Tengrism Episode 1: Original Religion of the Turks and Mongols

In which God did the Turks actually believe before they accepted Islam? This is a question that I have often been asked by relatives, friends and you, the KZread community. In the Turkic Book of Divination, which was written in the 9th century in East Asia, a certain name drops many times throughout the text: Tengri. This being is there described as the God of the Turks. It is him who the Turks - and other steppe peoples like the Mongols and Huns - prayed to before converting to other religions.
Thus, the original religion of all Turkic peoples - i.e. the Anatolian Turks, Kazakhs, Tartars, Uighurs and so on - was Tengrism, a religious system built around its name-giver.
But who was/is Tengri exactly? Weren't the Turks and Mongols used to be Shamanists? Contrary to popular belief, these two peoples as well as many other ethnicities of the Eurasian Steppe were followers of Tengri, the omnipotent ruler of the eternal blue sky - as Genghis Khan once put it. The Shaman only played a marginal role within the blief system. But in spite of its monotheistic direction, there existed many other deities within Tengrism, including Umay, the protector of the unborn, and Mother Earth. There were also Gods of Fire, the Sun, the Moon and even a guardian of the underworld. Therefore, in this video we take a look at Turkic mythology in particular.
Tengrism in general was built on the belief that all life on earth is connected, and that heaven and hell were situated literally above and beyond humandkind. But unlike other religions, Tengri and other deities were not specifically targeting humands whenever they did something wrong. Instead, all life was part of a delicate balance of the powers - on earth, in heaven and in the underworld. The Turks, Mongols and so on were educated to learn to respect nature and all animals around them. They were being raised to refrain from waste, gluttony and destruction of nature.
In this sense, Tengrism was less a religion and more a philosophy on life. A belief system that might very well be relevant in our contemporary world.
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00:00-02:32 Basic concept of Tengrism
02:33-03:31 Spread among Turkic peoples
03:32-06:12 Why Tengrism is not Shamanism
06:13-07:20 The Role of women
07:21-09:20 How animals and nature are treated
09:21-11:59 Cosmology and Justice
12:00-13:46 Modesty, Balance and the Lifestream
13:47-15:00 About me

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  • @KhansDen
    @KhansDen2 жыл бұрын

    NOTE: Alright, guys. Echnaton was of course NOT a deity but the messenger of Aten or Aton, the actual god. This is a mistake on my part, and I apologize. Want to delve deeper into Tengrism? Then check out the follow-up video about the Cosmology of Tengrism, and the meaning of the Tree of Life and Lifestream: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIaqybKSmcbHZrg.html I also have a Patreon page just in case you want to support this cause: patreon.com/thekhansden

  • @MickeyMouse-el5bk

    @MickeyMouse-el5bk

    2 жыл бұрын

    May they get back to it and join us

  • @cpt191021

    @cpt191021

    2 жыл бұрын

    is tengri's body the actual sky? or is he just like formless?

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cpt191021 Great question. When you ask Mongolians, they might answer with "yes". But in Turkic Cosmology, Tengri was actually called Kök Tengri or Gök Tengri with full name - and Gök is the term for "sky". Tengri meant as much as "god" or "ruler", and therefore we would refer to Gök Tengri as "ruler of the sky" or "god of the sky". Thus, Tengri =/= sky itself. As there seems to be a connection between Tengri and Umay, Erlik and the other deities or entities, we can furthermore assume that while Tengri is not sky itself, he is simply a formless entity and invisible to the naked eye. Much like the many "sky gods" of other religions, like Dyeus of Indo-European Mythology.

  • @harveyspecter1855

    @harveyspecter1855

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KhansDen tengrism has actually a lot in common with Hinduism. Hinduism is an umbrella term. But Vedic Hinduism comes extremely close. Central tenets are also quite similar in both.

  • @robertomassa731

    @robertomassa731

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KhansDen Khan Tengri is defineteley Dyeus Pather!!! Both Sky Father!!!

  • @begumcelik1054
    @begumcelik10542 жыл бұрын

    As a turkish tengrist, I really liked your video, and I hope that we will be recognized more in the world 🤍

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for your support. I am grateful to give you and many more a platform where perhaps in the future, like-minded people can exchange and support each other. - Emre

  • @snszbyd

    @snszbyd

    2 жыл бұрын

    Damn, you’re beautiful

  • @TheKnightsOfCamelot

    @TheKnightsOfCamelot

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Canada and I actually created a new form of religion and it is surprisingly similar to Tengrism. I wrote a book. No conversion is necessary but it is a philosophy of life with respect to biology that is spiritual too. First time I was to hear of this.

  • @PriyankaSharma-cw2jb

    @PriyankaSharma-cw2jb

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheKnightsOfCamelot Buddhism,hinduism are also philosophy

  • @Perririri

    @Perririri

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fück Türkiye!

  • @mishka3284
    @mishka32842 жыл бұрын

    I’m a Mongol and Tengrism is still practised by 5% of Mongols today in Mongolia

  • @Mila-nr2hp

    @Mila-nr2hp

    2 жыл бұрын

    😳 It is sad. My mom ancestors came from Turks and China.

  • @robertomassa731

    @robertomassa731

    2 жыл бұрын

    It will arise soon. All the tribes of Central Asia were under TENGRI originally. There was a common Eurasian culture that became fragmentated and partially lost through centuries. Only TENGRI can unite all tribes. PEACE. 🕊

  • @robertomassa731

    @robertomassa731

    2 жыл бұрын

    @man_on_the_moon2 The Shamans of Tuva, during the Soviet repression, hide their identity during the day and practised the Shamanic rites during the night!!! No one can stop them!!! They are now a reality ufficially recognized by the state in some Republics of Russia. PEACE. 🕊

  • @toolguyslayer1

    @toolguyslayer1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mila-nr2hp everyone is not a lameoid though

  • @lorzilyat3528

    @lorzilyat3528

    2 жыл бұрын

    Greetings to Moğolya from Türkiye! We were under the same banner for centuries

  • @zehraa8989
    @zehraa89897 ай бұрын

    In Azerbaijan we have kept a lot of Tengrist details in our dialy life and in our dialy speech that I havent't recognised untill this video! I dont know reason but I kinda started to cry for no reason😅Thank you for this video u did a good job!🇦🇿 Alash olsun🙏🏻

  • @eroktartonga4032

    @eroktartonga4032

    5 ай бұрын

    Türkiye'den Azerbaycan'a sevgiler.

  • @samibizim9079

    @samibizim9079

    25 күн бұрын

    Türkiye'de biz de benzer detaylara sahibiz

  • @user-jq9vr2gc5w
    @user-jq9vr2gc5w2 жыл бұрын

    In Korean mythology, there is a god called 'Tangun', transcribed in chinese characters as 檀君. The interesting part is, that these characters sounded as 'tang-gur' in old chinese. So the original 'name' or the original 'sound' of 'Tangun檀君' is actually 'Tangur' or something similar. I think this is somewhat connected to 'Tengri'.

  • @robertomassa731

    @robertomassa731

    2 жыл бұрын

    All the peoples of Central Asia were worshipping the sky as the Heavenly Father. It was probably a common Eurasian culture, in ancient times all the peoples of Eurasia were under TENGRI originally. With different pronunciations of the same name...

  • @II-ug8ji

    @II-ug8ji

    Жыл бұрын

    The Göktürk khanate and those living in Korea were related, I guess, they migrated to Korea from Mancurya and Tungus.

  • @ogznyoutube6431

    @ogznyoutube6431

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats not a God thats a false God a taghut

  • @manguanxu3612

    @manguanxu3612

    Жыл бұрын

    @Tengis which Chinese are you referring to? get him out so shit can be clarified. POV: NO ONE SAID THAT

  • @skullshotskullshot8572

    @skullshotskullshot8572

    Жыл бұрын

    All greek tengri came from hindu gods

  • @Diana-pg6gt
    @Diana-pg6gt Жыл бұрын

    I recently found out I'm of Tatar descent and i love learning about Turkic culture :) Your essays are very helpful, thank you 💛

  • @fthcyr

    @fthcyr

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to Turkic Family ;-)

  • @Diana-pg6gt

    @Diana-pg6gt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fthcyr 🤗🧡

  • @Sergio-nb4hj

    @Sergio-nb4hj

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm also Tatar! Are you apart from your Tatar family, how'd you find out?

  • @adamandsteve13

    @adamandsteve13

    Жыл бұрын

    @T L. M lol, I am tatar, and believe me we are turkic, if I try really hard I can understand most turkic languages, learning Turkish was very easy. But Mongolian is completely different.

  • @adamandsteve13

    @adamandsteve13

    Жыл бұрын

    @T L. M nope, majority of Tatars live in Russia.

  • @UWPstudio
    @UWPstudio Жыл бұрын

    As a Hungarian it should mean something for me. Thanks for the video brother!

  • @djdjdjdjd6886

    @djdjdjdjd6886

    Жыл бұрын

    Ching chong I’m so proud

  • @UWPstudio

    @UWPstudio

    Жыл бұрын

    @@djdjdjdjd6886 Me too, chine's kido

  • @umutkiran3035

    @umutkiran3035

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@UWPstudio we are Altay Family 🈴

  • @louisehaley5105
    @louisehaley51052 жыл бұрын

    It’s amazing how the Tree of Life is venerated in so many religions around the world, including the ancient Maya . The emphasis on living in harmony with nature reminds me of Native American beliefs.

  • @obiwankenobi2083

    @obiwankenobi2083

    2 жыл бұрын

    same with monotheis religions. A father figure. fight between good and bad. Sadly people use religion for difference thant actually see the similarities between them. At the end religion is always evolving like everything in humanity..

  • @mike7652

    @mike7652

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, those harmonious Mayans enslaving and cutting out hearts for sacrifice. Seriously, go learn about ACTUAL Native American (North & South) history. Constant fighting, conquest, slaughter. They weren't just sitting around the teepee smoking the peace pipe all day.

  • @LordBLB

    @LordBLB

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also Yggdrasill, Old Norse Mimameidr, in Norse mythology, the world tree, a giant ash supporting the universe. One of its roots extended into Niflheim, the underworld; another into Jötunheim, land of the giants; and the third into Asgard, home of the gods. At its base were three wells: Urdarbrunnr (Well of Fate), from which the tree was watered by the Norns (the Fates); Hvergelmir (Roaring Kettle), in which dwelt Nidhogg, the monster that gnawed at the tree’s roots; and Mímisbrunnr (Mimir’s Well), source of wisdom, for the waters of which Odin sacrificed an eye. After Ragnarök (Doomsday), the world tree, though badly shaken, was to be the source of new life.

