Sun Khan
Tengrist · quartigod · legendary · Recorded classification
Eldest of Oghuz Khagan's six sons and, with his twin Moon (Ay), one of the two senior sons; eponym of the Bozok wing. In the Oghuznāme the elder three sons receive the golden bow, the younger three the silver arrows.
Parentage
- father: Oghuz Khagan
Domains
- eponymous ancestry
Epithets
- BozokThe 'broken-bow' senior wing of the Oghuz, descended from the three elder sons (Sun, Moon, Star).Abū al-Ghāzī Bahādur Khan, Shajara-i Tarākima (1659) (secondary)
Relations
- twin sibling: Moon KhanSun and Moon, the twin elder sons of Oghuz.Oghuznāme (Oghuz Khagan epic) (primary)
- sibling: Star KhanOghuznāme (Oghuz Khagan epic) (primary)
- sibling: Sky KhanOghuznāme (Oghuz Khagan epic) (primary)
- sibling: Mountain KhanOghuznāme (Oghuz Khagan epic) (primary)
- sibling: Sea KhanOghuznāme (Oghuz Khagan epic) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Oghuznāme (Uyghur Oghuz Khagan epic), 13th–14th c. (primary); Rashīd al-Dīn, Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (c. 1300–1310) (secondary)