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       Turkic Pantheon - Yer Tanri 
       By: Merak Date: March 29, 2019, 2:21 pm
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       Yer Tanrı is the goddess of earth in Turkic mythology. Also
       known as Yer Ana.
       With her father Gök Tengri and her brother and husband Kayra,
       she was the parent of Ay Tanrı, Umay, Ülgen, Koyash, and
       Erlik. As a fertility goddess, she was recognized as the giver
       of crops and abundance. In the Spring and in the Autumn — before
       the beginning of the agricultural season and after the harvest —
       she was worshiped with sacrifices of food.
       Yer Tanry was considered to be both a mother and wife to Gök
       Tengri. She appeared as a force of nature. In ancient Turkic
       mythology there was a theory that mortals were the product of
       the union of Tengri and Yer (Earth). In the Orkhon inscriptions
       it says: "In the beginning there was a blue sky above, a dark
       land below, and human sons in-between." (Üze kök tengri asra
       yagiz yir kilindukda ikin ara kişi oğlı
       kılınmış.) The Turkic people revered the
       Earth Goddess (Yer Ana) as a giver of crops and abundance. In
       the Spring, before the beginning of the agricultural season and
       in the Autumn, after the harvest, as a sign of gratitude for the
       abundance of food and happiness, the ancient Turkic peoples and
       Mongols made a sacrifice to the Earth Goddess. Milk, kumys and
       tea were offered, and pleas were made for a fertile land and a
       rich yield.
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