Kutay (deity)

Kutay , also Kudai , is a (protective) deity of the forge known from ancient Turkish mythology and Yakut culture .

origin

A "primordial blacksmith", known as Kudai Bakshi (also K'daai Maqsin) in Yakut mythology, lives in a house made of iron surrounded by flames. He also has the ability to heal, insofar as shamanic abilities and functions are ascribed to him.

Traces of the idea of the sanctity of iron persist in Anatolian folklore: "Iron evokes fear and awe, it has healing powers against the harmful magic of supernatural beings".

Kutay is also a common first name in the Turkish language.

Individual evidence

↑ cf. Jean Paul Roux: The Old Turkish Mythology . In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Gods and Myths in Central Asia and Northern Eurasia. (= Dictionary of Mythology) Section 1: The ancient civilized peoples . 7 (first part). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1999, p. 247 .
^ Charles Russel Coulter et al .: Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities . Routledge, London 2000.
↑ Stutley, Margaret: Shamanism - An Introduction. Routledge (London) 2003; 26 pp.
↑ Pertev N. Boratav: The Turkish Mythology - The Mythology of the Ogus and the Turks of Anatolia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan . In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Gods and Myths in Central Asia and Northern Eurasia. (= Dictionary of Mythology) Section 1: The ancient civilized peoples. 7 (first part). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1999, p. 316 .

[1] . Jean Paul Roux: The Old Turkish Mythology . In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Gods and Myths in Central Asia and Northern Eurasia. (= Dictionary of Mythology) Section 1: The ancient civilized peoples . 7 (first part). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1999, p. 247 .

[2] Charles Russel Coulter et al .: Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities . Routledge, London 2000.

[3] Stutley, Margaret: Shamanism - An Introduction. Routledge (London) 2003; 26 pp.

[4] Pertev N. Boratav: The Turkish Mythology - The Mythology of the Ogus and the Turks of Anatolia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan . In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Gods and Myths in Central Asia and Northern Eurasia. (= Dictionary of Mythology) Section 1: The ancient civilized peoples. 7 (first part). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1999, p. 316 .