Äbädä ( tt-Cyrl, Әбәдә; az, Əbədə; tr, Ebede) is an innocent forest spirit in
Tatar mythology
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different . It looks like an old woman. Äbädä also is represented in mythologies of
Siberian
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peoples.
Äbädä is a demon or spirit. He is a Turkic forest being, similar in nature to the
İyes. He protects the birds, trees, and animals of the forest; he appears in the shape of a human with blue skin, two great horns, green hair, and a long green beard across his face, carrying a club or whip indicating his mastery of the forest.
He can shapeshift into many different forms. As a human, he looks like a peasant with glowing eyes, and his shoes are on backwards. Should one ever encounter an Äbädä, one must thwart him immediately by turning all one's clothes inside out and backwards, and placing one's shoes on the opposite feet.
See also
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Archura
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Bichura
Bichura (russian: Бичура) is the name of several rural localities in Russia:
* Bichura, Amur Oblast, a '' selo'' in Dmitriyevsky Rural Settlement of Mazanovsky District in Amur Oblast
*Bichura, Republic of Buryatia, a ''selo'' in Kirovsky S ...
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Татар мифлары
Turkic legendary creatures
Forest spirits
Shapeshifting
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