  • @mimszanadunstedt441

    @mimszanadunstedt441

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tree of Life is because our ancestors hid in trees from predators, then because of their defecations magic shrooms often would spread and appear below, so people often would 'meet the divine' while resting in a tree. And they think this is what improved our visual perception enough to gain more confidence on when to go down, and helped humans to distinguish predators and prey in tall grass better. And it is perhaps a very significant part of human evolution, which is why it is so consistent. If a beaver society rose up before human society they might have a common theme of a river of life between different localities and their religions.

  • @mimszanadunstedt441

    @mimszanadunstedt441

    2 жыл бұрын

    But beavers never would have because shrooms wouldn't grow in rivers, which is likely where they defecate.

  • @huseyinek4803
    @huseyinek48032 жыл бұрын

    As a Turkish, due to respect for our ancestors and their belief, I named my daughter UMAY.

  • @pro9lonewolf

    @pro9lonewolf

    Жыл бұрын

    U will surprised to know, in indian culture lots of women are named uma.. My mom's name is uma too, but she is an Indian. Uma is also a goddes in hinduism, and the powers, appearance and believes are exactly similar to goddes umay.. I believe that.. Uma became umay or umay became uma.. Its wonderful to know that u named ur daughter umay.

  • @foreternity8847

    @foreternity8847

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@pro9lonewolf there are similar features hinduism and tengrism

  • @lev3738

    @lev3738

    Жыл бұрын

    I've just read a comment below from a Mongolian person, stating that Umay or "Umai" is a respective name for the vagina 🗿👍

  • @zagortenay33

    @zagortenay33

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lev3738 That person is an obvious troll.

  • @lev3738

    @lev3738

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zagortenay33 He/She is a Mongolian and you both are turks 🗿

  • @raclark2730
    @raclark27302 жыл бұрын

    Tengrism is a noble philosophy I like it very much.

  • @raclark2730

    @raclark2730

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ogroporIf that is the case can you point to a better source on the topic.

  • @raclark2730

    @raclark2730

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ogropor There is a lot of that happening these days, Good luck with both.

  • @melosnasibi2840

    @melosnasibi2840

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@raclark2730 Hi! Bcz the word Tengri has no gender. Turkic families were not patriarchal. Because while kinship names such as 'uncle', 'tagay', 'kufduk' and 'aunt' on the mother's side are found in Turkic languages, the names of relatives on the paternal side belong to a later period in Turkic dialects. Apart from this information; Kagan's decision in the state administration was not considered valid unless Hatun agreed with this decision. In Tengrism, everyone is equal. Human is not the ruler of nature, but a part of it, like other animals and living things.

  • @karaaslan7402

    @karaaslan7402

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@raclark2730 All of the info. in the video is taken from old Turkic Inscriptions and Irk Bitig as I saw. So one of the few True source on the internet. I am also a Tengrist but I had to read all Sources in Old Turkic by myself because there is too much misinformation.

  • @karaaslan7402

    @karaaslan7402

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ogropor Tengrism cannot be derived from Turkish... -ism is not a Turkish suffix, Turkish people say "Göktengricilik" or "Göktanrıcılık" which is a false term because such term is not used for god on Bengü Taşlar. Now in Bengü Taşlar, we see gods like Yir-Suw, Umay Katun, people pray them, write their their names on tombs. And Bengü taşlar is not only Tonyukuk or Bilge Kağan. But there is thousands of more inscriptions like Yenisei that you should read because apparently you didn't and by saying "probably" you gave a made up information. Now your theory about Kemalists is also wrong because they mention modern polytheistic Altai myths a lot (god-like being like Ülgen) and people still believe in this polytheistic religion (that is made up according to you!) in Altai but this is not because of influence of Greeks or Turkish people... This is just Altai myths maybe with influences of Mongols (as in the example of Ülgen because he is mentioned first in Mongolian sources). As an Oghuz Turkic, I suggest you to read the real sources and to not give misinformation here about our people's own religion

  • @bdrcan4973
    @bdrcan49732 жыл бұрын

    In Turkey, people continue to practice some Tengrist traditions without realizing it.

  • @neturevbuturev1626

    @neturevbuturev1626

    Жыл бұрын

    evet mesela gidenin arkasından su dökmek Allah yukarıda demek vb bir sürü şey

  • @hasanyilmaz8411

    @hasanyilmaz8411

    19 күн бұрын

    Küçükken huysuzluk yaptığımda ya da hastalandığımda büyüklerim dua ederlerdi ve duanın sonunda ellerini vücuduma sürerken Fatma anamızın eli deysin derlerdi. Tengrizm deki Umay ana islam'a geçtiğimizde Fatma ana olmuş. Umay ana çocukların koruyucusu bir tanrı.

  • @jini5577
    @jini5577 Жыл бұрын

    As a Tengrist Turkish family , we love your videos. Thank u so much ❤️

  • @mahdi2131

    @mahdi2131

    Жыл бұрын

    How do you pray ??and how many god is there in tangerisim

  • @OkarinHououinKyouma

    @OkarinHououinKyouma

    Жыл бұрын

    sorry if the question is inappropriate, isn't Paganism forbidden in Islam?

  • @BayMarti

    @BayMarti

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OkarinHououinKyouma bro he is Tengrist, not Muslim. What are u talking about?

  • @OkarinHououinKyouma

    @OkarinHououinKyouma

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BayMarti I have learnt that Tengrism is a false religion and that there's no God but Allah and Muhammad (pbuh) is his prophet

  • @shlokjha5753

    @shlokjha5753

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BayMarti umm i think he is saying how he managed to not get converted to islam

  • @jak3669
    @jak3669 Жыл бұрын

    Ozbekistan 🇺🇿 use to be followers of Tengri as well. My great grandma actually was this religion until she met my great grandfather. Islam now. Love from Ozbek Turks. Great videos🇺🇿❤️🇦🇿🇹🇲🇰🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬

  • @baburkhanmansurkhanov266

    @baburkhanmansurkhanov266

    Жыл бұрын

    Zardushtiylik asosiy edi

  • @zehraa8989

    @zehraa8989

    7 ай бұрын

    @@baburkhanmansurkhanov266ne zerdushtlik? O İranlılarındı sene ne dexlisi var

  • @ilkhomsattorov

    @ilkhomsattorov

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@zehraa8989o'zbekiston hodisalar markaziydi bir vaqtlar, endi esa islom tamoman ustunlik etmoqdadir. Kechmish zamonlarda bu yerda zardusht, tangri, dinlari yashar edi

  • @ilkhomsattorov

    @ilkhomsattorov

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@zehraa8989hozirda horazm viloyatinda zardusht diniga mansub tarixiy obidalar mavjud

  • @saiedfarisi6425

    @saiedfarisi6425

    7 күн бұрын

    beware of islam.

  • @begum2583
    @begum25832 жыл бұрын

    As an agnostic I can say that tengrism is one of the most influential beliefs. A spiritual belief that always wins, emphasizes goodness and is intertwined with nature 🙂 It is a belief rich in holidays, customs and culture. Peace respect for all faiths and non-believers 💝

  • @blacksheep6174

    @blacksheep6174

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao stopid . They believe in God and are monothiests

  • @perdoist3627

    @perdoist3627

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@blacksheep6174 it's not the God. Conception is different. There are Gods and something bigger(Tengri) . But this Tengri is like Chaos of Greeks. Not the Allah. And yeah Tengri is much more a God than Allah. LOL

  • @karaaslan7402

    @karaaslan7402

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@blacksheep6174 A muslim who is showing Tengrism like Islam again... Not surprised! But still, Tengrism is superior.

  • @oghuzbeg4944

    @oghuzbeg4944

    2 жыл бұрын

    Turkey islam affected by Tengrism. When we hear bad thing , we knock on wood because Tengrists believed it would go away evil spirits.

  • @jodintlz5491

    @jodintlz5491

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@karaaslan7402 superior?

  • @williamking3301
    @williamking33012 жыл бұрын

    Even though I am an atheist, I find learning about other religions/philosophies and comparative religion quite interesting. I knew nothing about the pre-Islamic faith of the Turks before I watched this video, which was well done. Many thanks for expanding my knowledge.

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is great to hear, and I thank you for watching! There are a lot more stories like this that are rather obscure and unknown to the rest of the world.

  • @mollyb4332

    @mollyb4332

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think we was better of with our old beliefs. We was a lot kinder and woman they had equal rights as man . Then the Islamic faith.

  • @K70_K50

    @K70_K50

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mollyb4332 Islam just sucks, the best thing the Turks can do is to abolish it.

  • @user-pm1br9mr5r

    @user-pm1br9mr5r

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@K70_K50 my friend, what you said is now impossible. Because there is a tendency to manage the Islamic geography, there are goals such as establishing an old Ottoman empire within the country. ım from turkey , ım belevie agnoctic , turkey total population 85 million ,15- 20 million dont beleive islam

  • @Andy-ps1zy

    @Andy-ps1zy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mollyb4332 definitely weren’t

  • @suss466
    @suss466 Жыл бұрын

    I am Turkish 😊 What a nice video ❤ Thank you

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching! :)

  • @tahaceza

    @tahaceza

    Жыл бұрын

    In which which country you live ??

  • @suss466

    @suss466

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tahaceza Türkiye , I am muslim btw

  • @burgazada
    @burgazadaАй бұрын

    I was a Muslim who had never read the Quran even once in my life, but when I read it and faced the truth, I left the Arab religion and returned to my own faith, the faith of my ancestors!

  • @Best-gb4rc

    @Best-gb4rc

    Ай бұрын

    💀🤣🤣

  • @mirvan5478

    @mirvan5478

    Күн бұрын

    Stupidity at its peak

  • @Qwxtuman
    @Qwxtuman4 ай бұрын

    Müslüman bir Türk ailede doğdum büyüdüm ama hiçbir zaman İslam'ı benimseyemedim sonunda atalarımın inancı Tengri inancına geri döndüm.

