Shamans of Tuva, during the Soviet repression, hide their identity during the day and practised the Shamanic rites during the night!!! No one can stop them!!! They are now a reality ufficially recognized by the state in some Republics of Russia. PEACE. 🕊

[@toolguyslayer1]

@@Mila-nr2hp everyone is not a lameoid though

[@lorzilyat3528]

Greetings to Moğolya from Türkiye! We were under the same banner for centuries

[@bdrcan4973]

In Turkey, people continue to practice some Tengrist traditions without realizing it.

[@neturevbuturev1626]

evet mesela gidenin arkasından su dökmek Allah yukarıda demek vb bir sürü şey

[@hasanyilmaz8411]

Küçükken huysuzluk yaptığımda ya da hastalandığımda büyüklerim dua ederlerdi ve duanın sonunda ellerini vücuduma sürerken Fatma anamızın eli deysin derlerdi. Tengrizm deki Umay ana islam'a geçtiğimizde Fatma ana olmuş. Umay ana çocukların koruyucusu bir tanrı.

[@russianoverkill3715]

Reject Islam, embrace Tengrism.

[@remondmsa]

“Synagogue of Satan” THE KHAZARS aka THE TÜRKS Abdul Hamid II Sold Palestine and silenced the Arabs and Muslims with propaganda and suppression Honoring the head of the Zionist movement, Theodor Herzl, with the Majeedi Medal by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, was the culmination of a long and deep friendship that Herzl described as great, after the negotiations had resulted in the Zionist movement’s support for the faltering treasury of the Sultanate and for the Sultanate’s negotiations in international forums, especially with their European creditors. In his memoirs, Herzl wrote about his relationship with Abdul Hamid and his sultanate, describing this historical moment after receiving the Majeedi Medal by saying: “When your Majesty graciously accepts the services of the Jews, they will be glad to put their forces at the disposal of a great king like you”.

[@JasonBison-hj2kc]

there is also simmilar religion in korea called Dajongism where they serve Hwanin(the god or emperor of the sky) as a supreme god. its a relligion related to founding myth of Gojoseon, which is the oldest recorded korean kingdom. and I believe that this mythology was heavily influnced by early tengrism. I feel bad since this religion has less then 2000 members..

[@aisee2373]

I’m from Kyrgyzstan also Turkic country. And we have combined Tengrinizm and Islam together somehow 😅 we still have so much from Tengrinizm in every day life.

[@DigvijaySinghRathore-s7x]

So people of Kazakhstan follow Islam and tengrism together

[@eroktartonga4032]

I am a Türk from Türkiye. All nations have the same no matter what other Semitic religion was forcefully thought to them. The real Semites are Hebrew, Arab, Aram, Assyrians. All other nations of the world were forcefully converted to Semitic religons (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) from their original believes back in time. Before Medieval ages majority of the world still believed their original religions and kept their cultures. Turk nation spread all across the world is secular. From Central Europe to Africa and Far east Asia to Eurasia, Türkiye. Arabic Islam, Turk Islam , Fars Islam or North African Islam are not the same with eahother. Same goes for types/sects of Christianity and Judaism among different nations. Additiionally people arent divided through religions among the world but the states and alliances and politics force religion. For example Nato forced green belt Islamism when Soviets forced atheism , Arabs and Fars goverments forced a more strict Islam over their own people for political gains. Bharat Hinduism etc. Majority of the world the people are secular. When cult like structures related to politics and goverments are allways more religious even fanatic, compared t the majority of the population.

[@eroktartonga4032]

Türkiye'den, Kırgızistan'a sevgiler. Türkiya'dan, Kırgızstan'ga eŋ jakşı salam.

[@DigvijaySinghRathore-s7x]

@@eroktartonga4032 Judaism was not forcefully converted it is limited to middle East region first it was limited to today's Syria , Jordan , Israel, Palestine and Lebanon then after roman expulsion to jews it goes to Arabian peninsula

[@samibizim9079]

same in Turkiye :)

[@begumcelik1054]

As a turkish tengrist, I really liked your video, and I hope that we will be recognized more in the world 🤍

[@KhansDen]

Thank you very much for your support. I am grateful to give you and many more a platform where perhaps in the future, like-minded people can exchange and support each other. - Emre

[@snszbyd]

Damn, you’re beautiful

[@TheKnightsOfCamelot]

I'm from Canada and I actually created a new form of religion and it is surprisingly similar to Tengrism. I wrote a book. No conversion is necessary but it is a philosophy of life with respect to biology that is spiritual too. First time I was to hear of this.

[@PriyankaSharma-cw2jb]

@@TheKnightsOfCamelot Buddhism,hinduism are also philosophy

[@Perririri]

Fück Türkiye!

[@zehraa8989]

In Azerbaijan we have kept a lot of Tengrist details in our dialy life and in our dialy speech that I havent't recognised untill this video! I dont know reason but I kinda started to cry for no reason😅Thank you for this video u did a good job!🇦🇿 Alash olsun🙏🏻

[@eroktartonga4032]

Türkiye'den Azerbaycan'a sevgiler.

[@samibizim9079]

Türkiye'de biz de benzer detaylara sahibiz

[@SahandSafamehr]

yaşasin Azerbaijan qizlari🇦🇿

[@louisehaley5105]

It’s amazing how the Tree of Life is venerated in so many religions around the world, including the ancient Maya . The emphasis on living in harmony with nature reminds me of Native American beliefs.

[@obiwankenobi2083]

same with monotheis religions. A father figure. fight between good and bad. Sadly people use religion for difference thant actually see the similarities between them. At the end religion is always evolving like everything in humanity..

[@mike7652]

Ah yes, those harmonious Mayans enslaving and cutting out hearts for sacrifice. Seriously, go learn about ACTUAL Native American (North & South) history. Constant fighting, conquest, slaughter. They weren't just sitting around the teepee smoking the peace pipe all day.

[@LordBLB]

Also Yggdrasill, Old Norse Mimameidr, in Norse mythology, the world tree, a giant ash supporting the universe. One of its roots extended into Niflheim, the underworld; another into Jötunheim, land of the giants; and the third into Asgard, home of the gods. At its base were three wells: Urdarbrunnr (Well of Fate), from which the tree was watered by the Norns (the Fates); Hvergelmir (Roaring Kettle), in which dwelt Nidhogg, the monster that gnawed at the tree’s roots; and Mímisbrunnr (Mimir’s Well), source of wisdom, for the waters of which Odin sacrificed an eye. After Ragnarök (Doomsday), the world tree, though badly shaken, was to be the source of new life.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

Tree of Life is because our ancestors hid in trees from predators, then because of their defecations magic shrooms often would spread and appear below, so people often would 'meet the divine' while resting in a tree. And they think this is what improved our visual perception enough to gain more confidence on when to go down, and helped humans to distinguish predators and prey in tall grass better. And it is perhaps a very significant part of human evolution, which is why it is so consistent. If a beaver society rose up before human society they might have a common theme of a river of life between different localities and their religions.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

But beavers never would have because shrooms wouldn't grow in rivers, which is likely where they defecate.

[@Diana-5559]

I recently found out I'm of Tatar descent and i love learning about Turkic culture :) Your essays are very helpful, thank you 💛

[@fthcyr]

Welcome to Turkic Family ;-)

[@Diana-5559]

@@fthcyr 🤗🧡

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

I'm also Tatar! Are you apart from your Tatar family, how'd you find out?

[@adamandsteve13]

@T L. M lol, I am tatar, and believe me we are turkic, if I try really hard I can understand most turkic languages, learning Turkish was very easy. But Mongolian is completely different.

[@adamandsteve13]

@T L. M nope, majority of Tatars live in Russia.

[@huseyinek4803]

As a Turkish, due to respect for our ancestors and their belief, I named my daughter UMAY.

[@pro9lonewolf]

U will surprised to know, in indian culture lots of women are named uma.. My mom's name is uma too, but she is an Indian. Uma is also a goddes in hinduism, and the powers, appearance and believes are exactly similar to goddes umay.. I believe that.. Uma became umay or umay became uma.. Its wonderful to know that u named ur daughter umay.

[@foreternity8847]

​@@pro9lonewolf there are similar features hinduism and tengrism

[@lev3738]

I've just read a comment below from a Mongolian person, stating that Umay or "Umai" is a respective name for the vagina 🗿👍

[@zagortenay33]

@@lev3738 That person is an obvious troll.

[@lev3738]

@@zagortenay33 He/She is a Mongolian and you both are turks 🗿

[@raclark2730]

Tengrism is a noble philosophy I like it very much.

[@raclark2730]

@@ogroporIf that is the case can you point to a better source on the topic.

[@raclark2730]

@@ogropor There is a lot of that happening these days, Good luck with both.

[@melosnasibi2840]

@@raclark2730 Hi! Bcz the word Tengri has no gender. Turkic families were not patriarchal. Because while kinship names such as 'uncle', 'tagay', 'kufduk' and 'aunt' on the mother's side are found in Turkic languages, the names of relatives on the paternal side belong to a later period in Turkic dialects. Apart from this information; Kagan's decision in the state administration was not considered valid unless Hatun agreed with this decision. In Tengrism, everyone is equal. Human is not the ruler of nature, but a part of it, like other animals and living things.

