Ay
Bashkir · deity · Bashkir traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Ay is the Moon personified, the second of the two luminaries wed to the sky-king Samrau. As his lunar consort she is the mother of Ayhylu, the 'moon-beauty', balancing the Sun Koyash and her solar daughter within Samrau's heavenly household. The pairing of Sun and Moon as co-wives of the bird-king expresses the Bashkir vision of the ordered upper world from which the hero takes his celestial bride.
Children
Domains
- lunar
Powers
- light the night sky
Relations
- spouse: SamrauUral-batyr. Bashkort halik izhadi: Epos. Ufa: Kitap, 1998. (primary)
- child: AyhyluUral-batyr. Bashkort halik izhadi: Epos. Ufa: Kitap, 1998. (primary)
Sources
- Ay, the Moon, is the second celestial wife of Samrau and the mother of the lunar maiden Ayhylu.: Ural-batyr. Bashkort halik izhadi: Epos. Ufa: Kitap, 1998. (primary); Khisamitdinova, F. G. Mifologicheskii slovar' bashkirskogo yazyka. Moscow: Nauka, 2010, s.v. 'Ay'. (secondary)