Qormusta Tengri
Mongol · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Qormusta is described as king of the thirty-three or ninety-nine tngri. Mongolian fire invocations credit him with lighting fire. His historical identifications and transmission are debated.
Children
Names and tradition associations
Variant accounts
- Competing identificationsHeissig discusses Iranian derivation, possible influence of Indra, and an equation with Esrua/Brahma. These comparisons do not establish one interchangeable divine biography.Walther Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia (1980), pp. 49–50 (secondary)
- source review correctionReplace unconditional equivalence with the source-bounded relationship status.Walther Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia (1980), pp. 49–50 (secondary)
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 'Qormusta of Heaven' — head of the ninety-nine tngriGeser epic; Mongol Buddhist invocations (secondary)
Relations
- equated with: Lord of the Western SkySame borrowed figure (ultimately Ahura Mazda via Sogdian Xurmuzta): head of the tngri. Buryat shamanism fixes him as Khan Khormusta, chief of the 55 benevolent western tengri and father of Geser's earthly mission.Walther Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia (1980); Ágnes Birtalan, 'Die Mythologie der mongolischen Volksreligion' (2001) (secondary)
- comparative identification: ŚakraHeissig discusses possible Indra influence alongside Iranian derivation and an Esrua/Brahma equation.Walther Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia (1980), pp. 49–50 (secondary)
Sources
- existence: W. Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia (secondary)
- Qormusta is described as king of the thirty-three or ninety-nine tngri. Mongolian fire invocations credit him with lighting fire. His historical identifications and transmission are debated.: Walther Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia (1980), pp. 49–50 (secondary)