[@karaaslan7402]

@@raclark2730 All of the info. in the video is taken from old Turkic Inscriptions and Irk Bitig as I saw. So one of the few True source on the internet. I am also a Tengrist but I had to read all Sources in Old Turkic by myself because there is too much misinformation.

[@karaaslan7402]

@@ogropor Tengrism cannot be derived from Turkish... -ism is not a Turkish suffix, Turkish people say "Göktengricilik" or "Göktanrıcılık" which is a false term because such term is not used for god on Bengü Taşlar. Now in Bengü Taşlar, we see gods like Yir-Suw, Umay Katun, people pray them, write their their names on tombs. And Bengü taşlar is not only Tonyukuk or Bilge Kağan. But there is thousands of more inscriptions like Yenisei that you should read because apparently you didn't and by saying "probably" you gave a made up information. Now your theory about Kemalists is also wrong because they mention modern polytheistic Altai myths a lot (god-like being like Ülgen) and people still believe in this polytheistic religion (that is made up according to you!) in Altai but this is not because of influence of Greeks or Turkish people... This is just Altai myths maybe with influences of Mongols (as in the example of Ülgen because he is mentioned first in Mongolian sources). As an Oghuz Turkic, I suggest you to read the real sources and to not give misinformation here about our people's own religion

[@jak3669]

Ozbekistan 🇺🇿 use to be followers of Tengri as well. My great grandma actually was this religion until she met my great grandfather. Islam now. Love from Ozbek Turks. Great videos🇺🇿❤️🇦🇿🇹🇲🇰🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬

[@baburkhanmansurkhanov266]

Zardushtiylik asosiy edi

[@zehraa8989]

@@baburkhanmansurkhanov266ne zerdushtlik? O İranlılarındı sene ne dexlisi var

[@ilkhomsattorov]

​@@zehraa8989o'zbekiston hodisalar markaziydi bir vaqtlar, endi esa islom tamoman ustunlik etmoqdadir. Kechmish zamonlarda bu yerda zardusht, tangri, dinlari yashar edi

[@ilkhomsattorov]

​@@zehraa8989hozirda horazm viloyatinda zardusht diniga mansub tarixiy obidalar mavjud

[@saiedfarisi6425]

beware of islam.

[@firecracker.]

After many years of searching and questioning the faith I was born into, I recently embraced Tengrism. It’s not so much a formal religion with a holy book, but more a way of living rooted in goodness, harmony, and respect for all living beings. It’s not punitive; instead, it encourages learning from our mistakes, caring for the environment, and supporting one another. This journey has brought me a sense of peace, as the heavy burden of feeling unworthy has been lifted from my shoulders. While I acknowledge the existence of evil, I choose to believe in and focus on the good. I’ve come to realize that any belief system that threatens me for making unintentional mistakes or demands material sacrifices for forgiveness doesn’t truly have my best interests at heart. As a Turk, 🇹🇷🇹🇷I finally feel content, striving to be a good person not because I am commanded to, but because it’s what I genuinely desire.

[@UWPstudio]

As a Hungarian it should mean something for me. Thanks for the video brother!

[@djdjdjdjd6886]

Ching chong I’m so proud

[@UWPstudio]

@@djdjdjdjd6886 Me too, chine's kido

[@umutkiran3035]

​@@UWPstudio we are Altay Family 🈴

[@jini5577]

As a Tengrist Turkish family , we love your videos. Thank u so much ❤️

[@mahdi2131]

How do you pray ??and how many god is there in tangerisim

[@OkarinHououinKyouma]

sorry if the question is inappropriate, isn't Paganism forbidden in Islam?

[@BayMarti]

@@OkarinHououinKyouma bro he is Tengrist, not Muslim. What are u talking about?

[@OkarinHououinKyouma]

@@BayMarti I have learnt that Tengrism is a false religion and that there's no God but Allah and Muhammad (pbuh) is his prophet

[@shlokjha5753]

@@BayMarti umm i think he is saying how he managed to not get converted to islam

[@suss466]

I am Turkish 😊 What a nice video ❤ Thank you

[@KhansDen]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@suss466]

@satoshikasumi9343 Türkiye , I am muslim btw

[@williamking3301]

Even though I am an atheist, I find learning about other religions/philosophies and comparative religion quite interesting. I knew nothing about the pre-Islamic faith of the Turks before I watched this video, which was well done. Many thanks for expanding my knowledge.

[@KhansDen]

That is great to hear, and I thank you for watching! There are a lot more stories like this that are rather obscure and unknown to the rest of the world.

[@mollyb4332]

I think we was better of with our old beliefs. We was a lot kinder and woman they had equal rights as man . Then the Islamic faith.

[@K70_K50]

@@mollyb4332 Islam just sucks, the best thing the Turks can do is to abolish it.

[@user-pm1br9mr5r]

@@K70_K50 my friend, what you said is now impossible. Because there is a tendency to manage the Islamic geography, there are goals such as establishing an old Ottoman empire within the country. ım from turkey , ım belevie agnoctic , turkey total population 85 million ,15- 20 million dont beleive islam

[@Andy-ps1zy]

@@mollyb4332 definitely weren’t

[@JamesFischer_35]

I hope Turks will return their original and valuable religion soon. Desert gods and fairy tales dont fit us. A person who thinks that he/she is the center of the universe and every other thing is created for serving humankind, is simply a bad person without respect to nature. Tengrism is all we need.

[@Ha15679]

This is definitely a religion that i can connect with unlike the 3 main religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism , a lot of what is mentioned in the video is a philosophy that I have grown up with. I always related it to Turkish traditions. Tengrism has always been apart of our lives but I never saw it as a religion but our customs. Thank you for the effort you have put into this video.

[@hasinabegum1038]

How Judaism is a main religion? Hinduism and Buddhism have way more followers

[@Ha15679]

@@hasinabegum1038 not in my part of the world

[@joebidet2050]

Yes it's very good religion!

[@joebidet2050]

​@@hasinabegum1038Abrahamic

[@Ha15679]

@oof9420 why because I don’t believe in fairy tales ?? 😂😂

[@Kenan-Z]

Excellent research, perfect presentation, nice visuals, and an amazing video overall. Thanks from the bottom of my heart. We Turks need to know and respect our ancient beliefs. We are the children of Mother Umay.

[@kts437]

There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZbin vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources.

[@Goktengri]

@@kts437 you dont know any shit about turks, as a hater of turks

[@bamsbeyrek4939]

Bütün Türkiye Tengrist inancına geri dönse ..

[@mrjean9376]

@mel Lol

[@mrjean9376]

I've seen comment from user "Akyaren" and he is writting this awesome mind opening information about tengri, here's what he wrote : "Man, I don't know if you are from a Turkic country by your accent, but you have definitely done your homework. Very well done. I am a Turkish Tengrist/Agnostic and I try to live my life in accordance with the Tengrist way. The beautiful thing about Tengri is he/she/ it (we don't have a gender-based version of those words in Turkish we just say "o" for all) doesn't need your approval, or constant prayer, or your acknowledgement that he/ she/it is the greatest. He/she/it only judges you by your good deeds regardless of who you are, where you are born, rich, poor, white, black, gay, straight, fat, skinny, none of that matters. You are not judged like in semitic religions. And equality is a really important element too. In modern Turkey we have lost the importance of equality somewhat. Yes we are a secular country but we are ruled by the Islamic people and a lot of our culture has shifted to Islamic ways. We have so much female murders and abuse in Turkey. This sort of thing would never happen under Tengrism. And yes we still practice many tengrist traditions, most people do it without knowing because of "örf, adet" meaning customs & tradition. Before the rule of law we were governed by örf. Like today, when the Muslim eid happens and they sacrifice animals, we still dip our fingers in the blood and make a mark on our foreheads. We still tie cloth at trees to make wishes, we still carry the evil eye, many things. There is a somewhat reawakening of Tengrism in Turkey nowadays. I don't think it will ever be as popular as Islam, with 90%+ of the country being Muslim, but more and more people are finding out about their ancestral religion and leaving Islam. And to everyone who newly found out about Tengrism, read more about it. You don't have to convert to Tengrism, but if you understand its teachings and philosophy, you won't need to. Also, in these difficult times I want to say Slava Ukraini for my brothers in Ukraine who are facing a horrible war against humanity by the Putin regime. You will pull through this, we will do everything we can to help you." And well guys, this is soo much peace way of live. Tengrism it's for higher mind kind of peoples, majority of human are very obsessed to something to defined as the greatest one, in which is formed to something entity, and taught to worship it and even force the others who's not consider or believe it as their "god" to do so, and even "satanier" (believe me that's pretty good word to describe this) things like kill and destroy the others who's don't want to become their part (cough cough *slam).. there is very Ok reasons to worship to higher entity which as we know it "god", but the taught material and the messages or the order to wreck the others to different from them, are super mankind destroyer. I'm really hope these is much more growths happens to awaken and start to becoming tengrism or any others TRUE peacefully way of life, i mean not talking about "that one" of peaceful religion, cheers 🥂

[@MIKEK13ful]

Well as a Greek , after watching this video it completely changed my mind about our Turkish neighbours.I always underestimate their civilization and i thought that they don't have something remarkable as we the Greeks have.Well,i was wrong.Tengrism is a really wise and remarkable faith and value system,too.

