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What I find interesting is that the primary Turkic/Mongolic deity, Tengri, is also a sky father. There’s no shared genetic or linguistic ancestry there, just tw
by philwelch 2y ago
What I find interesting is that the primary Turkic/Mongolic deity, Tengri, is also a sky father. There’s no shared genetic or linguistic ancestry there, just two different steppe nomad populations independently deifying the daylight sky the same way.
- janandonly 2y agoThere is a connection. Not DNA, but via trade with the Saka/Scythians, who where descendants of PIE speakers
- mjan22640 2y agoAll steppe nomads are culturally descendent from Yamna.
- bgnn 2y agoWhat you are talking abyis gök/kök tengri (lit. sky god). There are other gods in Turkic/Mongolic pantheon, like ülgen/ulgan, yer tengri (earth god).