Arshi Tengri, is a god who is associated with the

fire ritual Worship or deification of fire (also pyrodulia, pyrolatry or pyrolatria) is known from various religions. Fire has been an important part of human culture since the Lower Paleolithic. Religious or animist notions connected to fire are assumed to ...

as practiced in

Mongolian Buddhism Buddhism is the largest and official religion of Mongolia practiced by 53% of Mongolia's population, according to the 2010 Mongolia census. Buddhism in Mongolia derives much of its recent characteristics from Tibetan Buddhism of the Gelug and ...

and Tengri Paganism. The epithet is found in a prayer by the 18th-century lama

Mergen Gegen Lubsangdambijalsan Mergen (Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰼𐰏𐰤) is a Turkic deity of abundance and wisdom. Mergen is often depicted with a bow and arrow in one hand. Other important symbols include a white horse and the color white. He is associated with profundity and d ...

, where it is added to the name of the "Khan of the fire". "Arshi" derives from Sanskrit ''rsi''; "tngri" refers to the 99

tngri In the pantheon of Mongolian shamanism and Tengrism, tngri (also ''tengri'', ''tegrí'') constitute the highest class of divinities and are attested in sources going back to the 13th century. They are led by different chief deities in different d ...

or Mongolian deities.

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Mongolian shamanism Tngri Fire gods {{Asia-myth-stub

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