Tengri

Tengrist · deity · primordial · deity

Supreme Sky-Father of the Turkic-Mongol steppe; bestows sovereignty.

Domains

sky
fate
war and victory

Powers

Grant and withdraw the mandate of khagans
Decree the destiny of peoples and rulers
Create and order the heavens and the earth

Epithets

𐰜𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 Kök Teŋri
üze Teŋri
𐰚𐰇𐰚 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃
Teŋri teg Teŋride bolmuš

Relations

equated with: Köke Möngke Tengri
companion: Umay

Sources

Orkhon inscriptions (Kül Tegin), 8th c.

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