Szélatya or Szélkirály (Old Turkic: ÃÂel Ede or ÃÂel Ata, "Wind Father") is the Turkic god or deity of wind.
His female counterpart is Szélanya.
Names in various languages
- Azerbaijani: Yel ata / Yel baba
- Uzbek: Yel Ota
- Tatar: ÃÂøû ÃÂÃÂø or ÃÂøû ÃÂÃÂð or Cil Ana
- Kazakh: ÃÂõû ÃÂÃÂð
- Chuvash: êøû ÃÂÃÂÃÂõ or êøû ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
- Bashkort: ÃÂû ÃÂÃÂðù
- Sakha: âÃÂðû ÃÂÃÂð
- Turkmen: ÃÂel Ata
- Kyrgyz: ÃÂõû ÃÂÃÂð
- Khakas: çøû ÃÂñð or çøû ÃÂôð
- Altay: áðûúÃÂý ÃÂôð
- Tuvan: áðûóÃÂý ÃÂÃÂð
- Balkar: ÃÂöõû ÃÂÃÂð
- Mongolian: áðûÃÂ
ø ÃÂÃÂÃÂó
- Buryat: úðûÃÂ
øý ÃÂÃÂÃÂóÃÂ
- Oirat: áðûÃÂúý ÃÂÃÂú
All of them mean "wind father".
The Onoghurs also worshipped him.
Description
Szelatya has long hair, silver weapons, and thunder horses. He is said to appear as a youthful and handsome man in Hungarian mythology, but as an elderly man in Turkic mythology. He has a jungle or sylvan named Silver Forest.
Family
His father is Arany Atyacska (Golden Father) and his mother's name is Hajnal Anyacska (Dawn Mother). However, some accounts mention that he is the son of Kayra, the primordial god.
See also
References
Bibliography
- Mitológiai enciklopédia I. FÃ
Âszerk. Szergej Alekszandrovics Tokarjev. A magyar kiadást szerk. Hoppál Mihály. Budapest: Gondolat. 1988.
- Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayñnevi (page 608)
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