[@KhansDen]

Thank you for watching, komşu, and for your kind words. Indeed there is a lot more to Turkish society then just the well-known empires, battles and sultans. But even in Turkey, topics like Tengrism are barely known or talked about anymore. I’d be honored if you followed my channel, as there are remarkable parallels between Turkic and Greek pantheons.

[@kagar3465]

He is not talking about your Turkish neighbors. He is talking about the original Turks who came from Siberia and East / Central Asia. Turkish people don't look Asian like real Turks.

[@MIKEK13ful]

@@kagar3465 some look like central Asian. if you go deeper in Turkey there are more people with central Asian genetics.But close to the Asia Minor coast and Constantinople ,the people who live there, they really look like us ,the Greeks. They have mediterranean characteristics.

[@skullsforerlikkhansthrone9306]

Well typical europid/western/westoid worldview about the "other", reduce them into boxes that make no sense, and appease their own selves with myths of superiority. Well, until they find themselves besieged by alien-tier weaponry right before their cities and it is too late lol

[@anzi719]

@@kagar3465 Cringe greek

[@emilybroderick2421]

Gotta admit this is the first time I've heard of tengrism, but it seems like a fascinating belief system

[@Bingus453]

have u heard of Hinduism?

[@begum2583]

As an agnostic I can say that tengrism is one of the most influential beliefs. A spiritual belief that always wins, emphasizes goodness and is intertwined with nature 🙂 It is a belief rich in holidays, customs and culture. Peace respect for all faiths and non-believers 💝

[@blacksheep6174]

Lmao stopid . They believe in God and are monothiests

[@perdoist3627]

@@blacksheep6174 it's not the God. Conception is different. There are Gods and something bigger(Tengri) . But this Tengri is like Chaos of Greeks. Not the Allah. And yeah Tengri is much more a God than Allah. LOL

[@karaaslan7402]

​@@blacksheep6174 A muslim who is showing Tengrism like Islam again... Not surprised! But still, Tengrism is superior.

[@oghuzbeg4944]

Turkey islam affected by Tengrism. When we hear bad thing , we knock on wood because Tengrists believed it would go away evil spirits.

[@jodintlz5491]

@@karaaslan7402 superior?

[@kazakhstancountryball5221]

Tengri means god in Turkic language . For example in Turkish 🇹🇷 you say “ Tanri “ , it comes from Tengri . Tengrism 🇰🇿🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲🇭🇺🇺🇿🇰🇬

[@nurassyltileubekov9973]

тәңір(täñır) in kazakh

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

In southern Azeri dialect "Tarı" is used by old people and in old poems.

[@reflex6126]

tengri is mongolian language mongolian call sky tenger

[@precursors]

@@reflex6126no

[@tengsrangsangma5494]

Wow😊

[@koryolcu]

As a Azerbaijan tengrist i love your video . ❤

[@mridulkanti1995]

Before accepting Islam these turkic people used to be very liberal and open to their society. Women had equal rights. Women fought hand to hand with Men in battle fields. Surely ancient Cultures were the best.

[@alhashmy1310]

🤣🤣😅😅

[@rebellefleur2993]

@@alhashmy1310 muslims mad 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ha15679]

@oof9420 yes but the issue is with the Men who follow the religion who all suppress women! Maybe the issue is the small minded people who follow religion

[@IsotonicSundae]

The Turks and Mongols are both altaic peoples. Many similarities in language and culture can be found. Interesting video, love to see more!

[@kts437]

Нэрийг чинь харахад Монгол хүн байх шиг байна. Академик судалгаа, шинжилгээний үндэслэлгүй ийм сошиал ертөнцөөр жиргэж буй буруу тархи угаасан зүйлд итгэсний хэрэггүй гэж зөвлөмөөр байна. Мөн Монголчуудыг Туркуудтай холбоод бид нар хол явахгүй шүү. Монгол хүн болон эртний Түрэгүүд одоогийн энэ Турк улсын Турк хүмүүстэй ямар ч холбоогүй. Археологич Д. Эрдэнэбаатарын энэ талаар ярьсан ярилцлагуудыг KZbin дээрээс олж үз гэж чамд зөвлөе.

[@IsotonicSundae]

Tureg ba odoogiin turk ulsiig anduursan yum baihgui shuu. Ted holyts ihtei holdson gedgiig medej baigaa, tureg ugsaanii shuud garaltai humuus gedeg utgaar ny sanaj bichsen yum.

[@kts437]

@@IsotonicSundae Тийм болохоор Турк хүмүүсийн энэ сошиал ертөнцөөр уйгагүй тарааж буруу шинжлэх ухааны үндэслэлгүй мэдээлэл, тархи угаалт нь Турк улсын Засгын Газраас явуулж буй газар нутаг, улс төр, шашин, соёлын нөлөөлөлөө тэлэх гэсэн геополитикийн бодлоготой шууд холбоотой. Монгол улс болон Монголчуудын уламжлалт соёл, зан заншилд сөргөөр нөлөөлөх аюултай. Сүүлийн үед Туркууд ийм тархи угаалт идэвхтэй явуулаад байна. Одоогийн Туркууд бол дундад Азийн улсууд болох Азербайжан, Туркменистан, Орсоын Татарууд, Ойрх Дорнодын Левантууд, Балканы Кипр, Грек, Албани зэрэг улсуудын олон ястануудаас гаралтай хүмүүс. Тэнгэр шүтлэгтэй хүмүүс байгаагүй.

[@obiwankenobi2083]

dude...you found today that waters is boiling or what? Turkis and mogols are in the same linguistic branch...this similarity it has been found since decades. And turkish nationals in Turkey are NOT turkish ethnics people and so culture.

[@rainey_1.618]

But there is no similar in their fenotype

[@davelikesmb]

In Hungary we still practice tengrism. In the north-western part of Hungary there is a region called “Rábaköz” where it is still a living tradition. Before our nation turned Christian, the people brought the knowledge to this place. We call shamans “Táltos”, and there has always been a chief shaman among them, whom we call “Főbácsa”. They passed down their knowledge from generation to generation. In this region we call tengrism “Yotengrit” which means “the good ocean”. Our word for god is “Isten”, if we break it down it is ‘Is’-> ‘Isz’ which means mind, ‘ten’-> ‘tenger’ which means ocean. Lot of hungarians dont know about this ancient religion and it’s knowledge. I follow the way of tengrism because it gave me that spiritual knowledge I needed in my life. Áldás, békesség mindenkinek! Blessings and peace for everyone!🙏🏻❤️

[@asena5485]

This is interesting, cuz the word Tengri/Tanrı is also associated with water. Denge = balance, Deniz = sea. Even in english they use the word equalizier for balance. Equal, equalizer.. are derived from the word 'aqua'.

[@oldes01]

Çok güzel b ir sunum olmuş.. Elinize sağlık.

[@ninadiamant8937]

Never heard of this! Thank you for creating this.

[@Birando]

Greetings from Turkiye, thanks for this awesome video. Tengrism is the most peaceful religion ever.

[@arolemaprarath6615]

what abput Islam? Turkey is an Islamic country

[@yes...7712]

Like Islam isn't peaceful?

[@yes...7712]

Example of the philosophy *"Turks are returning to their faith"* can be seen here. Oh God!

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@semizotu31 do u mumble your Arabic prayers to a floor?

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@semizotu31 You are Mongol-Arab

[@seanjobst1985]

I am admirer of Tengriism, both as one who has returned to his own ancestral faith (of my German, Flemish and Spanish ancestors before we were converted by the Church), and one who spent alot of time in Turkey and came to love that country. We the Germanic, Celtic and Iberian tribal peoples of Europe shared alot of similarities with Tengriism. As reported by Tacitus for example, we worshipped outside in the open and especially in sacred groves, and didn't portray the Deities in anthropomorphic form. Totemism and spirit animals, especially wolves (to whom there were many consecrated warrior initiates) and certain birds we shared with the Tengriists. Belief in the Sky Father, whom we gave different names (such as Germanic Ziu from *Tiwaz), coming from Indo-European *Dyeus Pater. Only the Greeks and later the Romans portrayed him in form. I am glad this video stresses the polytheism of Tengriism, because there are efforts to water down/subvert even native, nature-based faiths by turning them into monotheisms. Of course, not every spiritual being was a deity - this too we share with the Tengriists, such as the various land and nature spirits, lake and water spirits, etc..We were animists and lived in balance with Nature, of which we are a part. We had a cyclical view and in our cosmology, had the World Tree connecting all the various worlds or realms. Our stories such as about Wodan or Lugus, etc. express alot about traveling between these different realms with all the esoteric qualities that entails. Its interesting that we too (both Germanic and Celtic/Iberian) personified the Moon as masculine and Sun as feminine. I believe many of the similarities between ours and the Tengriists came from a primordial time when we lived side by side on the Steppes as nomads, but also just observing the cosmos and earth. I would love to see the Turkish people I came to admire, and I benefitted alot from Turkish hospitality when I was there, return to Tengriism. Just as so much of our own Paganism and Heathenry survived through folk traditions and folklore despite being Christianized outwardly, alot of the unique customs I learned about in Anatolia have nothing to do with Islam. Its Tengriist with some elements too of Indo-European traditions of Anatolia (Hittite, Phyrgian, Luwian, etc.). Turkic history long proceeded Islam and the Turks would have been a great people regardless of their conversion.