  • @justsendmelocation313

    @justsendmelocation313

    4 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @Qwxtuman

    @Qwxtuman

    2 ай бұрын

    @@nevers337 Prof.Osman Karatay'ın konu ile açıklaması...Konu uzun olduğu için,linkini koydum.Konu ile ilgili açıklamayı Osman Karatay hoca detaylıca anlatıyor... kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZyeu8qnmrrFqLQ.htmlsi=3ze_C4o2IztZOEpx

  • @blossomsports1

    @blossomsports1

    2 ай бұрын

    Bechora. How unfortunate for you

  • @astrodas1910

    @astrodas1910

    2 ай бұрын

    Tengri biz menen!

  • @younglord7805

    @younglord7805

    Ай бұрын

    @@blossomsports1he is blessed. Shut up arab worshipper

  • @aisee2373
    @aisee23737 ай бұрын

    I’m from Kyrgyzstan also Turkic country. And we have combined Tengrinizm and Islam together somehow 😅 we still have so much from Tengrinizm in every day life.

  • @user-kk4pg9ww6m

    @user-kk4pg9ww6m

    6 ай бұрын

    So people of Kazakhstan follow Islam and tengrism together

  • @eroktartonga4032

    @eroktartonga4032

    5 ай бұрын

    I am a Türk from Türkiye. All nations have the same no matter what other Semitic religion was forcefully thought to them. The real Semites are Hebrew, Arab, Aram, Assyrians. All other nations of the world were forcefully converted to Semitic religons (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) from their original believes back in time. Before Medieval ages majority of the world still believed their original religions and kept their cultures. Turk nation spread all across the world is secular. From Central Europe to Africa and Far east Asia to Eurasia, Türkiye. Arabic Islam, Turk Islam , Fars Islam or North African Islam are not the same with eahother. Same goes for types/sects of Christianity and Judaism among different nations. Additiionally people arent divided through religions among the world but the states and alliances and politics force religion. For example Nato forced green belt Islamism when Soviets forced atheism , Arabs and Fars goverments forced a more strict Islam over their own people for political gains. Bharat Hinduism etc. Majority of the world the people are secular. When cult like structures related to politics and goverments are allways more religious even fanatic, compared t the majority of the population.

  • @eroktartonga4032

    @eroktartonga4032

    5 ай бұрын

    Türkiye'den, Kırgızistan'a sevgiler. Türkiya'dan, Kırgızstan'ga eŋ jakşı salam.

  • @user-kk4pg9ww6m

    @user-kk4pg9ww6m

    5 ай бұрын

    @@eroktartonga4032 Judaism was not forcefully converted it is limited to middle East region first it was limited to today's Syria , Jordan , Israel, Palestine and Lebanon then after roman expulsion to jews it goes to Arabian peninsula

  • @samibizim9079

    @samibizim9079

    25 күн бұрын

    same in Turkiye :)

  • @santiagop5472
    @santiagop54722 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful how God has guided the Turks since the beginning.

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-islamic paganism. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZread vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. It is misinformation unsubstantiated by academic and scientific research evidence. PS: I am Mongol from Mongolia...

  • @gokturksempireturkisharmy8322

    @gokturksempireturkisharmy8322

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@shemusechinvar var

  • @turkologistifaz
    @turkologistifaz2 жыл бұрын

    As a Turkophile 🇹🇷💜,I was always interested in Tengrism and the religion of pre-Islamic Turks and their culture, anything related to Goktürks and before that. Thank you so much for this video. It's really informative and interesting 💜. Love and respect from Bangladesh 🇧🇩💜

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-Islamic paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZread vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. I am Mongol from Mongolia. In addition, there is no such thing as Gokturks. The inscription were inaccurately transcribed by Russian and Danish Turkologist in the 19th century.

  • @adwaitvedant3297

    @adwaitvedant3297

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your ancestors were hindus or buddhists..and not muzleem ..i m from kolkata

  • @turkologistifaz

    @turkologistifaz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@adwaitvedant3297 I didn't ask you anything, dear Indian ! I very well know about my ancestors, and we are proud of them as well. So your comment is irrelevant to the video and my comment

  • @turkologistifaz

    @turkologistifaz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kts437 🤦

  • @turkologistifaz

    @turkologistifaz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Özlem Sadıkoğlu don't argue with him. These Indians try to bully and tease Bangladeshis on Internet by bringing in some irrelevant topic. Never mind him, mate

  • @Kenan-Z
    @Kenan-Z2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent research, perfect presentation, nice visuals, and an amazing video overall. Thanks from the bottom of my heart. We Turks need to know and respect our ancient beliefs. We are the children of Mother Umay.

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZread vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources.

  • @Goktengri

    @Goktengri

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kts437 you dont know any shit about turks, as a hater of turks

  • @bamsbeyrek4939

    @bamsbeyrek4939

    Жыл бұрын

    Bütün Türkiye Tengrist inancına geri dönse ..

  • @mrjean9376

    @mrjean9376

    Жыл бұрын

    @mel Lol

  • @mrjean9376

    @mrjean9376

    Жыл бұрын

    I've seen comment from user "Akyaren" and he is writting this awesome mind opening information about tengri, here's what he wrote : "Man, I don't know if you are from a Turkic country by your accent, but you have definitely done your homework. Very well done. I am a Turkish Tengrist/Agnostic and I try to live my life in accordance with the Tengrist way. The beautiful thing about Tengri is he/she/ it (we don't have a gender-based version of those words in Turkish we just say "o" for all) doesn't need your approval, or constant prayer, or your acknowledgement that he/ she/it is the greatest. He/she/it only judges you by your good deeds regardless of who you are, where you are born, rich, poor, white, black, gay, straight, fat, skinny, none of that matters. You are not judged like in semitic religions. And equality is a really important element too. In modern Turkey we have lost the importance of equality somewhat. Yes we are a secular country but we are ruled by the Islamic people and a lot of our culture has shifted to Islamic ways. We have so much female murders and abuse in Turkey. This sort of thing would never happen under Tengrism. And yes we still practice many tengrist traditions, most people do it without knowing because of "örf, adet" meaning customs & tradition. Before the rule of law we were governed by örf. Like today, when the Muslim eid happens and they sacrifice animals, we still dip our fingers in the blood and make a mark on our foreheads. We still tie cloth at trees to make wishes, we still carry the evil eye, many things. There is a somewhat reawakening of Tengrism in Turkey nowadays. I don't think it will ever be as popular as Islam, with 90%+ of the country being Muslim, but more and more people are finding out about their ancestral religion and leaving Islam. And to everyone who newly found out about Tengrism, read more about it. You don't have to convert to Tengrism, but if you understand its teachings and philosophy, you won't need to. Also, in these difficult times I want to say Slava Ukraini for my brothers in Ukraine who are facing a horrible war against humanity by the Putin regime. You will pull through this, we will do everything we can to help you." And well guys, this is soo much peace way of live. Tengrism it's for higher mind kind of peoples, majority of human are very obsessed to something to defined as the greatest one, in which is formed to something entity, and taught to worship it and even force the others who's not consider or believe it as their "god" to do so, and even "satanier" (believe me that's pretty good word to describe this) things like kill and destroy the others who's don't want to become their part (cough cough *slam).. there is very Ok reasons to worship to higher entity which as we know it "god", but the taught material and the messages or the order to wreck the others to different from them, are super mankind destroyer. I'm really hope these is much more growths happens to awaken and start to becoming tengrism or any others TRUE peacefully way of life, i mean not talking about "that one" of peaceful religion, cheers 🥂

  • @MIKEK13ful
    @MIKEK13ful Жыл бұрын

    Well as a Greek , after watching this video it completely changed my mind about our Turkish neighbours.I always underestimate their civilization and i thought that they don't have something remarkable as we the Greeks have.Well,i was wrong.Tengrism is a really wise and remarkable faith and value system,too.

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching, komşu, and for your kind words. Indeed there is a lot more to Turkish society then just the well-known empires, battles and sultans. But even in Turkey, topics like Tengrism are barely known or talked about anymore. I’d be honored if you followed my channel, as there are remarkable parallels between Turkic and Greek pantheons.

  • @kagar3465

    @kagar3465

    Жыл бұрын

    He is not talking about your Turkish neighbors. He is talking about the original Turks who came from Siberia and East / Central Asia. Turkish people don't look Asian like real Turks.

  • @MIKEK13ful

    @MIKEK13ful

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kagar3465 some look like central Asian. if you go deeper in Turkey there are more people with central Asian genetics.But close to the Asia Minor coast and Constantinople ,the people who live there, they really look like us ,the Greeks. They have mediterranean characteristics.

  • @skullsforerlikkhansthrone9306

    @skullsforerlikkhansthrone9306

    Жыл бұрын

    Well typical europid/western/westoid worldview about the "other", reduce them into boxes that make no sense, and appease their own selves with myths of superiority. Well, until they find themselves besieged by alien-tier weaponry right before their cities and it is too late lol

  • @anzi719

    @anzi719

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kagar3465 Cringe greek

  • @IsotonicSundae
    @IsotonicSundae2 жыл бұрын

    The Turks and Mongols are both altaic peoples. Many similarities in language and culture can be found. Interesting video, love to see more!

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    Нэрийг чинь харахад Монгол хүн байх шиг байна. Академик судалгаа, шинжилгээний үндэслэлгүй ийм сошиал ертөнцөөр жиргэж буй буруу тархи угаасан зүйлд итгэсний хэрэггүй гэж зөвлөмөөр байна. Мөн Монголчуудыг Туркуудтай холбоод бид нар хол явахгүй шүү. Монгол хүн болон эртний Түрэгүүд одоогийн энэ Турк улсын Турк хүмүүстэй ямар ч холбоогүй. Археологич Д. Эрдэнэбаатарын энэ талаар ярьсан ярилцлагуудыг KZread дээрээс олж үз гэж чамд зөвлөе.

  • @IsotonicSundae

    @IsotonicSundae

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tureg ba odoogiin turk ulsiig anduursan yum baihgui shuu. Ted holyts ihtei holdson gedgiig medej baigaa, tureg ugsaanii shuud garaltai humuus gedeg utgaar ny sanaj bichsen yum.

