Tengrism
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Tengrism is an ancient Central Asian shamanistic and animistic belief system centered on the sky god Tengri, traditionally practiced by Turkic and Mongolic peoples including the Mongols.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tengrism canonical | 67 |
| Tengriism | 11 |
| Mongol shamanism | 1 |
| MongolicDeities | 1 |
| Tengriism (historically) | 1 |
| Tengrism (attributed) | 1 |
| Tengrism (early period) | 1 |
| Tengrism (historically) | 1 |
| Tengrism (hypothesized) | 1 |
| Tengrism (probable) | 1 |
| TurkicDeities | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animistic belief system
ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ religion ⓘ shamanistic belief system ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Buryats
ⓘ
Kazakhs ⓘ Cumans ⓘ
surface form:
Kipchaks
Kyrgyz ⓘ Mongol ⓘ
surface form:
Mongols
Tatars ⓘ Turks ⓘ Sakha (Yakut) people ⓘ
surface form:
Yakuts
|
| category |
Central Asian religion
ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ |
| centralDeity | Tengri ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
reverence for nature spirits ⓘ veneration of the eternal blue sky ⓘ |
| cosmologyFeature | balance between Heaven, Earth, and Underworld ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin | Central Asia ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Middle World
ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ Upper World ⓘ three-tiered cosmos ⓘ world tree ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Erlik
ⓘ
Tengri ⓘ Umay ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
divination
ⓘ
ecstatic trance ⓘ ritual sacrifice ⓘ shamanism ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
state religion of the Mongol Empire in its early period
ⓘ
state religion of the early Turkic khaganates ⓘ |
| influencedBy | steppe nomadic culture ⓘ |
| modernRevivalIn |
Kazakhstan
ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Russia ⓘ |
| moralPrinciple |
harmony with nature
ⓘ
loyalty to clan and khan ⓘ respect for ancestors ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionOf |
Mongol
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongolic peoples
Turkic peoples ⓘ |
| scriptureStatus | primarily oral tradition ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
ancient
ⓘ
medieval ⓘ |
| viewOnTengri |
source of political legitimacy
ⓘ
supreme sky god ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
mountain tops
ⓘ
outdoor sacred sites ⓘ sacred groves ⓘ |
Referenced by (87)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Mongol shamanism
subject surface form:
Sakha people
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Tengrism (historically)
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Tengrism (early period)
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Tengriism
this entity surface form:
Tengriism (historically)