[@lorzilyat3528]

As a Turk I agree on your sentences. We are mostly Muslims (I'm an atheist) but we have the traditions of Tengrism. We never left art and music as Arabs wanted.

[@robertomassa731]

I agree with you. There was a common Eurasian culture that became fragmentated and partially lost through centuries. Even the North American tribes had a similar belief system. The Eternal Blue Sky, the Sky Father and the Great Spirit had the same meaning for all the tribes. PEACE. 🕊

[@robertomassa731]

@@lorzilyat3528 "Islam is foreign to the Turkic peoples, as Semitic religion together with Christianity and Judaism. Turks are not from Sem in any way! Modern Tengrists oppose Islam, Christianity and Judaism as Semitic religions imposing a foreign religion to the Turks. And, according to some ones, by praying to the god of Islam the Turkic peoples would give their energy to the Jews and not to themselves. It excludes the experiences of other nations, but offers Semitic history as if it were the history of all humanity. The principle of submission (both in Islam as well as in Christianity) is disregarded as one of the major failings. It allows rich people to abuse the ordinary people and makes human development stagnant. Prayer from the heart can only be in native language, not Arabic. Aron Atabek draws attention to how the Islamization of the Kazakhs and other Turkic peoples was carried out: runic letters were destroyed, physically persecuted shamans, national musical instruments were burned and playing on them was condemned..."

[@kts437]

There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZbin vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources.

[@kts437]

@@lorzilyat3528 There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZbin vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. Turkish people are severely undergoing under chronic identity crisis. You should be proud of your ancient Anatolian civilization. You Turkish people are insulting themselves through social media. PS: I am Mongolian.

[@71Antarex]

I find many similarities between Tengrism and Native American religions. Could it be that the religions of Sioux, Dakota, Apache, Cheyenne, etc. derive from Tengnrism? After all, they are peoples of Asian origin ...

[@pekerfive]

Some Turkic people following their herds came to Alaska, at a time when the continents where not divided.

[@71Antarex]

@@pekerfive When a Turk slowly goes to Alaska, during the journey he undergoes various transformations, he first becomes Indian, then he becomes Chinese and finally, once he arrives in Alaska, he undergoes the final transformation, and then we call him Eskimo.

[@saltymangoparty]

Beautiful how God has guided the Turks since the beginning.

[@kts437]

There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-islamic paganism. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZbin vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. It is misinformation unsubstantiated by academic and scientific research evidence. PS: I am Mongol from Mongolia...

[@gokturksempireturkisharmy8322]

​@@shemusechinvar var

[@ezioauditore8845]

TENGRI BIZ MENEN 🤘 love from Hungary!

[@m.m.afshar6505]

Accept my greetings from South Azerbaijan, Thanks a lot Den, I would appreciate if you make videos about Turkic mythology and especially about it's deities in detail.

[@KhansDen]

Thank you very much for watching gardaş! That is a great idea, and I'll let you know that I'm already working on such a video. Please subscribe so you'll get the update as soon as it's out.

[@danihastam9219]

اسمش آذربایجان ایرانی نبود؟

[@m.m.afshar6505]

@@danihastam9219 درسته فعلاً تحت اشغال ايران هست

[@danihastam9219]

@@m.m.afshar6505 تحت اشغال نیس بلکه جزئی از خود ایران بوده اون هم نه چند سال بلکه چندین قرن. اگه میخواید وضعیتتون مثل جمهوری آذربایجان بشه روس ها یبار دیگه باید بیان تصرف کنن بخش شمالی کشورو و بعد اینکه ۲۰۰ سال تحت کنترل اونها بودید ازش جدا بشید. راه دیگه ای نداره

[@m.m.afshar6505]

پاشو برو زیر کامنت یکی دیگه درس تاریخ بده بچه جان، سر را یه پمادم واسه خودت بخر

[@sitarainbow8837]

This was quite well done. Many of us have incarnated among the Turkik peoples, so we're sensitive to what you share here - to Tengri. I found it quite comforting, a bit of sanity in a world gone seemingly mad. Thanks for this video & your research. ~♥~

[@Tezhan_29A]

Thank you so much for this video, making my eyes teary while discovering my true history and origins. Tengriism sounds like the perfect philosophy.

[@jivanselbi3657]

thanks for this video, it reflects some aspects o our history, culture and life philosophy, today, though many Turks have adopted islamic faith, some christians, and some still adhering to the Tengrist belief (in the Altai/Tuva and Siberia) we still call the Creator God Tanrı or Tengri but ofcourse within the description of respected faith, nevertheless Tengri for us always is understood as the Omnipotence One God that resembless non of His creation. Uluğ Tengri ge ögüş (praise be to God)

[@romeersharma5423]

my respects from a hindu-buddhist

[@milotfokusi2124]

90 % did adopt Islam Very few Turks today are tengrist, christian or shaman

[@milotfokusi2124]

Turkey 90 % muslim sunni Azerbaycan muslim shia Turkmenistan muslim Kazakhs muslim Tatar muslim Uzbek muslim Kirgiz muslim Uyghur muslim Very few are christian like Chuvash 1 milion or gagauz only 300 000 and Shaman the Yakuts are not many

[@Sanatani_kattar]

Your name seem to me Indian Jivan means in Hindi/Sanskrit =life

[@jivanselbi3657]

@@Sanatani_kattar yes, indeed it is, however I'm a Turk

[@lifeisshort99]

Korean believe Tangury found Korea. Starting point of our history. Teachings are same as Altai. Do not focus on current location of Korea. Koreans migrated over time or lost territory and locked in current location.

[@jivanselbi3657]

in the Turkic world we know of an old connection to Koreans, Tunguz, Manchurians, though Mongolians are much closer to us, with our respect and regards to your people

[@karaaslan7402]

Did you know that in Sumer, god is called "Dingir", which is similar to "Tengri". But also very similar to "Tangur", right? Knowing that Sumers came to middle East from Asia, they can be related.

[@sim3506]

@@karaaslan7402 Te fact you mentiined about the sumeric tablets is a huge problem for europeans, thats why they demonise and minimize turkic people since centuries.

[@sktt1488]

@@karaaslan7402Fazla zorlama bence. Adamların kocaman sakalları var. Asyalı olma ihtimalleri çoooook zayıf..

[@mollyb4332]

@@karaaslan7402 The Sumerian sign DIĜIR Cuneiform sumer dingir. originated as a star-shaped ideogram indicating a god in general, or the Sumerian god An, the supreme father of the gods. Dingir also meant sky or heaven in contrast with ki which meant earth.

[@amelia.tantono]

wow, its the first time i learned about Tengrism, and im very keen to learn more about this!! thanks a lot for the informative video! subbed to your channel

[@muratozgun2813]

Where you from

[@StanHowse]

Really? Genghis Khan? I'm an American and I know about Tengrism. And that you are extremely gorgeous.

[@pingoleonfernandez7638]

Turkic peoples culture always fascinated me

[@whoisender]

Thank you for your efforts. Brilliantly done 🙏🏻

[@nehikmetse]

Last part was magnificent : God of the heaven protects you Mother earth protect our people Let earth divide and become grass Let earth divide and become milk Is what I understood but I can be wrong. Amazing how broad the Turkish language is.

[@andreebesseau6995]

💓

[@mirlankabylbekov7230]

Kok Tenirim koldasin - May the Tenir of blue sky support us Jer Anam Umay korgasin - May Mother Earth Umay protect us Jer jarilip chop buulsun - May Earth explode(flourish) and let us stock grass Jeli jarilip sut bolsun - May udder explode(mature) and be milk And of course Oomiyin which is Amen. In Central Asia we practice mixture of beliefs: Tengrism and Islam. Our elders say Ata-babalardin arbagi koldosun which means May the spirits of our ancestors support you.

[@nehikmetse]

@@mirlankabylbekov7230 I was close enough though I don't think you need to add translations for me. Some words even though they exist in our language is not directly used or used in a different context. Ata-babalarından for instance we say atalarından. But thinking in the form for fathers it is normal I guess.

[@mirlankabylbekov7230]

@@nehikmetse Yep, you were. All in all we have same roots.

[@mirlankabylbekov7230]

@Kuvvet karazehir When driving from one city to another along highway there are "Holy" spots, "Mazar" - usually a well(spring) or a tree in between arid, desert like places. So there people stop, read (cite) Kuran(not all but Fatiha surah, 3 times Ikhlas surah) for the passed ancestors and relatives. Tie a piece of cloth on branches of tree. Then continue on their trip.

[@og882001]

Tengri or tenger literally means sky in Mongolian. Umai is respective word for vagina, erleg is the angel of death etc. As I mongolian i can confirm all these names makes sense in mongol language

[@koktengri8724]

Its Turkic mythology, not Mongolic.

