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       Turkic Pantheon - Alaz (fire god)
       By: Merak Date: March 29, 2019, 2:30 pm
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       Alaz Khan is depicted as an old man with a torch in his hand. He
       lives in Ulugh Od (Turkish; Uluğ Od, means “Great Fire”).
       His dress is flames. Alaz Khan has all power of fire. If became
       angry, makes and causes by fires on the earth. All of the
       hearths and stoves are in the command of Alaz Khan. He send
       spirits to all hearths. Every fire or hearth has an İye
       (protector spirit or deity). The Turkic concept of the god seems
       to associate him both to the destructive and the purifier powers
       of fire.
       According to ancient Turkic traditions and opinions fire is a
       sacred phenomenon, and can purify all things, even spirits or
       souls. The people obliged to respect the fire in family or in
       social life. In fire sits and lives a protector spirit (familiar
       spirit). If he was angry, then can be harmful to humans. Because
       of this disrespectful behavior, fire may be extinguished.
       Therefore, Turkic or Mongolian traditional, oral narratives told
       horrible stories of irreverence to fire. Great Law of Genghis
       Han (Dead Law) has serious penalties, when anyone disrespect to
       fire.
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