Tngri

The Mongolian god of the sky and the creator deity. He is the author of all things visible and invisible, the ruler of the universe and controller of destiny. Tngri determines rewards and punishments. Cp. Tangere, Tangar, Tingir, tngri.

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References

Sources

  • Eliade, Mircea. (1964). Shamanism. Bollingen Series no. 76. Princeton: Princeton University Press, p. 9.
  • Holmberg, Uno. (1927). Finno-Ugric, Siberian. vol. 4, Mythology of All Races. Boston: Marshall Jones Company, pp. 391-392.
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