[@og882001]

@@koktengri8724 u wish

[@mishka3284]

@@koktengri8724 Mongolic mythology is a thing too shush

[@bgnmgl]

@@koktengri8724 Anatolians arent even Turkic genetically nor culturally. lol

[@koktengri8724]

@@bgnmgl And europeans have %70 homose×ual blood

[@LastNeandartel]

Müslüman bir Türk ailede doğdum büyüdüm ama hiçbir zaman İslam'ı benimseyemedim sonunda atalarımın inancı Tengri inancına geri döndüm.

[@justsendmelocation313]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LastNeandartel]

@@nevers337 Prof.Osman Karatay'ın konu ile açıklaması...Konu uzun olduğu için,linkini koydum.Konu ile ilgili açıklamayı Osman Karatay hoca detaylıca anlatıyor... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZnNipukn7ySrrMsi=3ze_C4o2IztZOEpx

[@blossomsports1]

Bechora. How unfortunate for you

[@astrodas1910]

Tengri biz menen!

[@younglord7805]

@@blossomsports1he is blessed. Shut up arab worshipper

[@salehmehdizade]

In Azerbaijan we still go to mountains to pray, we have wish trees and we still remember some deities in our folklore such as Yel baba or Ayaz Ata etc.

[@instagramteam7744]

​@indoanalytica1976azerbaijan not muslim country

[@ibrahimbroca9687]

Same in Albania, is bektashi sects who converted the pagans places to shrines in mountains, i went 2 time in a mountain tomorri mountain was incredible feeling, I cant even explaine, i’m agnostic but now im understanding that haji bektash has put some element in bektashism

[@genghiskhan3223]

I am Kazakh. I am Tengrian

[@torturachina6452]

Tengrism breaks the differences between monotheism and polytheism. Something akin to Aztec philosophy

[@torturachina6452]

@Kung Fu Warlock Nobody requested your opinion

[@torturachina6452]

@Kung Fu Warlock Please construct opinions elsewhere

[@torturachina6452]

@Kung Fu Warlock I'm the boss of my comment and I didn't ask your opinion

[@oghuzbeg4944]

Çok güzel video bence birilerinden yardım alınıp dünya dillerine çevrilmeli

[@CJ-hz1uj]

Maybe a good idea.

[@oghuzbeg4944]

@@CJ-hz1uj yeh

[@degisikicerikler7792]

Ulu Tengri tüm Türk budununu korusun ve yüceltsin! TENGRİ BİZ MENEN!🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲🇺🇿🇰🇿🇰🇬🇭🇺🗻🦅🐺🤘❤

[@Jackie20_05]

No tangri. Only Allah . Allah is one and creator

[@6lackburn]

​@@Jackie20_05no

[@G_Singh222]

@@Jackie20_05 Allah is Arab invented god

[@dailyasianlife5448]

​@@Jackie20_05Naa Allah is an Arab God brought by arabs. Tengri is the real God of Turks and Mongols

[@soldierofziaurrahman]

As a Turkophile 🇹🇷💜,I was always interested in Tengrism and the religion of pre-Islamic Turks and their culture, anything related to Goktürks and before that. Thank you so much for this video. It's really informative and interesting 💜. Love and respect from Bangladesh 🇧🇩💜

[@kts437]

There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-Islamic paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZbin vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. I am Mongol from Mongolia. In addition, there is no such thing as Gokturks. The inscription were inaccurately transcribed by Russian and Danish Turkologist in the 19th century.

[@adwaitvedant3297]

Your ancestors were hindus or buddhists..and not muzleem ..i m from kolkata

[@soldierofziaurrahman]

@@adwaitvedant3297 I didn't ask you anything, dear Indian ! I very well know about my ancestors, and we are proud of them as well. So your comment is irrelevant to the video and my comment

[@soldierofziaurrahman]

@@kts437 🤦

[@soldierofziaurrahman]

@Özlem Sadıkoğlu don't argue with him. These Indians try to bully and tease Bangladeshis on Internet by bringing in some irrelevant topic. Never mind him, mate

[@Raven_Black_252]

Alaz literally means fire or to burn (alazlanmak) in turkish, it can be best translated as "blaze", like burning very brightly and fiercely with a display of colors.

[@Raven_Black_252]

Same goes for yer-su (yer: ground/soil, su: water), ay ata (ay: moon, ata: father/ancestor), gün ana (gün: daytime/daylight, ana: mother) etc.

[@gaurav2777]

Among all spiritual religions one thing that is common and most frequently violated is maintaining balance with nature.

[@maya-cc2sx]

the priority of governments shouldn't be exploitation of nature but sustainable coexistence with it, the western model of development should'nt be the only model

[@andiharlen4543]

Now I can imagine why Turkish people are so kindhearted for the stray dogs and other animals in their country.. despite the turkish are mostly sunni islam, tengrism is embodied in a new form of religiosity. Interestingly, both system of beliefs dynamically mix and become their current system of belief... I am a religious studies scholar and I can guarantee that there is nothing as "ideal types of religion".. Syncretism, which theologically believed as something sinful is commonly occurs in many societies around the world.

[@ifrazali3052]

Care of animals is essential part of Islam It has nothing to do with tangerism

[@birdost5781]

No, other non Turkic muslim people have no such a love for animals and nature like Turks. They think it's not okay to even touch the dog lol

[@ifrazali3052]

@@birdost5781 Muslims are not allowed to have dogs inside the house According to Islamic tradition a prostitute was forgiven by God because she gave water to a dog . Islam have Clear animal rights

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

@@ifrazali3052 yeah because they hate dogs... how is that animal love?

[@kusturucu1015]

@@xiuhcoatl4830 they have even orders to kill black colored cats in their "holy" book, what a lovely religion

[@andrewlim9345]

As a Christian, I found it interesting learning about other faiths and belief systems including Tengrism.

[@andrewwhite9549]

You should be ashamed what are you going to tell father God and Jesus and repent today is holy shabbat.

[@sammatthew2841]

@@andrewwhite9549 cringe

[@mollyb4332]

@@andrewwhite9549 So why should he be ashamed ?

[@andrewwhite9549]

@@mollyb4332 look at it like this if god looks at his people as a wife meaning the bound that a man and woman have.1 man 1 woman how would you feel if you cheated on or better how did you feel when i guy you dated cheated on you ? Im pretty you didnt like it....Well the Holy father feels that way in the bible it said in the end people would believe seducing spirits and would loose faith in Jesus....Believe in father Yah he sent his only begotten son JESUS to die on the cross for our sins so we might have a chance.....believe in JESUS that he died for are sins im not here to condemn but to lead you to the truth.

[@andrewwhite9549]

@@mollyb4332 he should be ashamed saying he believe in god and Jesus but willing to entertain anything other then what the father said meaning Buddhism Hinduism Catholicism and etc i can get deeper the devils and demons have tainted everything like they did in Noahs time.......Just research satanism its everywhere white magic black magic witchs and etc we are truly coming to the end maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but its coming so pick a side JESUS or satan just remember hell is hot.....And the demons you guys are looking up to will torture you in the underworld and like the story of lazarus you will cry and beg for a drop of water......Be smart and stick to what you know JESUS im pleading and begging anyone who comes across this dont let the devils trick you.

[@PontifexAtharva]

This was really wonderful, thanks. I only came to about Tengrism due to my Turkic friend. Glory to Tengri and respect from Hindustan

[@anianiani602]

as a Bulgarian this video was incredibly interesting, thank you

[@karaaslan7402]

Tengrism is very similar to Animism or Shamanism. We did not pray to the statues or Gods with human like figures. But only thing that was solemn or holy was nature. Tengri means the Sky. Other god that was written in inscriptions is Yir-Suw. While Yer-su means land and water in Turkish. What I mean is, our ancestors knew that it was nature that gave us life. Not a Human-Like god with magic. They respected nature and believed that miracles happen because of the soul of an ancestor, or a mountain or the Sky ! There is also Umay Katun but she appear as a deer just like Tengri appear as a wolf, so they are not similar to other mythologies. This is a much older religion like Native Americans' religion. Influences on Greek, Roman, Middle Eastern pantheons/religions cannot be seen in Tengrism. And This is why I really like it and preserve it. It's so pure. But we don't have books that tell our religion like other religions and this is a sad thing. Kam, religious Tengrists in the past, did not write its all rituals or pantheon in books. They knew Old Turkic script according to Dr. Ercilasun but they did not write... Today still lots of Tengrist practices continue in Turkey's villages but they don't know that these things are Tengrist and coming from pre-Islam era of history :D My grandfather was really religious muslim but when my mother told me some of their practices, I was shocked because they were the same that I read in Shamanism books :D

[@anonimbirisi3713]

True

[@AtakanErgu]

Im Muslim Turk but im really interested in the Religion of my Ancestors

[@obrakadabra2870]

We Turks are found in Middle East but it doesn't mean that we are Middle EastERN. We even today use majority of these words ; Umay as female name , yer su are already Turkish, Tanrı = Tengri, Gök= sky. You shouldn't ignore the past of we Turks. We entered to Anatolia AC 1071. And before AC 1071 has many more things than its afterward

[@nobodycares6881]

We Turks are from Mongolia not middle east

[@darklight8549]

Middle East ist an made up term anyway. Turkey is in West asia and Southeast Europe.

