Gun Ana
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| Gun Ana | |
|---|---|
Goddess of the Sun, Life, Fertility, Warmth and Health | |
| Abode | 7th floor of theSky |
| Symbols | Sun,Khatun |
| Gender | Female |
| Ethnic group | Turkic peoples |
| Consort | Ay Ata |
| Equivalents | |
| Canaanite equivalent | Shapash |
| Hindu equivalent | Surya |
Gun Ana(Old Turkic:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰣𐰀,Turkish:Gün Ana,Azerbaijani:Gün Ana,Kyrgyz:Күн Эне,Kazakh:Күн Ана,Hungarian:Nap Anya,Sakha:Күн Ий̃э,Balkar:Кюн Ана,sometimes calledYaşık Ana) is the commonTurkicsolar deity, treated as a goddess in theKazakhandKyrgyzmythologies.Gün AnaorKün Anameans "Sun Mother" inTurkic languages.
Background
[edit]Gün Ana is one of the most powerful deities, the goddess of life and fertility, warmth and health. She is patroness of the unfortunate, especially orphans. She lives on the seventh floor of the sky.[1][2]Tengricreated the Earth with rays of sun light, thus, Gün Ana took part in the creation of Earth. Solar rays are also considered to be "strings" between the Sun and the spirits of plants, animals and humans. Turks who worship Gün Ana turn towards the sunrise when praying.
References in literature
[edit]Gün Ana is mentioned in one of the earliest written sources onTurkic mythology.According to Turkic traditions, the powerful godKayramade the Sun and threw it into the sky. Gün Ana andAy Ata(the Moon) were wife and husband.
According to Turkic Mythology, Khagan and his wife are supposed to be the children of the sky and theYer(Land).Ay Ata(living in the sixth floor) and Gün Ana (living in the seventh floor) are their representatives in the sky.[3]
The feast for Gün Ana is celebrated during the summer solstice inNorthern Hemisphereon each 21 June.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Anadolu Alevi Kültüründe Kadın, Hüseyin Özcan"Gün Ana"
- ^Ziya Gökalp, Türk Medeniyeti Tarihi II, İstanbul, 1974, s. 211.
- ^Got from Turkish wikipedia; Ziya Gökalp şöyle demektedir: "Eski Türk telakkisine göre, hakanla hatun gök ile yerin evlatlarıydı. Günes ana ile Ay ata onların gök yüzündeki temsilcileri idi. Hakanın mümessili olan ay ata, gök yüzünün altıncı katında, hatunun mümessili olan gün ana ise daha üstte, gökyüzünün yedinci katında idi."
Bibliography
[edit]- Türk Mitolojisi, Murat Uraz, 2001,OCLC245853289(1994)
- Turkish Myths and Legends Dictionary (Türk Söylence Sözlüğü), Deniz Karakurt(OTRS: CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Ziya Gökalp, Türk Medeniyeti Tarihi II, İstanbul, 1974, s. 211.
External links
[edit]- (in Turkish)Halk Meteorolojisi Ekseninde Bir Melheme Örneği, Yusuf Ziya SÜMBÜLLÜ
- (in Turkish)Mitoloji