Szélatya or Szélkirály (
Old Turkic
Old Siberian Turkic, generally known as East Old Turkic and often shortened to Old Turkic, was a Siberian Turkic language spoken around East Turkistan and Mongolia. It was first discovered in inscriptions originating from the Second Turkic Kh ...
: Çel Ede or Çel Ata, "Wind Father") is the Turkic god or deity of wind.
Magyar Néprajzi Lexikon - szél
His female counterpart is Szélanya.
Names in various languages
* Azerbaijani: Yel ata / Yel baba
* Uzbek: ''Yel Ota''
*Tatar
Tatar may refer to:
Peoples
* Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar"
* Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia
* Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...
: ''Җил Әти'' or ''Җил Ата'' or ''Cil Ana''
* Kazakh: ''Жел Ата''
* Chuvash: ''Ҫил Атте'' or ''Ҫил Ашшӗ''
* Bashkort: ''Εл Атай''
* Sakha: ''Тыал Аҕа''
* Turkmen: ''Ýel Ata''
* Kyrgyz: ''Жел Ата''
*Khakas
The Khakas are a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia, who live in the republic of Khakassia, Russia. They speak the Khakas language.
The Khakhassian people are direct descendants of various ancient cultures that have inhabited southern Siberia ...
: ''Чил Аба'' or ''Чил Ада''
*Altay
Altai or Altay may refer to:
Places
*Altai Mountains, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia
In China
*Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
*Altay City (阿勒 ...
: ''Салкын Ада''
* Tuvan: ''Салгын Ата''
*Balkar
Balkars ( or аланла, romanized: alanla or таулула, , 'mountaineers') are a Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto ...
: ''Джел Ата''
*Mongolian
Mongolian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Mongolia, a country in Asia
* Mongolian people, or Mongols
* Bogd Khanate of Mongolia, the government of Mongolia, 1911–1919 and 1921–1924
* Mongolian language
* Mongolian alphabet
* ...
: ''Салхи Эцэг''
* Buryat: ''Һалхин Эсэгэ''
* Oirat: ''Салькн эцк''
All of them mean "wind father".
The Onoghurs also worshipped him.
Description
Szelatya has long hair, silver weapons, and thunder horses. He is said to appear as a youthful and handsome man in Hungarian mythology, but as an elderly man in Turkic mythology. He has a jungle or sylvan named Silver Forest.
Family
His father is Arany Atyacska (Golden Father) and his mother's name is Hajnal Anyacska (Dawn Mother). However, some accounts mention that he is the son of Kayra
Kayra or Kaira (Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰖𐰺𐰀) is the creator god in Turkic mythology. He is the god who planted the tree of life called Ulukayın. Kayra is described as both father and mother, and resides in the 17th layer of heaven.
Kayra is ...
, the primordial god.
See also
* Hungarian mythology
Hungarian mythology includes the myths, legends, folk tales, fairy tales and gods of the Hungarians.
Sources of knowledge
Much of Magyar mythology is believed to be lost. However, in the last hundred years scholars of the history of Hungarian ...
* Yel iyesi
Young European Leadership (YEL), an international non-profit and Nonpartisanism, nonpartisan organization composed of and founded by young Europeans, aims to bring young professionals into European and global politics.
Among its activities, YEL o ...
* Szelanya
References
Bibliography
* Mitológiai enciklopédia I. Főszerk. Szergej Alekszandrovics Tokarjev. A magyar kiadást szerk. Hoppál Mihály. Budapest: Gondolat. 1988.
* Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi (page 608)
External links
Türk Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Pınar Karaca
(Yel Baba)
Szegeney Csizmadia Szelkiraly
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Hungarian mythology
Turkic gods
Wind gods