Noyan

Noyan is a Persian and Turkish male first name and family name of Mongolian origin meaning "Commander in Chief"; “Leader (of a group)”, “Lord” , “Protector”, “Prince”, “Noble”, which goes back to a civil and military rank in the Mongol Empire or a later Mongolian honorary title.

In Mongolian mythology , Noyan is a name for master spirits. They are revered as owners and protectors of natural phenomena and areas (e.g. fire, forest, river, mountain) with which they form a unit. The spirits can appear in human or animal-like form. Mainly they are descendants of deities, e.g. T. also from ancestors. If the souls of deceased shamans or family and clan elders turn into a Noyan, they are viewed as guardian spirits of the family and clan.

In Mongolian Buddhism, Noyan is used as a religious honorary title for the incarnation series of the Noyan Qutuytu (also Noyon Khutagt).

Name bearer

First name

Noyan Öz (* 1991), German-Turkish soccer player

family name

Bedri Noyan (1912–1997), Turkish international lawyer and media founder
J̌ebe Noyan (around 1180 – presumably 1223), general of the early Mongolian Empire under Genghis Khan
Kurtcebe Noyan (1888–1951), Turkish general
Ünal Noyan (* 1993), German-Turkish soccer player

Others

Noyan (Québec) , municipality in the Canadian province of Québec

Individual evidence

↑ Noyan in the dictionary of names of the Turkish language (Turkish)
^ Sneath, David: The Headless State. Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, p. 114. ISBN 978-0-231-51167-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
↑ Birtalan, Agnes: Die Mythologie der Mongolischen Volksreligion, in: Haussig, Hans W. / Schmalzriedt, Egidius (Ed.): Dictionary of Mythology VII / II. Gods and Myths in Central Asia and Northern Eurasia. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2004, pp. 877-1098 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[1] Noyan in the dictionary of names of the Turkish language (Turkish)

[books-jgLICgAAQBAJ-PP1-2] Sneath, David: The Headless State. Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, p. 114. ISBN 978-0-231-51167-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

[books-QfBvFo_WH7AC-877-3] Birtalan, Agnes: Die Mythologie der Mongolischen Volksreligion, in: Haussig, Hans W. / Schmalzriedt, Egidius (Ed.): Dictionary of Mythology VII / II. Gods and Myths in Central Asia and Northern Eurasia. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2004, pp. 877-1098 ( limited preview in the Google book search).