Payna or Paynaqan is a winter feast and festival
Turkic Tengrism
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and Altai folklore. Arranged for the goddess that called Payna. So this is a blessing, fertility and abundance ceremony.
Description
Payna was a mythological female character associated with winter and snow time in early
Turkic mythology, particularly within
Altai,
Siberia
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and
Central Asia
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. She is also a proctor spirit of
pine
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tree.
[Анатолий МУРАВЛЁВ, Неизвестный Алтай ДАЛЁКОЕ БЛИЗКОЕ]
"Духу Пайне"
/ref> Along with her male companion Pakta (autumn spirit), she was associated with rituals conducted in rural areas during winter. The word "Payna" is still the poetic word for "abundance" in the Altai language, as well as Old Turkic. Hence she is an abundance goddess. Also, Payna is a word related with name of the goddess Baianai. The goddess Umay
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 ...
is sometimes relevant to this term.
In Turkic mythology, the beautiful woman called "Payna" lived on atop mountains where they discussed the fate of crops and of human inhabitants. When she would travel in wooden carts down to the valley below. Only certain people were capable of hearing them singing.
Sources
*
Türk Mitolojisi Sözlüğü, Pınar Karaca
(Payne)
* Türk Söylence Sözlüğü (Turkish Mythology Dictionary), Deniz Karakurt, (OTRS: CC BY-SA 3.0)
See also
* Paktaqan
Pakta or Paqtaqan is an autumn feast and festival Turkic Tengrism and Altai folklore.Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi Arranged for the god that called Pakta. So this is a blessing, fertility and abundance cerem ...
* Nardoqan
Pomegranate (in Turkish: Nar) thematic table in Nardugan
Nardoqan or Nardugan ( Kazakh: ''нардуган'', Turkish: ''Nardoğan'' or ''Nardugan'', Azerbaijani: ''Narduqan'') was a Turkic holiday concept. Nowadays, it is most commonly used to ...
* Sayaqan
Saya or Sayaqan is a summer feast and festival Turkic Tengriism and Altai folklore.Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi Arranged for the god that called Saya Khan (Turkish: ''Saya Han'' or ''Zaya Han''). So this is ...
* Kosaqan Kosa ( Turkish: ''Kosa'' or "Koça", Azerbaijani Turkish: ''Qoça'') or Qochaqan (Turkish: ''Koçagan'') is a spring feast and festival Turkic and Altai folklore. Arranged for the god that called Kocha Khan (Turkish: ''Koça Han''). So this is a b ...
* Bai Baianai Bai Baianai ( sah, Байанай, russian: Байанай or ''Барилах'', alt, Баянай) is the Yakuts, Yakut spirit of forests, animals and patron of hunters. Hunters light fires and pray that their work will pass fertile and without a ...
References
External links
В.Д. Славнин, Жертвоприношение коня духу
КУМАНДИНЦЫ НА АЛТАЕ - ