Tengrism Episode 1: Original Religion of the Turks and Mongols
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- In which God did the Turks actually believe before they accepted Islam? This is a question that I have often been asked by relatives, friends and you, the TH-cam community. In the Turkic Book of Divination, which was written in the 9th century in East Asia, a certain name drops many times throughout the text: Tengri. This being is there described as the God of the Turks. It is him who the Turks - and other steppe peoples like the Mongols and Huns - prayed to before converting to other religions.
Thus, the original religion of all Turkic peoples - i.e. the Anatolian Turks, Kazakhs, Tartars, Uighurs and so on - was Tengrism, a religious system built around its name-giver.
But who was/is Tengri exactly? Weren't the Turks and Mongols used to be Shamanists? Contrary to popular belief, these two peoples as well as many other ethnicities of the Eurasian Steppe were followers of Tengri, the omnipotent ruler of the eternal blue sky - as Genghis Khan once put it. The Shaman only played a marginal role within the blief system. But in spite of its monotheistic direction, there existed many other deities within Tengrism, including Umay, the protector of the unborn, and Mother Earth. There were also Gods of Fire, the Sun, the Moon and even a guardian of the underworld. Therefore, in this video we take a look at Turkic mythology in particular.
Tengrism in general was built on the belief that all life on earth is connected, and that heaven and hell were situated literally above and beyond humandkind. But unlike other religions, Tengri and other deities were not specifically targeting humands whenever they did something wrong. Instead, all life was part of a delicate balance of the powers - on earth, in heaven and in the underworld. The Turks, Mongols and so on were educated to learn to respect nature and all animals around them. They were being raised to refrain from waste, gluttony and destruction of nature.
In this sense, Tengrism was less a religion and more a philosophy on life. A belief system that might very well be relevant in our contemporary world.
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00:00-02:32 Basic concept of Tengrism
02:33-03:31 Spread among Turkic peoples
03:32-06:12 Why Tengrism is not Shamanism
06:13-07:20 The Role of women
07:21-09:20 How animals and nature are treated
09:21-11:59 Cosmology and Justice
12:00-13:46 Modesty, Balance and the Lifestream
13:47-15:00 About me
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:
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May they get back to it and join us
is tengri's body the actual sky? or is he just like formless?
@@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.
@@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.
@@KhansDen
Khan Tengri is defineteley Dyeus Pather!!!
Both Sky Father!!!
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'.
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...
The Göktürk khanate and those living in Korea were related, I guess, they migrated to Korea from Mancurya and Tungus.
Thats not a God thats a false God a taghut
@Tengis which Chinese are you referring to? get him out so shit can be clarified.
POV: NO ONE SAID THAT
All greek tengri came from hindu gods
In Turkey, people continue to practice some Tengrist traditions without realizing it.
evet mesela gidenin arkasından su dökmek Allah yukarıda demek vb bir sürü şey
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.
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🙏🏻
Türkiye'den Azerbaycan'a sevgiler.
Türkiye'de biz de benzer detaylara sahibiz
yaşasin Azerbaijan qizlari🇦🇿
As a turkish tengrist, I really liked your video, and I hope that we will be recognized more in the world 🤍
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
Damn, you’re beautiful
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.
@@TheKnightsOfCamelot Buddhism,hinduism are also philosophy
Fück Türkiye!
I’m a Mongol and Tengrism is still practised by 5% of Mongols today in Mongolia
😳 It is sad. My mom ancestors came from Turks and China.
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. 🕊
@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. 🕊
@@Mila-nr2hp everyone is not a lameoid though
Greetings to Moğolya from Türkiye! We were under the same banner for centuries
I recently found out I'm of Tatar descent and i love learning about Turkic culture :) Your essays are very helpful, thank you 💛
Welcome to Turkic Family ;-)
@@fthcyr 🤗🧡
I'm also Tatar! Are you apart from your Tatar family, how'd you find out?
@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.
@T L. M nope, majority of Tatars live in Russia.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
But beavers never would have because shrooms wouldn't grow in rivers, which is likely where they defecate.
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🇺🇿❤️🇦🇿🇹🇲🇰🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬
Zardushtiylik asosiy edi
@@baburkhanmansurkhanov266ne zerdushtlik? O İranlılarındı sene ne dexlisi var
@@zehraa8989o'zbekiston hodisalar markaziydi bir vaqtlar, endi esa islom tamoman ustunlik etmoqdadir. Kechmish zamonlarda bu yerda zardusht, tangri, dinlari yashar edi
@@zehraa8989hozirda horazm viloyatinda zardusht diniga mansub tarixiy obidalar mavjud
beware of islam.
Tengrism is a noble philosophy I like it very much.
@@ogroporIf that is the case can you point to a better source on the topic.
@@ogropor There is a lot of that happening these days, Good luck with both.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
@@mollyb4332 Islam just sucks, the best thing the Turks can do is to abolish it.
@@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
@@mollyb4332 definitely weren’t
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 💝
Lmao stopid . They believe in God and are monothiests
@@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
@@blacksheep6174 A muslim who is showing Tengrism like Islam again... Not surprised!
But still, Tengrism is superior.
Turkey islam affected by Tengrism. When we hear bad thing , we knock on wood because Tengrists believed it would go away evil spirits.
@@karaaslan7402 superior?
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
@@kagar3465 Cringe greek
As a Turkish, due to respect for our ancestors and their belief, I named my daughter UMAY.
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.
@@pro9lonewolf there are similar features hinduism and tengrism
I've just read a comment below from a Mongolian person, stating that Umay or "Umai" is a respective name for the vagina 🗿👍
@@lev3738 That person is an obvious troll.
@@zagortenay33
He/She is a Mongolian and you both are turks 🗿
We Turks have the habits of giving the names from nature like River, Mountain, animals, Sea, Rock, Bolt, Sky, Flowers, Cloud, Thunder, Emotions such as (romance, bravery), we still somethimes use Mongolic names as well. For example my name is Deniz means Sea and my second name is Arslan means Lion, my uncle's name is Chengis, my sister's name is Burcu other's name is Burçin aka deer in english.
@Kashgari yup sounds a bit funny but some other has this name. For example toprak means land/world and second is şahin means hawk. Land Hawk or we use the name combination and put them together or we use -han suffix and it means lord for males. Batu-han, Berk-han, Deniz-han. Girls generally use -su suffix and su means water. Pelin-su, Bilge-su, Ayşe-su. Some others name are old Turkic and some other are Arabic. But the all names we use dont mean anything together but instead they prounced good and second they have meanings by themselves alone. Just hear this some people has surname "Yılmaz" means unbreakable or indomitable, "Yıldırım" means thunderbolt.
@Kashgari There are sea cats, sea dogs, sea horses... it is much better to be a sea lion. Lion is a king everywhere, even under water. Nice name.
Btw Cengiz and Deniz coming from same root. My name is Deniz also. Cengiz turning to dengiz in Uzbek language and turning to Deniz in Turkish. And also Atilla’s son name is “Dengizik” means little sea. So close to “Denizcik”
@Kashgari I already explained to you
@@Oscar-us6sv han sadece erkek isimlerinde kullanılmıyor
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.
So people of Kazakhstan follow Islam and tengrism together
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.
Türkiye'den, Kırgızistan'a sevgiler. Türkiya'dan, Kırgızstan'ga eŋ jakşı salam.
@@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
same in Turkiye :)
I am Turkish 😊
What a nice video ❤ Thank you
Thank you for watching! :)
In which which country you live ??
@@tahaceza Türkiye , I am muslim btw
As a Hungarian it should mean something for me. Thanks for the video brother!
Ching chong I’m so proud
@@djdjdjdjd6886 Me too, chine's kido
@@UWPstudio we are Altay Family 🈴
As a Tengrist Turkish family , we love your videos. Thank u so much ❤️
How do you pray ??and how many god is there in tangerisim
sorry if the question is inappropriate, isn't Paganism forbidden in Islam?
@@OkarinHououinKyouma bro he is Tengrist, not Muslim. What are u talking about?
@@BayMarti I have learnt that Tengrism is a false religion and that there's no God but Allah and Muhammad (pbuh) is his prophet
@@BayMarti umm i think he is saying how he managed to not get converted to islam
Beautiful how God has guided the Turks since the beginning.
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 TH-cam 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...
@@shemusechinvar var
The Turks and Mongols are both altaic peoples. Many similarities in language and culture can be found. Interesting video, love to see more!
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 TH-cam дээрээс олж үз гэж чамд зөвлөе.
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.
@@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.
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.
But there is no similar in their fenotype
Gotta admit this is the first time I've heard of tengrism, but it seems like a fascinating belief system
have u heard of Hinduism?
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.
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.
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. 🕊
@@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..."
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 TH-cam vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources.
@@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 TH-cam 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.
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 🇧🇩💜
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 TH-cam 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.
