Qormusta Tengri

Mongol · deity · primordial · deity

Head of the ninety-nine tngri; assimilated to Indra/Ahura Mazda.

Children

Gesar

Domains

sky

Powers

Lead the ninety-nine tngri of the heavens
Kindle the first fire upon Buddha's spark
Command the ninety-nine tngri of heaven

Epithets

ᠬᠣᠷᠮᠤᠰᠲᠠ ᠲᠩᠷᠢ

Relations

equated with: Lord of the Western Sky
syncretism: Śakra

Sources

W. Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia

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