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@IsotonicSundae Тийм болохоор Турк хүмүүсийн энэ сошиал ертөнцөөр уйгагүй тарааж буруу шинжлэх ухааны үндэслэлгүй мэдээлэл, тархи угаалт нь Турк улсын Засгын Газраас явуулж буй газар нутаг, улс төр, шашин, соёлын нөлөөлөлөө тэлэх гэсэн геополитикийн бодлоготой шууд холбоотой. Монгол улс болон Монголчуудын уламжлалт соёл, зан заншилд сөргөөр нөлөөлөх аюултай. Сүүлийн үед Туркууд ийм тархи угаалт идэвхтэй явуулаад байна. Одоогийн Туркууд бол дундад Азийн улсууд болох Азербайжан, Туркменистан, Орсоын Татарууд, Ойрх Дорнодын Левантууд, Балканы Кипр, Грек, Албани зэрэг улсуудын олон ястануудаас гаралтай хүмүүс. Тэнгэр шүтлэгтэй хүмүүс байгаагүй.

  • @obiwankenobi2083

    @obiwankenobi2083

    2 жыл бұрын

    dude...you found today that waters is boiling or what? Turkis and mogols are in the same linguistic branch...this similarity it has been found since decades. And turkish nationals in Turkey are NOT turkish ethnics people and so culture.

  • @rainey_1.618

    @rainey_1.618

    2 жыл бұрын

    But there is no similar in their fenotype

  • @r.nsb_1364
    @r.nsb_1364 Жыл бұрын

    Mənim üçün çox faydalı vidio oldu ☺️Gök Tengri♥️Azərbaycan🇦🇿

  • @Houseofsasan

    @Houseofsasan

    Жыл бұрын

    Love from a Zoroastrian Persian 🇮🇷♥️🇦🇿

  • @tahaceza

    @tahaceza

    Жыл бұрын

    Were you born in a muslim house and then became tengri

  • @emilybroderick2421
    @emilybroderick24212 жыл бұрын

    Gotta admit this is the first time I've heard of tengrism, but it seems like a fascinating belief system

  • @Bingus453

    @Bingus453

    2 жыл бұрын

    have u heard of Hinduism?

  • @koryolcu
    @koryolcu2 ай бұрын

    As a Azerbaijan tengrist i love your video . ❤

  • @Oscar-us6sv
    @Oscar-us6sv Жыл бұрын

    We Turks have the habits of giving the names from nature like River, Mountain, animals, Sea, Rock, Bolt, Sky, Flowers, Cloud, Thunder, Emotions such as (romance, bravery), we still somethimes use Mongolic names as well. For example my name is Deniz means Sea and my second name is Arslan means Lion, my uncle's name is Chengis, my sister's name is Burcu other's name is Burçin aka deer in english.

  • @Oscar-us6sv

    @Oscar-us6sv

    Жыл бұрын

    @Kashgari yup sounds a bit funny but some other has this name. For example toprak means land/world and second is şahin means hawk. Land Hawk or we use the name combination and put them together or we use -han suffix and it means lord for males. Batu-han, Berk-han, Deniz-han. Girls generally use -su suffix and su means water. Pelin-su, Bilge-su, Ayşe-su. Some others name are old Turkic and some other are Arabic. But the all names we use dont mean anything together but instead they prounced good and second they have meanings by themselves alone. Just hear this some people has surname "Yılmaz" means unbreakable or indomitable, "Yıldırım" means thunderbolt.

  • @danas8754

    @danas8754

    Жыл бұрын

    @Kashgari There are sea cats, sea dogs, sea horses... it is much better to be a sea lion. Lion is a king everywhere, even under water. Nice name.

  • @sadettindenizgunaltay6537

    @sadettindenizgunaltay6537

    Жыл бұрын

    Btw Cengiz and Deniz coming from same root. My name is Deniz also. Cengiz turning to dengiz in Uzbek language and turning to Deniz in Turkish. And also Atilla’s son name is “Dengizik” means little sea. So close to “Denizcik”

  • @Oscar-us6sv

    @Oscar-us6sv

    Жыл бұрын

    @Kashgari I already explained to you

  • @zss.exit333

    @zss.exit333

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Oscar-us6sv han sadece erkek isimlerinde kullanılmıyor

  • @m.m.afshar6505
    @m.m.afshar65052 жыл бұрын

    Accept my greetings from South Azerbaijan, Thanks a lot Den, I would appreciate if you make videos about Turkic mythology and especially about it's deities in detail.

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for watching gardaş! That is a great idea, and I'll let you know that I'm already working on such a video. Please subscribe so you'll get the update as soon as it's out.

  • @danihastam9219

    @danihastam9219

    2 жыл бұрын

    اسمش آذربایجان ایرانی نبود؟

  • @m.m.afshar6505

    @m.m.afshar6505

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danihastam9219 درسته فعلاً تحت اشغال ايران هست

  • @danihastam9219

    @danihastam9219

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@m.m.afshar6505 تحت اشغال نیس بلکه جزئی از خود ایران بوده اون هم نه چند سال بلکه چندین قرن. اگه میخواید وضعیتتون مثل جمهوری آذربایجان بشه روس ها یبار دیگه باید بیان تصرف کنن بخش شمالی کشورو و بعد اینکه ۲۰۰ سال تحت کنترل اونها بودید ازش جدا بشید. راه دیگه ای نداره

  • @m.m.afshar6505

    @m.m.afshar6505

    2 жыл бұрын

    پاشو برو زیر کامنت یکی دیگه درس تاریخ بده بچه جان، سر را یه پمادم واسه خودت بخر

  • @Ha15679
    @Ha156796 ай бұрын

    This is definitely a religion that i can connect with unlike the 3 main religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism , a lot of what is mentioned in the video is a philosophy that I have grown up with. I always related it to Turkish traditions. Tengrism has always been apart of our lives but I never saw it as a religion but our customs. Thank you for the effort you have put into this video.

  • @hasinabegum1038

    @hasinabegum1038

    5 ай бұрын

    How Judaism is a main religion? Hinduism and Buddhism have way more followers

  • @Ha15679

    @Ha15679

    5 ай бұрын

    @@hasinabegum1038 not in my part of the world

  • @joebidet2050

    @joebidet2050

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes it's very good religion!

  • @joebidet2050

    @joebidet2050

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@hasinabegum1038Abrahamic

  • @oof9420

    @oof9420

    29 күн бұрын

    ​@@Ha15679that just displays your ignorance of the God of Abraham.

  • @sitarainbow8837
    @sitarainbow88372 жыл бұрын

    This was quite well done. Many of us have incarnated among the Turkik peoples, so we're sensitive to what you share here - to Tengri. I found it quite comforting, a bit of sanity in a world gone seemingly mad. Thanks for this video & your research. ~♥~

  • @EmeraldSUStrai25
    @EmeraldSUStrai254 ай бұрын

    As a Turk, I was really interested in Tengrism and what it is. Thank you for this video, I now know about my ancestry better than what school teaches me:)

  • @ninadiamant8937
    @ninadiamant89372 жыл бұрын

    Never heard of this! Thank you for creating this.

  • @seanjobst1985
    @seanjobst19852 жыл бұрын

    I am admirer of Tengriism, both as one who has returned to his own ancestral faith (of my German, Flemish and Spanish ancestors before we were converted by the Church), and one who spent alot of time in Turkey and came to love that country. We the Germanic, Celtic and Iberian tribal peoples of Europe shared alot of similarities with Tengriism. As reported by Tacitus for example, we worshipped outside in the open and especially in sacred groves, and didn't portray the Deities in anthropomorphic form. Totemism and spirit animals, especially wolves (to whom there were many consecrated warrior initiates) and certain birds we shared with the Tengriists. Belief in the Sky Father, whom we gave different names (such as Germanic Ziu from *Tiwaz), coming from Indo-European *Dyeus Pater. Only the Greeks and later the Romans portrayed him in form. I am glad this video stresses the polytheism of Tengriism, because there are efforts to water down/subvert even native, nature-based faiths by turning them into monotheisms. Of course, not every spiritual being was a deity - this too we share with the Tengriists, such as the various land and nature spirits, lake and water spirits, etc..We were animists and lived in balance with Nature, of which we are a part. We had a cyclical view and in our cosmology, had the World Tree connecting all the various worlds or realms. Our stories such as about Wodan or Lugus, etc. express alot about traveling between these different realms with all the esoteric qualities that entails. Its interesting that we too (both Germanic and Celtic/Iberian) personified the Moon as masculine and Sun as feminine. I believe many of the similarities between ours and the Tengriists came from a primordial time when we lived side by side on the Steppes as nomads, but also just observing the cosmos and earth. I would love to see the Turkish people I came to admire, and I benefitted alot from Turkish hospitality when I was there, return to Tengriism. Just as so much of our own Paganism and Heathenry survived through folk traditions and folklore despite being Christianized outwardly, alot of the unique customs I learned about in Anatolia have nothing to do with Islam. Its Tengriist with some elements too of Indo-European traditions of Anatolia (Hittite, Phyrgian, Luwian, etc.). Turkic history long proceeded Islam and the Turks would have been a great people regardless of their conversion.

  • @lorzilyat3528

    @lorzilyat3528

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a Turk I agree on your sentences. We are mostly Muslims (I'm an atheist) but we have the traditions of Tengrism. We never left art and music as Arabs wanted.

  • @robertomassa731

    @robertomassa731

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you. There was a common Eurasian culture that became fragmentated and partially lost through centuries. Even the North American tribes had a similar belief system. The Eternal Blue Sky, the Sky Father and the Great Spirit had the same meaning for all the tribes. PEACE. 🕊

  • @robertomassa731

    @robertomassa731

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lorzilyat3528 "Islam is foreign to the Turkic peoples, as Semitic religion together with Christianity and Judaism. Turks are not from Sem in any way! Modern Tengrists oppose Islam, Christianity and Judaism as Semitic religions imposing a foreign religion to the Turks. And, according to some ones, by praying to the god of Islam the Turkic peoples would give their energy to the Jews and not to themselves. It excludes the experiences of other nations, but offers Semitic history as if it were the history of all humanity. The principle of submission (both in Islam as well as in Christianity) is disregarded as one of the major failings. It allows rich people to abuse the ordinary people and makes human development stagnant. Prayer from the heart can only be in native language, not Arabic. Aron Atabek draws attention to how the Islamization of the Kazakhs and other Turkic peoples was carried out: runic letters were destroyed, physically persecuted shamans, national musical instruments were burned and playing on them was condemned..."