[@MrHtjet]

Boo hoo

[@Hioloi]

Modern day turks are a mixture of native anatolians and oghuz turks. Our dna is mostly anatolian with Asian genes being 15-30% on average. So to say we are from Central asia or we came with Alp Arslans army would be wrong. Our ancestors fought each other and the turkish ancestors won.

[@YTUser_999]

Turks are European and Asian, depending on their origins. Epic people. I wish Turkic people adopt their original religion because it's badass.

[@burgazada]

I was a Muslim who had never read the Quran even once in my life, but when I read it and faced the truth, I left the Arab religion and returned to my own faith, the faith of my ancestors!

[@mirvan5478]

Stupidity at its peak

[@timmysleftnutsack5075]

Ur ancestors were disgusting rapists who lived in huts.

[@Fan_edit123]

How Many rakat in fajar wazu...!

[@zohaibmanzoor3173]

No one forced Turks to convert into, As barke khan, a practicing tangrism would have feel better and converted.. Btw it is up to u what you feel better, logical and beneficial for u.

[@davissae]

Very interesting. I love the history of the Eurasian steppes

[@Yarenoglu]

Man, I don't know if you are from a Turkic country by your accent, but you have definitely done your homework. Very well done. I am a Turkish Tengrist/Agnostic and I try to live my life in accordance with the Tengrist way. The beautiful thing about Tengri is he/she/it (we don't have a gender-based version of those words in Turkish we just say "o" for all) doesn't need your approval, or constant prayer, or your acknowledgement that he/she/it is the greatest. He/she/it only judges you by your good deeds regardless of who you are, where you are born, rich, poor, white, black, gay, straight, fat, skinny, none of that matters. You are not judged like in semitic religions. And equality is a really important element too. In modern Turkey we have lost the importance of equality somewhat. Yes we are a secular country but we are ruled by the Islamic people and a lot of our culture has shifted to Islamic ways. We have so much female murders and abuse in Turkey. This sort of thing would never happen under Tengrism. And yes we still practice many tengrist traditions, most people do it without knowing because of ''örf, adet" meaning customs & tradition. Before the rule of law we were governed by örf. Like today, when the Muslim eid happens and they sacrifice animals, we still dip our fingers in the blood and make a mark on our foreheads. We still tie cloth at trees to make wishes, we still carry the evil eye, many things. There is a somewhat reawakening of Tengrism in Turkey nowadays. I don't think it will ever be as popular as Islam, with 90%+ of the country being Muslim, but more and more people are finding out about their ancestral religion and leaving Islam. And to everyone who newly found out about Tengrism, read more about it. You don't have to convert to Tengrism, but if you understand its teachings and philosophy, you won't need to. Also, in these difficult times I want to say Slava Ukraini for my brothers in Ukraine who are facing a horrible war against humanity by the Putin regime. You will pull through this, we will do everything we can to help you.

[@mrjean9376]

Tengrism it's for higher mind kind of peoples, majority of human are very obsessed to something to defined as the greatest one, in which is formed to something entity, and taught to worship it and even force the others who's not consider or believe it as their "god" to do so, and even "satanier" (believe me that's pretty good word to describe this) things like kill and destroy the others who's don't want to become their part (cough cough *slam).. I'm really hope these is much more growths happens to awaken and start to becoming tengrism or any others TRUE peacefully way of life, i mean not talking about "that one" of peaceful religion, cheers 🥂

[@youknow8653]

1-) What makes female murders more tragic than a male one ? 2-) im pretty sure turkic people raped and kidnapped women from chinese and iranic people during tribal era.

[@Yarenoglu]

@@youknow8653 1-) The murder and violence of women in Turkey today is JUSTIFIED by the religious types and the judiciary system. Before Erdogan's islamist regime, we were a lot more secularist, and we had way, WAY less violence against women. People who physically or sexually attacked women were punished harsh sentences, but now a lot of the time they actually go free. You wear a short skirt and someone rapes you? You asked for it. Your stalker kidnaps you and stabs you to death? It's happened now, let's just move on. These aren't exaggerations it's how the system has been working under the islamist rule. 2-) You're talking about war booty, which unfortunately thousand years ago included women and slaves, there wasn't a country that didn't have that kind of thing happening. What I'm referring to is the women's position within the society. Women were free to dress how they liked, free to own property, treated as an equal to men, could rule and be tribe leaders, etc. such as Tomris Khatun, a Turkic warrior princess who was the ruler of the Saka Turks, she battled against Achaemenid Persian Empire and killed Cyrus the Great. This was at a time where women were treated like property in Europe and Middle East.

[@youknow8653]

@@Yarenoglu 1-) putting laws that privileges women is bad because it can be exploited by them.( like alimony, privileges in enviroment) Instead, give them more responsibilies, teach them how to deal or fight with problems and you will achieve true equality. 2-) i dont quite think that pagans treated women as equal as men. As i know, women usually stayed back with childen and elderly, while men go to war. Maybe more equal than middle east, chinese and europeans at that time but don't forget that they were successors only when there was no male heir. About tomris, she was good leader but there are more paganic male leaders that were also successful, meaning males had more opportunities. Also she is stolen by the westerner under the name of "indo-europeans".

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

He's a German Turk who has a masters or PhD in history (not sure too lazy to look it up) and has multiple videos with non Turkish Turcologists & Historians.

[@matintitipour9462]

Thank you for sharing these info about my past, I will respect my ancestors and try not to forget their lessons, I respect our great prophet and follow him too

[@tunapavlus8107]

I'm a proud Tengrist from Turkiye. I was born and raised as a muslim but just like lots of other Turks, I felt tired and got sick of the dualistic and hateful structure of middle eastern religions. We can not escape from the non-dualistic and highly holistic nature of our ancient existence. Tengrism is the way of peace in soul, strenght in mind and body. (Amazing content and page btw)

[@watermelonlalala]

This is what I thought, this sounds like the New Age spirituality of California in the seventies. Everybody wanted to become shamans and "Indians".

[@tunapavlus8107]

@@watermelonlalala But unlike them, we just turned to our own national origins. Not "wanted to become" someone else. If a Danish wants to feel more viking, that doesn't make him/her a new age Californian wannebe. Just makes him feel more Danish. We the Turks were and still are Tengrists. This is what we are.

[@watermelonlalala]

@@tunapavlus8107 But why do you want to feel more like a Viking and less like a Christian? Perhaps you are the victims of a psy-op. The idea that you relate more to someone who lived 1,000 or more years ago instead of your own family, still living, how did that happen. I have two videos here that will be lost on most people, but if you watch the goofy lady first, you will see her story makes no sense. Then watch the second one and you will see she is connected to a person who is connected to the CIA. And, in fact, most of the people who are the leaders of New Age, Wicca, Paganism, Buddhism for the West, all have some strange connections. The links didn't come through, but these are on youtube: Mongolian Shamanic Initiation with Gail Hayssen Researching ESP for the US Government | A Small Medium at Large Podcast ep. 4

[@watermelonlalala]

And in case you think the CIA are some kindly grandpa types who like to spend a lot of money on foolishness - kzbin.info/www/bejne/noiclHaNoppmfpY

[@tunapavlus8107]

@@watermelonlalala So you are offering me to relate with a mythological figure from 2000 years ago instead of following the steps of my own grand parents. And also offering me to watch a podcast to understand the culture that I'm living in? And calling our own religious system "New age?" OK. You listen your podcasts, let me listen the nature and my innerself. This makes everyone happy.

[@lildemon6464]

As a Turk, this made me realize how much we’re connected to our past. Even if we don’t realize it, there are signs of our past everywhere. The word for “God” in Turkish is “Tanrı”, and it is still commonly used despite the fact that us Anatolian Turks adopted Islam and therefore the word “Allah.” (which we only use to address Allah, not other Tanrı’s). I’ve always known there were Tengrist customs and traditions that are still being practiced today, but even names such as “Kayra” (I’ve had so many friends named Kayra), Ay Ata and Gün Ana (which directly translates to Moon Ancestor/Father and Day Mother) just make me notice how much of an impact there still is. Love and respect all religions and beliefs / non-believers, Tanrı (whichever one you believe in, or don’t) loves you.

[@michaelelwell7476]

Thank you for sharing this information. I had heard of Tengrism but had no understanding. I now feel it is a beautiful approach to life that resonates with me.

[@kts437]

There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-islamic paganism. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZbin vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. It is misinformation unsubstantiated by academic and scientific research evidence. PS: I am Mongol from Mongolia...

[@thsarper]

Umay is a very common name in Turkiye. my sister's name is umay

[@ilayda726]

Yess, i've been waiting for you to make a video about Tengrism ❤

[@kts437]

There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-islamic paganism. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZbin vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. It is misinformation unsubstantiated by academic and scientific research evidence. PS: I am Mongol from Mongolia...