Your ancestors were hindus or buddhists..and not muzleem ..i m from kolkata
@@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
@@kts437 🤦
@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
Mənim üçün çox faydalı vidio oldu ☺️Gök Tengri♥️Azərbaycan🇦🇿
Love from a Zoroastrian Persian 🇮🇷♥️🇦🇿
Were you born in a muslim house and then became tengri
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.
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 TH-cam vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources.
@@kts437 you dont know any shit about turks, as a hater of turks
Bütün Türkiye Tengrist inancına geri dönse ..
@mel Lol
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 🥂
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.
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.
اسمش آذربایجان ایرانی نبود؟
@@danihastam9219
درسته فعلاً تحت اشغال ايران هست
@@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
پاشو برو زیر کامنت یکی دیگه درس تاریخ بده بچه جان، سر را یه پمادم واسه خودت بخر
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.
Are you muslim ??
Azerbaijan is an islamic country.... worshipping any other thing is shirk
@@indoanalytica1976azerbaijan not muslim country
Turkic peoples culture always fascinated me
Thank you for your efforts. Brilliantly done 🙏🏻
Never heard of this! Thank you for creating this.
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.
💓
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.
@@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.
@@nehikmetse Yep, you were. All in all we have same roots.
@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.
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.
~♥~
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
Thank you so much for this video, making my eyes teary while discovering my true history and origins. Tengriism sounds like the perfect philosophy.
Greetings from Turkiye, thanks for this awesome video. Tengrism is the most peaceful religion ever.
what abput Islam? Turkey is an Islamic country
Like Islam isn't peaceful?
Example of the philosophy *"Turks are returning to their faith"* can be seen here.
Oh God!
@@mirzagunaydin do u mumble your Arabic prayers to a floor?
@@mirzagunaydin You are Mongol-Arab
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.
How Judaism is a main religion? Hinduism and Buddhism have way more followers
@@hasinabegum1038 not in my part of the world
Yes it's very good religion!
@@hasinabegum1038Abrahamic
@@Ha15679that just displays your ignorance of the God of Abraham.
As a Turk, I was really interested in Tengrism and what it is. Thank you for this video, I now know about my ancestry better than what school teaches me:)
Among all spiritual religions one thing that is common and most frequently violated is maintaining balance with nature.
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
Awesome video, thanks for sharing brother. I'm always interested to learn more about the ancient religion that our ancestors all shared.
As a Azerbaijan tengrist i love your video . ❤
Yess, i've been waiting for you to make a video about Tengrism ❤
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 TH-cam 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...
Tengri means god in Turkic language . For example in Turkish 🇹🇷 you say “ Tanri “ , it comes from Tengri . Tengrism 🇰🇿🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲🇭🇺🇺🇿🇰🇬
тәңір(täñır) in kazakh
In southern Azeri dialect "Tarı" is used by old people and in old poems.
tengri is mongolian language mongolian call sky tenger
@@reflex6126no
Loved the video,thank you so much for your time.
Thank you for this video, it was incredibly interesting.
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.
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 🥂
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.
@@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.
@@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".
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.
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
Where you from
Really? Genghis Khan? I'm an American and I know about Tengrism. And that you are extremely gorgeous.
Thank you for this and I love that you’re using the Final Fantasy seven soundtrack that’s amazing
Wow. Such a wholesome religion! Thank you for the video!
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)
my respects from a hindu-buddhist
90 % did adopt Islam
Very few Turks today are tengrist, christian or shaman
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
Your name seem to me Indian
Jivan means in Hindi/Sanskrit =life
@@Sanatani_kattar yes, indeed it is, however I'm a Turk
I am Kazakh. I am Tengrian
Çok güzel b ir sunum olmuş.. Elinize sağlık.
Great video thanks for your good content
This was really wonderful, thanks. I only came to about Tengrism due to my Turkic friend. Glory to Tengri and respect from Hindustan
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
¡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: th-cam.com/video/bRvgPYica6U/w-d-xo.html
@@KhansDen Thanks for the response and for your hard work. I'll make sure to watch It, It seems really interesting
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.
this is such a good summary! thank you for sharing it it with us.
Glad it was helpful! And welcome to the channel :)
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.
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 TH-cam 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...
As a Christian, I found it interesting learning about other faiths and belief systems including Tengrism.
You should be ashamed what are you going to tell father God and Jesus and repent today is holy shabbat.
@@andrewwhite9549 cringe
@@andrewwhite9549 So why should he be ashamed ?
@@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.
@@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.
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.
I don't know much about central and western asia, but I have subscribed to this channel to know more their documentaries seem really good
My daughter is taking an intro to religion class, they have to write a paper on a religion they're not covering.