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZread vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources.

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lorzilyat3528 There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's paganism, before Islam was introduced to Turkish people. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZread vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. Turkish people are severely undergoing under chronic identity crisis. You should be proud of your ancient Anatolian civilization. You Turkish people are insulting themselves through social media. PS: I am Mongolian.

  • @network54waff
    @network54waff2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video, making my eyes teary while discovering my true history and origins. Tengriism sounds like the perfect philosophy.

  • @whoisender
    @whoisender2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your efforts. Brilliantly done 🙏🏻

  • @salehmehdizade
    @salehmehdizade2 жыл бұрын

    In Azerbaijan we still go to mountains to pray, we have wish trees and we still remember some deities in our folklore such as Yel baba or Ayaz Ata etc.

  • @tahaceza

    @tahaceza

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you muslim ??

  • @indoanalytica1976

    @indoanalytica1976

    9 ай бұрын

    Azerbaijan is an islamic country.... worshipping any other thing is shirk

  • @instagramteam7744

    @instagramteam7744

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@indoanalytica1976azerbaijan not muslim country

  • @Yarenoglu
    @Yarenoglu2 жыл бұрын

    Man, I don't know if you are from a Turkic country by your accent, but you have definitely done your homework. Very well done. I am a Turkish Tengrist/Agnostic and I try to live my life in accordance with the Tengrist way. The beautiful thing about Tengri is he/she/it (we don't have a gender-based version of those words in Turkish we just say "o" for all) doesn't need your approval, or constant prayer, or your acknowledgement that he/she/it is the greatest. He/she/it only judges you by your good deeds regardless of who you are, where you are born, rich, poor, white, black, gay, straight, fat, skinny, none of that matters. You are not judged like in semitic religions. And equality is a really important element too. In modern Turkey we have lost the importance of equality somewhat. Yes we are a secular country but we are ruled by the Islamic people and a lot of our culture has shifted to Islamic ways. We have so much female murders and abuse in Turkey. This sort of thing would never happen under Tengrism. And yes we still practice many tengrist traditions, most people do it without knowing because of ''örf, adet" meaning customs & tradition. Before the rule of law we were governed by örf. Like today, when the Muslim eid happens and they sacrifice animals, we still dip our fingers in the blood and make a mark on our foreheads. We still tie cloth at trees to make wishes, we still carry the evil eye, many things. There is a somewhat reawakening of Tengrism in Turkey nowadays. I don't think it will ever be as popular as Islam, with 90%+ of the country being Muslim, but more and more people are finding out about their ancestral religion and leaving Islam. And to everyone who newly found out about Tengrism, read more about it. You don't have to convert to Tengrism, but if you understand its teachings and philosophy, you won't need to. Also, in these difficult times I want to say Slava Ukraini for my brothers in Ukraine who are facing a horrible war against humanity by the Putin regime. You will pull through this, we will do everything we can to help you.

  • @mrjean9376

    @mrjean9376

    Жыл бұрын

    Tengrism it's for higher mind kind of peoples, majority of human are very obsessed to something to defined as the greatest one, in which is formed to something entity, and taught to worship it and even force the others who's not consider or believe it as their "god" to do so, and even "satanier" (believe me that's pretty good word to describe this) things like kill and destroy the others who's don't want to become their part (cough cough *slam).. I'm really hope these is much more growths happens to awaken and start to becoming tengrism or any others TRUE peacefully way of life, i mean not talking about "that one" of peaceful religion, cheers 🥂

  • @youknow8653

    @youknow8653

    Жыл бұрын

    1-) What makes female murders more tragic than a male one ? 2-) im pretty sure turkic people raped and kidnapped women from chinese and iranic people during tribal era.

  • @Yarenoglu

    @Yarenoglu

    Жыл бұрын

    @@youknow8653 1-) The murder and violence of women in Turkey today is JUSTIFIED by the religious types and the judiciary system. Before Erdogan's islamist regime, we were a lot more secularist, and we had way, WAY less violence against women. People who physically or sexually attacked women were punished harsh sentences, but now a lot of the time they actually go free. You wear a short skirt and someone rapes you? You asked for it. Your stalker kidnaps you and stabs you to death? It's happened now, let's just move on. These aren't exaggerations it's how the system has been working under the islamist rule. 2-) You're talking about war booty, which unfortunately thousand years ago included women and slaves, there wasn't a country that didn't have that kind of thing happening. What I'm referring to is the women's position within the society. Women were free to dress how they liked, free to own property, treated as an equal to men, could rule and be tribe leaders, etc. such as Tomris Khatun, a Turkic warrior princess who was the ruler of the Saka Turks, she battled against Achaemenid Persian Empire and killed Cyrus the Great. This was at a time where women were treated like property in Europe and Middle East.

  • @youknow8653

    @youknow8653

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Yarenoglu 1-) putting laws that privileges women is bad because it can be exploited by them.( like alimony, privileges in enviroment) Instead, give them more responsibilies, teach them how to deal or fight with problems and you will achieve true equality. 2-) i dont quite think that pagans treated women as equal as men. As i know, women usually stayed back with childen and elderly, while men go to war. Maybe more equal than middle east, chinese and europeans at that time but don't forget that they were successors only when there was no male heir. About tomris, she was good leader but there are more paganic male leaders that were also successful, meaning males had more opportunities. Also she is stolen by the westerner under the name of "indo-europeans".

  • @godofchaoskhorne5043

    @godofchaoskhorne5043

    Жыл бұрын

    He's a German Turk who has a masters or PhD in history (not sure too lazy to look it up) and has multiple videos with non Turkish Turcologists & Historians.

  • @jivanselbi3657
    @jivanselbi36572 жыл бұрын

    thanks for this video, it reflects some aspects o our history, culture and life philosophy, today, though many Turks have adopted islamic faith, some christians, and some still adhering to the Tengrist belief (in the Altai/Tuva and Siberia) we still call the Creator God Tanrı or Tengri but ofcourse within the description of respected faith, nevertheless Tengri for us always is understood as the Omnipotence One God that resembless non of His creation. Uluğ Tengri ge ögüş (praise be to God)

  • @romeersharma5423

    @romeersharma5423

    2 жыл бұрын

    my respects from a hindu-buddhist

  • @milotfokusi2124

    @milotfokusi2124

    2 жыл бұрын

    90 % did adopt Islam Very few Turks today are tengrist, christian or shaman

  • @milotfokusi2124

    @milotfokusi2124

    2 жыл бұрын

    Turkey 90 % muslim sunni Azerbaycan muslim shia Turkmenistan muslim Kazakhs muslim Tatar muslim Uzbek muslim Kirgiz muslim Uyghur muslim Very few are christian like Chuvash 1 milion or gagauz only 300 000 and Shaman the Yakuts are not many

  • @Sanatani_kattar

    @Sanatani_kattar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your name seem to me Indian Jivan means in Hindi/Sanskrit =life

  • @jivanselbi3657

    @jivanselbi3657

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Sanatani_kattar yes, indeed it is, however I'm a Turk

  • @pingoleonfernandez7638
    @pingoleonfernandez76382 жыл бұрын

    Turkic peoples culture always fascinated me

  • @ilayda726
    @ilayda7262 жыл бұрын

    Yess, i've been waiting for you to make a video about Tengrism ❤

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-islamic paganism. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZread vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. It is misinformation unsubstantiated by academic and scientific research evidence. PS: I am Mongol from Mongolia...

  • @PontifexAtharva
    @PontifexAtharva2 жыл бұрын

    This was really wonderful, thanks. I only came to about Tengrism due to my Turkic friend. Glory to Tengri and respect from Hindustan

  • @nehikmetse
    @nehikmetse2 жыл бұрын

    Last part was magnificent : God of the heaven protects you Mother earth protect our people Let earth divide and become grass Let earth divide and become milk Is what I understood but I can be wrong. Amazing how broad the Turkish language is.

  • @andreebesseau6995

    @andreebesseau6995

    2 жыл бұрын

    💓

  • @mirlankabylbekov7230

    @mirlankabylbekov7230

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kok Tenirim koldasin - May the Tenir of blue sky support us Jer Anam Umay korgasin - May Mother Earth Umay protect us Jer jarilip chop buulsun - May Earth explode(flourish) and let us stock grass Jeli jarilip sut bolsun - May udder explode(mature) and be milk And of course Oomiyin which is Amen. In Central Asia we practice mixture of beliefs: Tengrism and Islam. Our elders say Ata-babalardin arbagi koldosun which means May the spirits of our ancestors support you.

  • @nehikmetse

    @nehikmetse

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mirlankabylbekov7230 I was close enough though I don't think you need to add translations for me. Some words even though they exist in our language is not directly used or used in a different context. Ata-babalarından for instance we say atalarından. But thinking in the form for fathers it is normal I guess.

  • @mirlankabylbekov7230

    @mirlankabylbekov7230

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nehikmetse Yep, you were. All in all we have same roots.

  • @mirlankabylbekov7230

    @mirlankabylbekov7230

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kuvvet karazehir When driving from one city to another along highway there are "Holy" spots, "Mazar" - usually a well(spring) or a tree in between arid, desert like places. So there people stop, read (cite) Kuran(not all but Fatiha surah, 3 times Ikhlas surah) for the passed ancestors and relatives. Tie a piece of cloth on branches of tree. Then continue on their trip.

  • @oldes01
    @oldes012 жыл бұрын

    Çok güzel b ir sunum olmuş.. Elinize sağlık.

  • @Birando
    @Birando2 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Turkiye, thanks for this awesome video. Tengrism is the most peaceful religion ever.

  • @arolemaprarath6615

    @arolemaprarath6615

    2 жыл бұрын

    what abput Islam? Turkey is an Islamic country

  • @yes...7712

    @yes...7712

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like Islam isn't peaceful?

  • @yes...7712

    @yes...7712

    2 жыл бұрын

    Example of the philosophy *"Turks are returning to their faith"* can be seen here. Oh God!

  • @arolemaprarath6615

    @arolemaprarath6615

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mirzagunaydin do u mumble your Arabic prayers to a floor?

