Figures of Turkish Mythology #3 - Erlik Han

in tr •  7 years ago 

Figures of Turkish Mythology

Erlik Han

Erlik Han is the God of Evil in the mythology of Turks and Altai. Erlik Han is the master of the underworld in Tengriism, the belief of the ancient Turks. (Also called as Yerlik). The Mongols calls him Erleg or Yerleg. Although he is a kind of gin used today as a demon, he is a god of spirit that symbolizes evil. According to a creation legend of the Altai, Erlik Han made a bad fortune against Tengri in the creation of the world, and Tengri made him the master of the underworld as punishment. Erlik Han sits on a silver throne in a palace of green mining on the lowest floor of the underground world. There he created a sun that shone in dark red and gave very little light. There are nine bullheads in his order.

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Thanks for sharing it. Because I am from Serbia, and we were couple of centuries under Ottoman empire, I know about turkish mythology.

thank you for your interest @bobrock :)
that confueses me a little bit because in the ottoman empire, they tryed to teach only islamic influences and the turkic mythology was forgotten for hundrets of years by the ottoman turks. in the last 50 years the turks from turkey have learned back from turks from sibiria, altai to middle asia what there mythology is and there real past. :)

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

You didn't understand me well, I was thinking that because of turkish presence in our land, I have interest to explore your culture, religion, history, because you were here so long. And because of that I know something about your mythology. :)

I think I was wrong. Sorry for it @bobrock. I was only a little surprised because, for example, the North Africans were among the Ottomans too, but they only Islamic things and nothing about Turkish mythology. I think your interest is great in our culture and history ;)

Thanks man, I will follow you, just continue to share with us such a interesting stories from turkish mythology. :)