[@r.nsb_1364]

Mənim üçün çox faydalı vidio oldu ☺️Gök Tengri♥️Azərbaycan🇦🇿

[@Shahanshah.Shahin]

Love from a Zoroastrian Persian 🇮🇷♥️🇦🇿

[@weifan9533]

Tengrism likely influenced or had a similar origin with the shamanistic beliefs in Korea (not sure how they are called in Korean), Taoism in China, and Shintoism in Japan. The Sinitic people also believed that there was an omnipotent and omnipresent sky god called "Tian" ("Tian" means sky), resulting in traditional idioms like "人在做天在看" (People do things but the sky is watching them). The ancient Sinitic emperors offered sacrifices to the sky each year. Not sure why people often group Chinese with SE Asians and imagine Chinese as rice farmers. It's true that Southern Chinese have had significant admixtures with SE Asians and rice is their staple food, however the earliest Sinitic people originated from Northern China, were millet farmers, and according to recent genetic tests on their corpses and skeletons they were closer to Koreans, Japanese, and Mongols than to Southern Chinese and SE Asians.

[@TSHKKRipper]

Just an information. Old Turkish word "Tan", means sky, is still used in modern Turkish ocassionally such as in "Tan ağardı". And "Tan" is the first syllable of "Tanrı" means "Tengri" in Turkish.

[@legendarypussydestroyer6943]

That's because the stereotype was formed during the colonial era of the 1800s, when most of the western world had exposure with Chinese people only via far south seaports such as Guangzhou and various cities in Fujian province. It was impossible to access China via the north because of the Russians so the only exposure was to the southern Chinese. It didn't help that most of the Chinese who settled in the west during the last 150 years were also Southerners. The Russians likely has a different impression of the Chinese, where they see them as more Turkic-like peoples rather than SE Asians, they even refer to the Chinese as "Kitay", a word derived from Khitan, an ancient para-Mongolic people who lived in Manchuria and Mongolia from the 4th through 13th Century A.D. It's kind of like the blind men trying to describe what an elephant looks like.

[@weifan9533]

@@legendarypussydestroyer6943 The western stereotype is definitely wrong, the Russian stereotype is closer to the truth. Ancient Sinitic people, according to genetic tests, were closer to Koreans, Japanese, Mongols, and some Turkic and Tungusic peoples than to Southern Chinese and SE Asians. In fact before the concept of an unified Han ethnic group had been proposed in the early Republican period, people from Guangdong and Guangxi had never been called Han or Sinitic, instead they were called "Turen" (Natives), "Liren" (Li people, possibly etymologically related to Hlai), and "Liaoren" (Liao people, possibly etymologically related to Laos). Back in the ancient and medieval eras, the name Han was only used to refer to peoples from the Yellow River region. For instance, in the 13th century Yuan Dynasty the Mongols only called Khitans, Jurchens, and Northern Sinitic as "Hanren" (Han people), but they called those from the south of Yangtse as "Nanren" (Southerners). In brief, Southern China had always been different from Northern China, and shouldn't be simply regarded as a continuation or extension of the north.

[@weifan9533]

@@TSHKKRipper Thanks for the information. I'd also like to add that Turkic "su" (water) sounds very similar to Mandarin "shui" (water) and Medieval Chinese "sui" (water). There was definitely some sort of connection between the two.

[@AituSpatay]

По одной из теорий корни тюрков, монголов, тунгусов, корейцев и японцев ведут к Алтаю. Доказательство этому - девятихвостая лиса, встречающаяся в мифологии Казахов и Японцев, хотя культуры находятся очень далеко друг от друга, и исторически на прямую не пересекались

[@Namkbu]

Thank you for this video, I am tengrist from Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 and I believe in Tengri☀️🙏👍🇰🇬

[@dracodistortion9447]

Tengri being a god worshipped by steppe people... it makes me remember that the Indo-Europeans were a steppe people. They also worshipped a sky-father god, whose name was Dyeus. Dyeus is the ancestral deity to all Indo-European sky fathers, and they all owe their names to him. Zeus, Jupiter, Teiwaz (Týr), Devas and the Daghda are a few examples. Tengri may me the same as Dyeus, but not derived from him like Zeus. Tengri and Deyus might be of the same origin, a VERY ancient religion followed by VERY early humans.

[@parmykumar8592]

All Vedic cultures

[@harshthemonkranyal8713]

indo dont believe in this sky system ..god is in eevrything..he doesnt sit on sky..we r inside him and he is inside us

[@Dankseid-o1u]

Hindus believe that Indra is a title not a person, anyone can become Indra.

[@parmykumar8592]

@@harshthemonkranyal8713 I'm talking about Varuna not Brahman who made the demi-Gods & indeed is in us & in every particle in the world & the Universe! Jai ho!! 🙏

[@parmykumar8592]

@@Dankseid-o1u which part of the Hindu branch you talking about or which Hindus shall we say?

[@LuisAldamiz]

I'm quite surprised you didn't compare with old Chinese beliefs like Tian (which seems very similar in everything) or Native American ones or Japanese even (where Sun and Moon follow the same gender pattern, opposite to that of Indoeuropeans).

[@juliopadilla2840]

Good research, I'm always interesed in learning about old faiths and cultures of all over the world. I hope you make more videos like this one. Greetings from Spain

[@KhansDen]

¡muchísimas gracias! Indeed, finding information about this old religion (or rather: philosphy) is rather difficult. But I have studied the topic for years and will continue making such videos. May I recommend you the follow-up video? It does a bit deeper into the cosmology of the old Turks, including subjects like the Tree of Life and the role of animal spirits: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIPZmIOPnsiUbLc

[@juliopadilla2840]

@@KhansDen Thanks for the response and for your hard work. I'll make sure to watch It, It seems really interesting

[@yurysharov4499]

Wow. Such a wholesome religion! Thank you for the video!

[@KakkuFei]

I am half Turkic and half Slavic. My parents decided that their children will be Muslim just like my dads Turkic side of the family, and i Love Islam and I Love Christianity, since these are the religions I grew up with but the older I got and the more I learned about Tengri, the more Tengrism resonated with me and I’m happy to say after years of being an agnostic and being unsure of what to believe in I have found my way to tengrism just last year. I‘m still looking for other people to share this with, but there aren’t so many people here in Germany that follow this philosophy and I would love to exchange with people who grew up with it and can tell me more about it since it’s pretty hard finding information about rituals (apart from those I already know) and traditions.

[@KhansDen]

Having also been born and raised here in Germany, I can seriously know how you feel. Not a lot of German-born Turks or people with Turkic descent actually understand all of Turkic or even Tengrist history. Either way, I hope that this does become a platform for such discussions. If you are interested in a chat, for example about my theories about the Tengrist worldview, I am eager to participate. There's a follow-up episode by the way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIPZmIOPnsiUbLc

[@muratozgun2813]

I wanted to be there but im here turkey there is not too much chance

[@brainblox5629]

As a German Turk also called Emre, most other German Turks will laugh at you when you mention that Turk identity is originally from Central Asia and Kazakhs etc. are cultural, many times also genetical cousins. Even when one of their relatives looks like some Persian and the other like a Korean. They have that twisted thought that Turks conquered Anatolia - while being only Anatolian themselves? And you are branded as an apostate when you mention we weren't always Muslims. Even worse are they educated about their native Anatolian heritage like Hittite, Italic etc. Once tried to explain to a student that we couldnt be always Muslims because we Turks believe in only one wife and the Quran mentions 4 and additional sex slaves, the kid got a brainfry and started to shout that the translation must be propaganda, even though I showed him 3 other different translations.

[@Don-fq8pw]

@@brainblox5629 Lol, which Quran do you have read? Quran dont force polygamy, only suggest it. The 99% of muslims dont practise poligamy, this doesent make them less muslims.

[@brainblox5629]

@@Don-fq8pw good that it suggests, in Turkic culture its forbidden. Someone with a "kuma" (additional wife) will get shunned and ostracized among Turks, as its a sign of disrespect towards the main wife.

[@turistomer3702]

There is a place called Silifke in southern Türkiye which is regarded as the unofficial capital of Tengrism, even today people still look to the stars for guidance and the soil itself is said to be the most fertile in the world

[@Kartlos1]

I don't believe in a god but I'm symbolically a Tengrist, it's always good to know more about our rich history.

[@tecumsehcristero]

I never realized I was a Tengrist because I already believe a shocking amount of what they profess and be

[@robertomassa731]

You are not the only one...

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

Wow, no one cares.

[@borabingol6797]

I think you are a native American.

[@Rahul-ge8ff]

Well, most of the ancient religions makes sense and allow for peace unlike most of these brand new ones.

[@KarlMacmillann]

@@arifahmedkhan9999 Well, I do care mate. We should revert back to what was rightfully ours and learn from our mistakes, never trust an Arab that wants to spread his imperialistic religion.

[@henkwilliemadriannusvander1955]

I have never heard of this faith until I played Sid Meier’s Civilizations series. “Genghis Khan has founded the religion of Tengrism in the city of Karakoram.” Announced the game. And I was like…what??🤔

[@kabirkhan12784]

Iam indian and iam follower of tengirsm glory to God may tengri bless everyone 🖤🇮🇳

[@akyura00]

respect brother. much love

[@yasifaizi4316]

hello brother i dont know much about tengrism religion, but wanted to learn more about the monothesthic aspect of the religion. Can you give me a overview of what its about and its SUPREME God, is that supreme god have power over all the other and does it created everything in the world? Thank you in advance

[@DigvijaySinghRathore-s7x]

Really there are tengrism followers in India too

[@Mihal-i5v]

​@lichking9510tengrist from 🇧🇩 TENGRI BIZ MENEN❤

[@LV-nb9cs]

@kabirkhan12784 I’m a Hungarian student and I’m doing a research about our lost religion. Could I maybe ask a few questions in private? It’s hard to do research of Hungarian sources only, as many names and rituals have been incorporated into Christianity, so someone from another country (especially with another religion which hopefully filters out the Christian stuff) would really help a lot.