  • @arolemaprarath6615

    @arolemaprarath6615

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mirzagunaydin You are Mongol-Arab

  • @andrewlim9345
    @andrewlim93452 жыл бұрын

    As a Christian, I found it interesting learning about other faiths and belief systems including Tengrism.

  • @andrewwhite9549

    @andrewwhite9549

    2 жыл бұрын

    You should be ashamed what are you going to tell father God and Jesus and repent today is holy shabbat.

  • @sammatthew2841

    @sammatthew2841

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewwhite9549 cringe

  • @mollyb4332

    @mollyb4332

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewwhite9549 So why should he be ashamed ?

  • @andrewwhite9549

    @andrewwhite9549

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mollyb4332 look at it like this if god looks at his people as a wife meaning the bound that a man and woman have.1 man 1 woman how would you feel if you cheated on or better how did you feel when i guy you dated cheated on you ? Im pretty you didnt like it....Well the Holy father feels that way in the bible it said in the end people would believe seducing spirits and would loose faith in Jesus....Believe in father Yah he sent his only begotten son JESUS to die on the cross for our sins so we might have a chance.....believe in JESUS that he died for are sins im not here to condemn but to lead you to the truth.

  • @andrewwhite9549

    @andrewwhite9549

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mollyb4332 he should be ashamed saying he believe in god and Jesus but willing to entertain anything other then what the father said meaning Buddhism Hinduism Catholicism and etc i can get deeper the devils and demons have tainted everything like they did in Noahs time.......Just research satanism its everywhere white magic black magic witchs and etc we are truly coming to the end maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but its coming so pick a side JESUS or satan just remember hell is hot.....And the demons you guys are looking up to will torture you in the underworld and like the story of lazarus you will cry and beg for a drop of water......Be smart and stick to what you know JESUS im pleading and begging anyone who comes across this dont let the devils trick you.

  • @shev1970
    @shev19704 ай бұрын

    As a Turk thank you for enlightening me.. May Tengri protect you 😊

  • @anazlem4314

    @anazlem4314

    2 ай бұрын

    May Tengri protect these nuts in your mouth

  • @blackkiller1337

    @blackkiller1337

    2 күн бұрын

    may your pig allah save himself from my huge meat@@anazlem4314

  • @amelia.tantono
    @amelia.tantono2 жыл бұрын

    wow, its the first time i learned about Tengrism, and im very keen to learn more about this!! thanks a lot for the informative video! subbed to your channel

  • @muratozgun2813

    @muratozgun2813

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where you from

  • @StanHowse

    @StanHowse

    2 жыл бұрын

    Really? Genghis Khan? I'm an American and I know about Tengrism. And that you are extremely gorgeous.

  • @michaelelwell7476
    @michaelelwell74762 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this information. I had heard of Tengrism but had no understanding. I now feel it is a beautiful approach to life that resonates with me.

  • @kts437

    @kts437

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no such a thing as Tengrism. It is a recent terminology. The traditional beliefs of Mongols were Shamanism. It has nothing to do with ancient Turkish people's pre-islamic paganism. Turkish people are descendants of various ethnic groups in West Asia (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tadjekistan, and Tatarstan) and Middle East (Levant) and Balkan region (Albania and Cyprus). This KZread vlog will be invalidated soon by trusted scientific sources. It is misinformation unsubstantiated by academic and scientific research evidence. PS: I am Mongol from Mongolia...

  • @kazakhstancountryball5221
    @kazakhstancountryball5221 Жыл бұрын

    Tengri means god in Turkic language . For example in Turkish 🇹🇷 you say “ Tanri “ , it comes from Tengri . Tengrism 🇰🇿🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲🇭🇺🇺🇿🇰🇬

  • @nurassyltileubekov9973

    @nurassyltileubekov9973

    Жыл бұрын

    тәңір(täñır) in kazakh

  • @aliazarmehralparslan6067

    @aliazarmehralparslan6067

    Жыл бұрын

    In southern Azeri dialect "Tarı" is used by old people and in old poems.

  • @reflex6126

    @reflex6126

    7 ай бұрын

    tengri is mongolian language mongolian call sky tenger

  • @precursors

    @precursors

    7 ай бұрын

    @@reflex6126no

  • @audreysmith6221
    @audreysmith62212 жыл бұрын

    My daughter is taking an intro to religion class, they have to write a paper on a religion they're not covering. I shared this video with her, thank you. 😁

  • @audreysmith6221

    @audreysmith6221

    Жыл бұрын

    The hardest part for her is a confusion if they have texts or not. Some say there are others no. It seems there's not much information about them. She watched Son of the White Mare...and it helped.

  • @audreysmith6221

    @audreysmith6221

    Жыл бұрын

    @Ksjs Jdjdb Her instructor was impressed she did a five page report on the religion. Apparently there's not much information so she went into the cultures that follow it. I was surprised to find out it was the predecessor of Hinduism.

  • @audreysmith6221

    @audreysmith6221

    Жыл бұрын

    @Ksjs Jdjdb from what she found, it eventually shifted into Hinduism. That was her biggest complaint, a lot of contradictions.

  • @kabirkhan12784
    @kabirkhan12784 Жыл бұрын

    Iam indian and iam follower of tengirsm glory to God may tengri bless everyone 🖤🇮🇳

  • @lichking9510

    @lichking9510

    Жыл бұрын

    Tengri biz menen ❤

  • @akyura00

    @akyura00

    Жыл бұрын

    respect brother. much love

  • @yasifaizi4316

    @yasifaizi4316

    9 ай бұрын

    hello brother i dont know much about tengrism religion, but wanted to learn more about the monothesthic aspect of the religion. Can you give me a overview of what its about and its SUPREME God, is that supreme god have power over all the other and does it created everything in the world? Thank you in advance

  • @user-kk4pg9ww6m

    @user-kk4pg9ww6m

    6 ай бұрын

    Really there are tengrism followers in India too

  • @aaron67893

    @aaron67893

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@lichking9510tengrist from 🇧🇩 TENGRI BIZ MENEN❤

  • @matintitipour9462
    @matintitipour94622 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing these info about my past, I will respect my ancestors and try not to forget their lessons, I respect our great prophet and follow him too

  • @gaurav2777
    @gaurav27772 жыл бұрын

    Among all spiritual religions one thing that is common and most frequently violated is maintaining balance with nature.

  • @maya-cc2sx

    @maya-cc2sx

    2 жыл бұрын

    the priority of governments shouldn't be exploitation of nature but sustainable coexistence with it, the western model of development should'nt be the only model

  • @oghuzbeg4944
    @oghuzbeg49442 жыл бұрын

    Çok güzel video bence birilerinden yardım alınıp dünya dillerine çevrilmeli

  • @CJ-hz1uj

    @CJ-hz1uj

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe a good idea.

  • @oghuzbeg4944

    @oghuzbeg4944

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CJ-hz1uj yeh

  • @mridulkanti1995
    @mridulkanti19952 жыл бұрын

    Before accepting Islam these turkic people used to be very liberal and open to their society. Women had equal rights. Women fought hand to hand with Men in battle fields. Surely ancient Cultures were the best.

  • @alhashmy1310

    @alhashmy1310

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣😅😅

  • @rebellefleur2993

    @rebellefleur2993

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alhashmy1310 muslims mad 🤣🤣🤣

  • @oof9420

    @oof9420

    29 күн бұрын

    Muslim women have more rights than men in Islam. Actually if you weren't Ignorant and followed stupid stereotypes, you would have known otherwise. Anyways, Islam says women don't have to do any work at all and can enjoy, but if you think being naked is freedom, you really are a sad existence then.

  • @Ha15679

    @Ha15679

    29 күн бұрын

    @@oof9420 yes but the issue is with the Men who follow the religion who all suppress women! Maybe the issue is the small minded people who follow religion

  • @oof9420

    @oof9420

    29 күн бұрын

    @@Ha15679 who suppress women? Those who force hijab? Again, you ought to read my comment.

  • @yurysharov4499
    @yurysharov4499 Жыл бұрын

    Wow. Such a wholesome religion! Thank you for the video!

  • @juliopadilla2840
    @juliopadilla28402 жыл бұрын

    Good research, I'm always interesed in learning about old faiths and cultures of all over the world. I hope you make more videos like this one. Greetings from Spain

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    ¡muchísimas gracias! Indeed, finding information about this old religion (or rather: philosphy) is rather difficult. But I have studied the topic for years and will continue making such videos. May I recommend you the follow-up video? It does a bit deeper into the cosmology of the old Turks, including subjects like the Tree of Life and the role of animal spirits: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIaqybKSmcbHZrg.html

  • @juliopadilla2840

    @juliopadilla2840

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KhansDen Thanks for the response and for your hard work. I'll make sure to watch It, It seems really interesting

  • @Kartlos1
    @Kartlos111 ай бұрын

    I don't believe in a god but I'm symbolically a Tengrist, it's always good to know more about our rich history.

  • @andiharlen4543
    @andiharlen45432 жыл бұрын

    Now I can imagine why Turkish people are so kindhearted for the stray dogs and other animals in their country.. despite the turkish are mostly sunni islam, tengrism is embodied in a new form of religiosity. Interestingly, both system of beliefs dynamically mix and become their current system of belief... I am a religious studies scholar and I can guarantee that there is nothing as "ideal types of religion".. Syncretism, which theologically believed as something sinful is commonly occurs in many societies around the world.

  • @ifrazali3052

    @ifrazali3052

    2 жыл бұрын

    Care of animals is essential part of Islam It has nothing to do with tangerism

  • @birdost5781

    @birdost5781

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, other non Turkic muslim people have no such a love for animals and nature like Turks. They think it's not okay to even touch the dog lol

  • @ifrazali3052

    @ifrazali3052

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@birdost5781 Muslims are not allowed to have dogs inside the house According to Islamic tradition a prostitute was forgiven by God because she gave water to a dog . Islam have Clear animal rights

  • @xiuhcoatl4830

    @xiuhcoatl4830

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ifrazali3052 yeah because they hate dogs... how is that animal love?

  • @kusturucu1015

    @kusturucu1015

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xiuhcoatl4830 they have even orders to kill black colored cats in their "holy" book, what a lovely religion

  • @genghiskhan3223
    @genghiskhan32232 жыл бұрын

    I am Kazakh. I am Tengrian

  • @DamienZshadow
    @DamienZshadow2 жыл бұрын

    This is beautiful and I definitely learned a lot but does no one else notice the Final Fantasy VII music playing in the background?! It fits so well!!

