Abaasy

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The Abaasy are demons in the mythology of the Yakuts , the inhabitants of Siberia .

They are gigantic beings with iron teeth and inhabit the underworld in the Yakuts' view of the world . You travel in groups of seven. Their leader is Ulu Toyo 'N .

The Abaasy do harm and live in the lower worlds. Because of this, in Yakut абааөы көр- (Abaasy to see) means something like hate or abhor.

literature

  • Patricia Turner, Charles Russell Coulter: Dictionary of ancient deities. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 0-19-514504-6 , p. 6