I shared this video with her, thank you. 😁
The hardest part for her is a confusion if they have texts or not. Some say there are others no. It seems there's not much information about them. She watched Son of the White Mare...and it helped.
@Ksjs Jdjdb Her instructor was impressed she did a five page report on the religion. Apparently there's not much information so she went into the cultures that follow it. I was surprised to find out it was the predecessor of Hinduism.
@Ksjs Jdjdb from what she found, it eventually shifted into Hinduism. That was her biggest complaint, a lot of contradictions.
Very interesting. I love the history of the Eurasian steppes
Thanks for this video some time I'm impatient because you have good videos In English
Great narration, great content !
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 muslims mad 🤣🤣🤣
Muslim women have more rights than men in Islam. Actually if you weren't Ignorant and followed stupid stereotypes, you would have known otherwise.
Anyways, Islam says women don't have to do any work at all and can enjoy, but if you think being naked is freedom, you really are a sad existence then.
@@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
@@Ha15679 who suppress women?
Those who force hijab? Again, you ought to read my comment.
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!!
I was looking for this comment. Definitely noticed the music
@@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.
Thank you! I was so curious about that
Thank you for the video!
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.
As a Turk thank you for enlightening me.. May Tengri protect you 😊
May Tengri protect these nuts in your mouth
may your pig allah save himself from my huge meat@@anazlem4314
Ohaaaaaa bu kanalı keşfettiğime inanamıyorum harika 😻
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.
Care of animals is essential part of Islam
It has nothing to do with tangerism
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
@@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
@@ifrazali3052 yeah because they hate dogs... how is that animal love?
@@xiuhcoatl4830 they have even orders to kill black colored cats in their "holy" book, what a lovely religion
Just found this channel, couldn't slam that Subscribe button fast enough! Thanks for such excellent content.
Welcome aboard!
This is amazing! should be a world-renowned and practiced religion
despite a few mistakes probably related to translation great video :D
I really enjoyed this thank you very deeply 4 sharing this sacred knowledge...all my relations...2 all my Ancestors...
I don't believe in a god but I'm symbolically a Tengrist, it's always good to know more about our rich history.
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)
This is what I thought, this sounds like the New Age spirituality of California in the seventies. Everybody wanted to become shamans and "Indians".
@@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.
@@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
And in case you think the CIA are some kindly grandpa types who like to spend a lot of money on foolishness - th-cam.com/video/hW9cCWm53H4/w-d-xo.html
@@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.
Thank you for sharing 🙏
They sound like they had great wisdom. Great video.
Im Muslim Turk but im really interested in the Religion of my Ancestors
Iam indian and iam follower of tengirsm glory to God may tengri bless everyone 🖤🇮🇳
Tengri biz menen ❤
respect brother. much love
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
Really there are tengrism followers in India too
@@lichking9510tengrist from 🇧🇩 TENGRI BIZ MENEN❤
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
True
As a descendent of the European Hunnic Peoples this is very insightful and may help explain some of my family's own traditional beliefs and attitudes. As always more research needed on my part, but this does shed light on an often overlooked subject...
Where are you from?😂
Biz Türkler de var Tengri den kalma
Çok güzel video bence birilerinden yardım alınıp dünya dillerine çevrilmeli
Maybe a good idea.
@@CJ-hz1uj yeh
The most divine part about this video is the FF7 music in the beginning
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damn the FF7ost goes so well really nice video !!
Great vid. Very informative.
I always wonder about pre-Islamic Turks and how/when most if not all Turkic ppl became Muslims. This is the first I'm hearing about Tengrism, their old gods and their old ways.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
@@karaaslan7402Fazla zorlama bence. Adamların kocaman sakalları var. Asyalı olma ihtimalleri çoooook zayıf..
@@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.
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
More videos about Tengrism please this was verry interesting!
That was Excellent!!...I am in BC West Coast of canada...this has similarities with some of the Native ways of they're acknowledgment of Nature/ Spirit/ The Soul of Life...
This was so good! Thank you for this information! Finally, a good video about Tengriism. Whose speech was it at the end?
I think it was a passed down prayer from old Turkic steles (Orkhon? I don't know) to Umay, wishing for fertility of the land. But I guess you already understood that since you seem to be Kazakh. If it was from Orkhon, its probably from Bilge Khan.
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.
No Celtic futhhark. İs germanic futhark. Lmao
Awesome video. Thank you
Thank you,Khan's Den🙏✌️🐺☝️🙏
this was great
Tengrism breaks the differences between monotheism and polytheism. Something akin to Aztec philosophy
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Beautiful video! Beautiful people! Beautiful beliefs! Beautiful!