  • @jasonsparks42

    @jasonsparks42

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was looking for this comment. Definitely noticed the music

  • @DamienZshadow

    @DamienZshadow

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jasonsparks42 Thank you for not letting me feel alone! lol Two songs make me want to study into madness and ancient secrets and they are Anxious Heart from FFVII or the Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Main Theme.

  • @davissae
    @davissae Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. I love the history of the Eurasian steppes

  • @seckinoz3344
    @seckinoz3344 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome clip. I am Turkish and you have done really well. There is a lot to learn about the Turks. You would be very surprised when you get to know us.

  • @annepoitrineau5650
    @annepoitrineau56507 ай бұрын

    Thank you. This is fascinating and I am impressed by this philosophy. I also love how you helped us compare with other ancient religions/world views.

  • @kubilay4265
    @kubilay42652 жыл бұрын

    Great video thanks for your good content

  • @torturachina6452
    @torturachina64522 жыл бұрын

    Tengrism breaks the differences between monotheism and polytheism. Something akin to Aztec philosophy

  • @torturachina6452

    @torturachina6452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kung Fu Warlock Nobody requested your opinion

  • @torturachina6452

    @torturachina6452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kung Fu Warlock Please construct opinions elsewhere

  • @torturachina6452

    @torturachina6452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kung Fu Warlock I'm the boss of my comment and I didn't ask your opinion

  • @godofchaoskhorne5043
    @godofchaoskhorne50432 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video mate always love reading or watching stuff about Tengrism. Despite the great majority of Turks being Muslim we've kept a lot of tengrist superstitions and beliefs. The Crimean Karaites who are Turkic Jews also have ton of traditions etc which are Tengrist in origin. TRT avaz has some great docus about the Crimean Karaites where the Karaites talk about their Turkic origins, Tengrist traditions in their faith and culture etc

  • @muslimsocialist9310

    @muslimsocialist9310

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lool I keep telling my fellow Muslims that their beliefs aren't new. And a lot of stuff comes from old Turkic and Middle Eastern beliefs..

  • @user-dr7ru8pm3d

    @user-dr7ru8pm3d

    2 жыл бұрын

    You cannot consider yourself a Muslim while you believe in the traditions of other religions. It is considered polytheism. I have never seen a Turkish Muslim in my life doing any tradition of another religion unless it is a common thing such as doing good or feeding the poor or something like that.

  • @user-dr7ru8pm3d

    @user-dr7ru8pm3d

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@muslimsocialist9310 You don't even understand the meaning of Islam,,, Islam has been since the time of Adam and it means in Arabic submission to the will of the one God and to follow the prophet of your time, and God sent in every people a messenger and the last prophet was Muhammad sent to all the world, so do not be surprised when you see these common things between Islam and other man made religions anywhere on earth,,,,!

  • @godofchaoskhorne5043

    @godofchaoskhorne5043

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-dr7ru8pm3d Every single Muslim Turk I know uses nazar beeds and binds cloth to wishing trees both of which are pagan Tengrist traditions.

  • @user-dr7ru8pm3d

    @user-dr7ru8pm3d

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@godofchaoskhorne5043 I didn’t see this, neither in Turkey, nor in Central Asia, nor in series ,,, if you are a Muslim, you must warn the people around you not to fall into polytheism , “When you die, you will be asked about your Lord and your religion not what your tradition or what your ancestors did, but if you are not that is another matter....... peace😄

  • @theodorebarton4256
    @theodorebarton4256 Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing! should be a world-renowned and practiced religion

  • @AtakanErgu
    @AtakanErgu9 ай бұрын

    Im Muslim Turk but im really interested in the Religion of my Ancestors

  • @Raven_Black_252
    @Raven_Black_2522 жыл бұрын

    Alaz literally means fire or to burn (alazlanmak) in turkish, it can be best translated as "blaze", like burning very brightly and fiercely with a display of colors.

  • @Raven_Black_252

    @Raven_Black_252

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same goes for yer-su (yer: ground/soil, su: water), ay ata (ay: moon, ata: father/ancestor), gün ana (gün: daytime/daylight, ana: mother) etc.

  • @doomguy9049
    @doomguy90492 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, thanks for sharing brother. I'm always interested to learn more about the ancient religion that our ancestors all shared.

  • @HesterLFurey
    @HesterLFurey2 жыл бұрын

    this is such a good summary! thank you for sharing it it with us.

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! And welcome to the channel :)

  • @lsporter88
    @lsporter882 жыл бұрын

    They sound like they had great wisdom. Great video.

  • @lifeisshort99
    @lifeisshort992 жыл бұрын

    Korean believe Tangury found Korea. Starting point of our history. Teachings are same as Altai. Do not focus on current location of Korea. Koreans migrated over time or lost territory and locked in current location.

  • @jivanselbi3657

    @jivanselbi3657

    2 жыл бұрын

    in the Turkic world we know of an old connection to Koreans, Tunguz, Manchurians, though Mongolians are much closer to us, with our respect and regards to your people

  • @karaaslan7402

    @karaaslan7402

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did you know that in Sumer, god is called "Dingir", which is similar to "Tengri". But also very similar to "Tangur", right? Knowing that Sumers came to middle East from Asia, they can be related.

  • @sim3506

    @sim3506

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@karaaslan7402 Te fact you mentiined about the sumeric tablets is a huge problem for europeans, thats why they demonise and minimize turkic people since centuries.

  • @sktt1488

    @sktt1488

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@karaaslan7402Fazla zorlama bence. Adamların kocaman sakalları var. Asyalı olma ihtimalleri çoooook zayıf..

  • @mollyb4332

    @mollyb4332

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@karaaslan7402 The Sumerian sign DIĜIR Cuneiform sumer dingir. originated as a star-shaped ideogram indicating a god in general, or the Sumerian god An, the supreme father of the gods. Dingir also meant sky or heaven in contrast with ki which meant earth.

  • @suzanakyuz351
    @suzanakyuz3512 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this and I love that you’re using the Final Fantasy seven soundtrack that’s amazing

  • @Nostrum19
    @Nostrum19 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the video,thank you so much for your time.

  • @MoggAssassin
    @MoggAssassin2 жыл бұрын

    As a descendent of the European Hunnic Peoples this is very insightful and may help explain some of my family's own traditional beliefs and attitudes. As always more research needed on my part, but this does shed light on an often overlooked subject...

  • @bilguun976

    @bilguun976

    Жыл бұрын

    Where are you from?😂

  • @gokturksempireturkisharmy8322

    @gokturksempireturkisharmy8322

    7 ай бұрын

    Biz Türkler de var Tengri den kalma

  • @maricleredpav4068
    @maricleredpav406820 күн бұрын

    damn the FF7ost goes so well really nice video !!

  • @mesee557
    @mesee5572 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video, it was incredibly interesting.

  • @degisikicerikler7792
    @degisikicerikler77928 ай бұрын

    Ulu Tengri tüm Türk budununu korusun ve yüceltsin! TENGRİ BİZ MENEN!🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲🇺🇿🇰🇿🇰🇬🇭🇺🗻🦅🐺🤘❤

  • @Jackie20_05

    @Jackie20_05

    4 ай бұрын

    No tangri. Only Allah . Allah is one and creator

  • @6lackburn

    @6lackburn

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@Jackie20_05no

  • @Team_GreenII

    @Team_GreenII

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Jackie20_05 Allah is Arab invented god

  • @KakkuFei
    @KakkuFei2 жыл бұрын

    I am half Turkic and half Slavic. My parents decided that their children will be Muslim just like my dads Turkic side of the family, and i Love Islam and I Love Christianity, since these are the religions I grew up with but the older I got and the more I learned about Tengri, the more Tengrism resonated with me and I’m happy to say after years of being an agnostic and being unsure of what to believe in I have found my way to tengrism just last year. I‘m still looking for other people to share this with, but there aren’t so many people here in Germany that follow this philosophy and I would love to exchange with people who grew up with it and can tell me more about it since it’s pretty hard finding information about rituals (apart from those I already know) and traditions.

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Having also been born and raised here in Germany, I can seriously know how you feel. Not a lot of German-born Turks or people with Turkic descent actually understand all of Turkic or even Tengrist history. Either way, I hope that this does become a platform for such discussions. If you are interested in a chat, for example about my theories about the Tengrist worldview, I am eager to participate. There's a follow-up episode by the way: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIaqybKSmcbHZrg.html

  • @muratozgun2813

    @muratozgun2813

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to be there but im here turkey there is not too much chance

  • @brainblox5629

    @brainblox5629

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a German Turk also called Emre, most other German Turks will laugh at you when you mention that Turk identity is originally from Central Asia and Kazakhs etc. are cultural, many times also genetical cousins. Even when one of their relatives looks like some Persian and the other like a Korean. They have that twisted thought that Turks conquered Anatolia - while being only Anatolian themselves? And you are branded as an apostate when you mention we weren't always Muslims. Even worse are they educated about their native Anatolian heritage like Hittite, Italic etc. Once tried to explain to a student that we couldnt be always Muslims because we Turks believe in only one wife and the Quran mentions 4 and additional sex slaves, the kid got a brainfry and started to shout that the translation must be propaganda, even though I showed him 3 other different translations.

  • @Don-fq8pw

    @Don-fq8pw

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brainblox5629 Lol, which Quran do you have read? Quran dont force polygamy, only suggest it. The 99% of muslims dont practise poligamy, this doesent make them less muslims.

  • @brainblox5629

    @brainblox5629

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Don-fq8pw good that it suggests, in Turkic culture its forbidden. Someone with a "kuma" (additional wife) will get shunned and ostracized among Turks, as its a sign of disrespect towards the main wife.

  • @turistomer3702
    @turistomer37022 жыл бұрын

    There is a place called Silifke in southern Türkiye which is regarded as the unofficial capital of Tengrism, even today people still look to the stars for guidance and the soil itself is said to be the most fertile in the world

  • @SonOsman
    @SonOsman2 жыл бұрын

    Great narration, great content !

