Od iyesi (

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

: ''Ут Иясе'' or ''Ut İyäse''; Chuvash: ''Вут Ийӗ'';

Sakha Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

: ''Уот Иччи'') is the Turkic and

Mongol The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member of ...

ian spirit or deity of fire. In

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic languag ...

, Od (or Ot) means fire, and iye is the familiar spirit of any natural asset, literally meaning "master" or "possessor." Od iyesi protects the fire.

Od Ana

Od Ana is the Turkic and Mongolian goddess of fire. She is also referred to as goddess of marriage. She is the female form of Od iyesi. The name ''Ot Ene'' means "fire mother" in the

Altay language Altai ( alt, Алтай тил, Altay til) is a set of Turkic languages, spoken officially in the Altai Republic, Russia. The standard vocabulary is based on the Southern Altai language, though it's also taught to and used by speakers of the Nor ...

(''od'' "fire"; ''ene'' "mother"). In Mongolian folklore, she is referred to as the "queen of

fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...

." She was said to have been born at the beginning of the world, when the earth and sky separated and daughter of

Yer Tanrı A yer is either of two letters in Cyrillic alphabets, ъ (ѥръ, ''jerŭ'') and ь (ѥрь, ''jerĭ''). The Glagolitic alphabet used, as respective counterparts, the letters (Ⱏ) and (Ⱐ). They originally represented phonemically the "ult ...

. Some equate her to

Umai Umay (also known as Umai; otk, 𐰆𐰢𐰖; kk, Ұмай ана, ''Umay ana''; ky, Умай эне, ''Umay ene''; russian: Ума́й / Ымай, ''Umáj / Ymaj'', tr, Umay (Ana)) is the goddess of fertility in Turkic mythology and Tengrii ...

, the mother goddess of the Turkic Siberians, who is depicted as having sixty golden tresses that look like the rays of the sun. Umai is thought to have once been identical with Ot of the

Tengri Tengri ( zh, 騰格里; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, Kök Teŋri/Teŋiri, lit=Blue Heaven; Old Uyghur: ''tängri''; Middle Turkic: تآنغرِ; ky, теңир; tr, Tanrı; az, Tanrı; bg, Тангра; Proto-Turkic *''teŋri / * ...

, the chief god, orders three fires to be burnt in the human soul, and Od Ana buries and puts out the three fires on Earth. Today,

Turkish people The Turkish people, or simply the Turks ( tr, Türkler), are the world's largest Turkic ethnic group; they speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. In addition, centuries-old ethnic ...

call this "cemre," the fire that falls to Air, Earth and Water every year.

In Turkic languages

* Tuvan: ''От Ава'' * Uzbek: ''O't Ona'' or ''Otash Ona'' *

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

: ''Ут Әни'' or ''Ут Ана'' or ''Ut Ana'' * Azerbaijani: ''Od Ana'' * Kazakh: ''От Ана'' * Chuvash: ''Вут Анне'' or ''Вут Абай'' * Bashkir: ''Ут Апай'' * Yakut: ''Уот Ий̃э'' * Turkmen: ''Ot Ene'' or ''Ot Eje'' * Uyghur: ''ئوت ئانا'' * Turkish: ''Od Ana'' *

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

: ''اود آنا'' * Kyrgyz: ''От Эне'' * Altai: ''От Эне'' *

Khakas The Khakas (also spelled Khakass; Khakas: , ''khakas'', , ''tadar'', , ''khakastar'', , ''tadarlar'') are a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia, who live in the republic of Khakassia, Russia. They speak the Khakas language. The Khakhassian ...

: ''От Ине'' or ''От Иӌе'' *

Karachay-Balkar Karachay-Balkar (, ), or Mountain Turkic (, ), is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia, European Russia, as well as by an immigrant population in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. I ...

: ''От Ана'' * Gagauz: ''Od Ana'' Its name in

Hungarian culture Hungarian culture is characterised by its distinctive cuisine, folk traditions, poetry, theatre, religious customs, music and traditional embroidered garments. Hungarian folk traditions range from embroidery, decorated pottery and carvings to ...

is ''Tűz Anya'' and in

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

n belief is ''Гал Ээж'' ( Buryat: ''Гал Эхэ''; Oirat: ''Һал Эк''). These entities have many similarities, and each has the same meaning, "fire mother."

Od Ata

Od Ata is the Mongolian and Turkic / Altai god of fire. He is the male form of Od iyesi. Od Ede means 'Fire Father' in the Altay language (''od'' "fire"; ''ede'' "father"). In Mongolian folklore he is referred to as the Od Khan "king of fire". Od Khan (or Odqan) is a fire spirit in the shamanistic traditions of Mongolia. He is usually described as a red coloured humanoid, riding a brown goat. His female counterpart is Yalun Eke (Yalın Eke), the 'fire mother' and son of

Kayra Kayra or Kaira (Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰖𐰺𐰀) is creator god in Turkic mythology. He is the god who planted the tree of life called ''Ulukayın''. He is the supreme god of the Tatars and the Son of the sky deity (Gök Tengri). This son, Kara Han ( ...

In Turkic languages

* Tuvan: ''От Ата'' * Uzbek: ''O't Ota'' or ''Otash Ota'' *

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

: ''Ут Әти'' or ''Ут Ата'' or ''Ut Ata'' * Azerbaijani: ''Od Ata'' * Kazakh: ''От Ата'' * Chuvash: ''Вут Атте'' or ''Вут Ашшӗ'' * Bashkir: ''Ут Атай'' * Yakut: ''Уот Аҕа'' * Turkmen: ''Ot Ata'' * Uyghur: ''ئوت ئاتا'' * Turkish: ''Od Ata'' * Kyrgyz: ''От Ата'' * Altai: ''От Ада'' *

: ''От Аба '' or ''От Ада'' *

: ''От Ата'' * Gagauz: ''Od Ana'' Its name in

is ''Tűz Atya'' or ''Tűz Apa'' and in

n belief is ''Гал Эцэг'' ( Buryat: ''Гал Эсэгэ''; Oirat: ''Һал эцк''). These entities have many similarities, and each has the same meaning, "fire father."

Similar creatures

# Ocak iyesi ("hearth spirit") is spirit of hearths. It is one kind of Od iyesi. # Soba iyesi ("stove spirit") is a fire spirit as well.

References

External links

Fire Mother (Ateş Anası)

Od Ana
{{Turkic Deities Fire deities Religion in Mongolia İye Fire goddesses Fire gods