[@DamienZshadow]

This is beautiful and I definitely learned a lot but does no one else notice the Final Fantasy VII music playing in the background?! It fits so well!!

[@Antiochous1stheos]

I was looking for this comment. Definitely noticed the music

[@DamienZshadow]

@@Antiochous1stheos Thank you for not letting me feel alone! lol Two songs make me want to study into madness and ancient secrets and they are Anxious Heart from FFVII or the Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Main Theme.

[@ezraoz3904]

Awesome video! The only thing that was missing is the ancient Runic alphabet/ Göktürk alphabet/ Orkhun Scripts/Turkish runes that you didn’t talk about. Gokturk runes are very similar to Celtic Futhark runes.

[@keremx5973]

No Celtic futhhark. İs germanic futhark. Lmao

[@eloiseboldheim]

As a Mongolian who grew up with some strong beliefs of Tengrism this is so intriguing to me. But it was a life style and a somewhat facts to our family not a religion. I want learn more about this.

[@KhansDen]

That is interesting to read and nice to hear. You can check out the follow-up video on this channel. A completely updated overview of Tengrism is in my 1st video about the Celestial Turks, uploaded on 28 Oct. But it would be worthwhile to expand on that. Do you have any specific questions or topics that you want to know more about?

[@storyleaks1681]

The Hazaras who are basically turko Mongols also give their women equal rights. Hazara women are allowed to get education, participate in sports, and even get government positions, working alongside men. The Hazaras are the most liberal in Afghanistan when it comes to letting woman experience some freedom unlike some other ethnicities, who still have the 7th century Arabic mindset. P. S: About that wolf and eagle thing you mentioned. There is a traditional headgear Hazara women wear that has an eagle's head in the middle with other ornaments. Also, the colors of the traditional clothes for women is green and sky-blue, which could represent the vast steppe and tengri.

[@anouchkaanouchka1645]

Mongolians actually wanted their government to bring Hazaras from Afghanistan but their government denies

[@storyleaks1681]

@@anouchkaanouchka1645 That's good but I think it would be impossible. Most people say Hazaras in Afghanistan aren't more than 4 million, but there hasn't been a proper population count as the pashtuns want the world to think that they are the majority. They have been doing this for the past 200 years. If a proper population count was to be carried out, I think Hazaras would prove to be the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan.

[@anouchkaanouchka1645]

@@storyleaks1681 Mongolians actually begged hazaras and uyghurs so many times even some rich Mongolians sent applications for UN but the China and Russia didnt want pax-mongolica movement

[@storyleaks1681]

@@anouchkaanouchka1645 same as Iran. They don't want the Hazaras, Uzbeks, and Turkmen to unite in Afghanistan. Usually they separate them with religion.

[@storyleaks1681]

@@anouchkaanouchka1645 haha some people might agree, and some won't

[@SonOsman]

Great narration, great content !

[@emirates4224]

Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷. I still believe Tengrısm. And I wanna say Turkey is not Islamic country. Stop sayig its Islamic. We are secular.

[@danielcuevas5899]

Majority are Sunni Islam.

[@emirates4224]

@@danielcuevas5899 Gemerally Turkey's muslims lives like non-muslim. You should come here to see.

[@iloyaa6760]

@@danielcuevas5899 yeah but new genaration mostly atheist deist

[@muhammadjonzokirov8369]

And we are witnessing consequences of your Secularism in Turkey.

[@muhammadjonzokirov8369]

@Rydx Ghlf Orta Asya türkleri, özellikle uygurlar Islam dini, kendi kulturu için can fida ederken, burda Türkiye türkleri Tengrizma inandiklarini, devletleri ise Islam değil secular olduğunu dünyaya söylemek istiyorlar. Söylemek istediğim çok şey var ama şimdi zamani da yeri da değil.

[@lsporter88]

They sound like they had great wisdom. Great video.

[@allykid4720]

Interestingly, there are similarities in the names of deities in tengrism and in etruscan mythology. For example: Tanr - Thanr, Umai/Unai - Uni, Turan - Turan. I wonder if there were some nomadic migrations or word transfers going on?

[@ravanrajabov9781]

Etruscans called themselves "Asenna" and in turkic mythology there is female wolf figure called "asena". Also myth about founding of Rome is very similar to the "Oghuz Khaghan" myth of the turks.

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

Yes. There were clearly nomadic migrations happening from the steppes to Europe and Caucasus and vice versa. Many of the Turkic traditions were influenced by the Iranic tribe of Scythians who were settled in north west Iran and migrated east in their clashes with the Achaemenid empire. The king of Persian empire "Cyrus" is called Koroush in Persian and was according to herodotus considered the "father of Persians", interestingly, we Turks have a myth about a man named Oghuz Khan who's name is Qorsho/Kurush and is the father of the Turkic peoples and lived somewhere between 800 and 900 AD. The Scythians also had many similarities in their clothing style to the Turkic according to Greek historians. Their shared usage of Horse archery and light cavalry is also an interesting point to consider. All in all Turks are Scythians who lived in middle east/Europe long ago and migrated east, only to invade back west and settle in.

[@II-ug8ji]

If you're not Italian, don't talk, they're making fun of us Turks. Let the Etruscans stay Italian we have enough ancestors

[@allykid4720]

@@II-ug8ji who the hell you're to decide which nationality can talk and which one cannot, some nazi?

[@HierophanticRose]

The word Tengri, Tenggri, comes from "Tengger" -> wheel, or round, which is also the name of the Shaman Drum in some Turkic languages (which itself also is sacred). In the particular case of "Tengri-God", it moreso has a meaning like "Turning Order", or the "Cosmic Wheel" Tengri is a God in Tengriism, but it is a "Place God", the Universe, eternal Cosmic Order. There are other personified Gods in many versions of Tengriism -> Such as Ulgan/Ulgen/Ylgan, Erlik, Umai/Umay/Ymay and many others Tengriism is also very interesting in that most religious songs are "Hıyğız" or "Praise to Nature", which still exist in many centrail asian cultures, in particular Altai people, whose songs still about praising their rivers, forests, mountains etc

[@robertomassa731]

Do you refer to the word "DUNGUR" for the Shamans Drum?

[@bilguun976]

Stfu Tenger means sky in mongolian

[@starlightglimmer3260]

In mongolian Tengei means Тэнгэр-Sky

[@zagortenay33]

Tengger = Wheel = Teker in modern Turkish

[@bilguun976]

@@zagortenay33 wtf tenger mean just sky in Mongolian

[@kubilay4265]

Great video thanks for your good content

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Thank you. This is fascinating and I am impressed by this philosophy. I also love how you helped us compare with other ancient religions/world views.

[@Turkish_girl71]

I hope everyone learns this video and the real and primary culture of the Turks. Meanwhile, this culture and belief continues in Turkey and other Turkic countries without realizing it. For example, pouring water after people leaving the house or any place. Turks of Türkiye actually do this.

[@psammiad]

Confused: Echnaton is the pharaoh Akhenaten who tried to move Egyptians towards worship of a single god, the Aten. Aten was god of the Sun, not of the blue sky. What's that got to do with Tengrism?!

[@KhansDen]

Indeed there was a mistake by switching Echnaton with the actual god, Aton or Aten. Aton however was used as an early example of single-god worship in principle, similiar to An and Tengri. Of course, there would be more Gods of the Sky, the Sun asf.

[@Egumen1]

I love my ancient culture! I wish more people could safeguard our shared culture. Love to all Turkic groups from Türkiye ❤

[@jahrn6]

10:06 As far as I remember, Dingir was NOT a sumerian god, the meaning of that word is heaven or home of the gods. The sign for that was also used toghether with other words, to simbolise its heavenly or divine nature or its divine connection. Example: Ka Dingir 𒆍𒀭 - the Gate to Heaven (Gate of Gods), while the same Dingir (𒀭) would appear right before a name - if that was a name of a god: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄢 is Dingir Ninsun or Ninsumun - the Goddes Ninsun Worth noting however, that the symbol 𒀭 was used for both "Dingir" (by Sumer) and "AN" (by later Akkadians) - where An was the All-Father Still a great video about a religion, which also was followed by Hungarians (Magyar) - thank you

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

I found out about Tengri through Khitan religious practices shown in the Legend of Xiao Chuo. Very interesting ☺️

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

For those that don't understand. I googled it and it seems to be a Chinese TV show and the Khitan are a proto Mongolic people who in the show practice Tengrism I guess

[@tex3211]

Most of the Turkish history is actually found by Chinese 😂

[@seckinoz3344]

Awesome clip. I am Turkish and you have done really well. There is a lot to learn about the Turks. You would be very surprised when you get to know us.