  • @karaaslan7402
    @karaaslan74022 жыл бұрын

    Tengrism is very similar to Animism or Shamanism. We did not pray to the statues or Gods with human like figures. But only thing that was solemn or holy was nature. Tengri means the Sky. Other god that was written in inscriptions is Yir-Suw. While Yer-su means land and water in Turkish. What I mean is, our ancestors knew that it was nature that gave us life. Not a Human-Like god with magic. They respected nature and believed that miracles happen because of the soul of an ancestor, or a mountain or the Sky ! There is also Umay Katun but she appear as a deer just like Tengri appear as a wolf, so they are not similar to other mythologies. This is a much older religion like Native Americans' religion. Influences on Greek, Roman, Middle Eastern pantheons/religions cannot be seen in Tengrism. And This is why I really like it and preserve it. It's so pure. But we don't have books that tell our religion like other religions and this is a sad thing. Kam, religious Tengrists in the past, did not write its all rituals or pantheon in books. They knew Old Turkic script according to Dr. Ercilasun but they did not write... Today still lots of Tengrist practices continue in Turkey's villages but they don't know that these things are Tengrist and coming from pre-Islam era of history :D My grandfather was really religious muslim but when my mother told me some of their practices, I was shocked because they were the same that I read in Shamanism books :D

  • @anonimbirisi3713

    @anonimbirisi3713

    2 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @ryanturner7125
    @ryanturner71252 жыл бұрын

    The most divine part about this video is the FF7 music in the beginning 👍

  • @maya-cc2sx
    @maya-cc2sx2 жыл бұрын

    I don't know much about central and western asia, but I have subscribed to this channel to know more their documentaries seem really good

  • @ezraoz3904
    @ezraoz3904 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! The only thing that was missing is the ancient Runic alphabet/ Göktürk alphabet/ Orkhun Scripts/Turkish runes that you didn’t talk about. Gokturk runes are very similar to Celtic Futhark runes.

  • @keremx5973

    @keremx5973

    Жыл бұрын

    No Celtic futhhark. İs germanic futhark. Lmao

  • @Captain5mmhook
    @Captain5mmhook2 жыл бұрын

    This was so good! Thank you for this information! Finally, a good video about Tengriism. Whose speech was it at the end?

  • @brainblox5629

    @brainblox5629

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it was a passed down prayer from old Turkic steles (Orkhon? I don't know) to Umay, wishing for fertility of the land. But I guess you already understood that since you seem to be Kazakh. If it was from Orkhon, its probably from Bilge Khan.

  • @tecumsehcristero
    @tecumsehcristero2 жыл бұрын

    I never realized I was a Tengrist because I already believe a shocking amount of what they profess and be

  • @robertomassa731

    @robertomassa731

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are not the only one...

  • @arifahmedkhan9999

    @arifahmedkhan9999

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, no one cares.

  • @borabingol6797

    @borabingol6797

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think you are a native American.

  • @Rahul-ge8ff

    @Rahul-ge8ff

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, most of the ancient religions makes sense and allow for peace unlike most of these brand new ones.

  • @Atajew

    @Atajew

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@arifahmedkhan9999 Well, I do care mate. We should revert back to what was rightfully ours and learn from our mistakes, never trust an Arab that wants to spread his imperialistic religion.

  • @obrakadabra2870
    @obrakadabra28702 жыл бұрын

    We Turks are found in Middle East but it doesn't mean that we are Middle EastERN. We even today use majority of these words ; Umay as female name , yer su are already Turkish, Tanrı = Tengri, Gök= sky. You shouldn't ignore the past of we Turks. We entered to Anatolia AC 1071. And before AC 1071 has many more things than its afterward

  • @nobodycares6881

    @nobodycares6881

    2 жыл бұрын

    We Turks are from Mongolia not middle east

  • @darklight8549

    @darklight8549

    2 жыл бұрын

    Middle East ist an made up term anyway. Turkey is in West asia and Southeast Europe.

  • @MrHtjet

    @MrHtjet

    2 жыл бұрын

    Boo hoo

  • @Hioloi

    @Hioloi

    2 жыл бұрын

    Modern day turks are a mixture of native anatolians and oghuz turks. Our dna is mostly anatolian with Asian genes being 15-30% on average. So to say we are from Central asia or we came with Alp Arslans army would be wrong. Our ancestors fought each other and the turkish ancestors won.

  • @YouTubeUserCx

    @YouTubeUserCx

    2 жыл бұрын

    Turks are European and Asian, depending on their origins. Epic people. I wish Turkic people adopt their original religion because it's badass.

  • @defneceylin6504
    @defneceylin6504 Жыл бұрын

    despite a few mistakes probably related to translation great video :D

  • @henkwilliemadriannusvander1955
    @henkwilliemadriannusvander19552 жыл бұрын

    I have never heard of this faith until I played Sid Meier’s Civilizations series. “Genghis Khan has founded the religion of Tengrism in the city of Karakoram.” Announced the game. And I was like…what??🤔

  • @71Antarex
    @71Antarex2 жыл бұрын

    I find many similarities between Tengrism and Native American religions. Could it be that the religions of Sioux, Dakota, Apache, Cheyenne, etc. derive from Tengnrism? After all, they are peoples of Asian origin ...

  • @pekerfive

    @pekerfive

    Жыл бұрын

    Some Turkic people following their herds came to Alaska, at a time when the continents where not divided.

  • @71Antarex

    @71Antarex

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pekerfive When a Turk slowly goes to Alaska, during the journey he undergoes various transformations, he first becomes Indian, then he becomes Chinese and finally, once he arrives in Alaska, he undergoes the final transformation, and then we call him Eskimo.

  • @ceydasayc7108
    @ceydasayc7108 Жыл бұрын

    Ohaaaaaa bu kanalı keşfettiğime inanamıyorum harika 😻

  • @VarangianGuard13
    @VarangianGuard132 жыл бұрын

    Just found this channel, couldn't slam that Subscribe button fast enough! Thanks for such excellent content.

  • @KhansDen

    @KhansDen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome aboard!

  • @jahrn6
    @jahrn62 жыл бұрын

    10:06 As far as I remember, Dingir was NOT a sumerian god, the meaning of that word is heaven or home of the gods. The sign for that was also used toghether with other words, to simbolise its heavenly or divine nature or its divine connection. Example: Ka Dingir 𒆍𒀭 - the Gate to Heaven (Gate of Gods), while the same Dingir (𒀭) would appear right before a name - if that was a name of a god: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄢 is Dingir Ninsun or Ninsumun - the Goddes Ninsun Worth noting however, that the symbol 𒀭 was used for both "Dingir" (by Sumer) and "AN" (by later Akkadians) - where An was the All-Father Still a great video about a religion, which also was followed by Hungarians (Magyar) - thank you

  • @weifan9533
    @weifan95332 жыл бұрын

    Tengrism likely influenced or had a similar origin with the shamanistic beliefs in Korea (not sure how they are called in Korean), Taoism in China, and Shintoism in Japan. The Sinitic people also believed that there was an omnipotent and omnipresent sky god called "Tian" ("Tian" means sky), resulting in traditional idioms like "人在做天在看" (People do things but the sky is watching them). The ancient Sinitic emperors offered sacrifices to the sky each year. Not sure why people often group Chinese with SE Asians and imagine Chinese as rice farmers. It's true that Southern Chinese have had significant admixtures with SE Asians and rice is their staple food, however the earliest Sinitic people originated from Northern China, were millet farmers, and according to recent genetic tests on their corpses and skeletons they were closer to Koreans, Japanese, and Mongols than to Southern Chinese and SE Asians.

  • @TSHKKRipper

    @TSHKKRipper

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just an information. Old Turkish word "Tan", means sky, is still used in modern Turkish ocassionally such as in "Tan ağardı". And "Tan" is the first syllable of "Tanrı" means "Tengri" in Turkish.

  • @legendarypussydestroyer6943

    @legendarypussydestroyer6943

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's because the stereotype was formed during the colonial era of the 1800s, when most of the western world had exposure with Chinese people only via far south seaports such as Guangzhou and various cities in Fujian province. It was impossible to access China via the north because of the Russians so the only exposure was to the southern Chinese. It didn't help that most of the Chinese who settled in the west during the last 150 years were also Southerners. The Russians likely has a different impression of the Chinese, where they see them as more Turkic-like peoples rather than SE Asians, they even refer to the Chinese as "Kitay", a word derived from Khitan, an ancient para-Mongolic people who lived in Manchuria and Mongolia from the 4th through 13th Century A.D. It's kind of like the blind men trying to describe what an elephant looks like.

  • @weifan9533

    @weifan9533

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@legendarypussydestroyer6943 The western stereotype is definitely wrong, the Russian stereotype is closer to the truth. Ancient Sinitic people, according to genetic tests, were closer to Koreans, Japanese, Mongols, and some Turkic and Tungusic peoples than to Southern Chinese and SE Asians. In fact before the concept of an unified Han ethnic group had been proposed in the early Republican period, people from Guangdong and Guangxi had never been called Han or Sinitic, instead they were called "Turen" (Natives), "Liren" (Li people, possibly etymologically related to Hlai), and "Liaoren" (Liao people, possibly etymologically related to Laos). Back in the ancient and medieval eras, the name Han was only used to refer to peoples from the Yellow River region. For instance, in the 13th century Yuan Dynasty the Mongols only called Khitans, Jurchens, and Northern Sinitic as "Hanren" (Han people), but they called those from the south of Yangtse as "Nanren" (Southerners). In brief, Southern China had always been different from Northern China, and shouldn't be simply regarded as a continuation or extension of the north.

  • @weifan9533

    @weifan9533

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TSHKKRipper Thanks for the information. I'd also like to add that Turkic "su" (water) sounds very similar to Mandarin "shui" (water) and Medieval Chinese "sui" (water). There was definitely some sort of connection between the two.

  • @user-mh9wd5jt3n

    @user-mh9wd5jt3n

    2 жыл бұрын

    По одной из теорий корни тюрков, монголов, тунгусов, корейцев и японцев ведут к Алтаю. Доказательство этому - девятихвостая лиса, встречающаяся в мифологии Казахов и Японцев, хотя культуры находятся очень далеко друг от друга, и исторически на прямую не пересекались

  • @anianiani602
    @anianiani602Ай бұрын

    as a Bulgarian this video was incredibly interesting, thank you

  • @josephmalenab4657
    @josephmalenab46572 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video some time I'm impatient because you have good videos In English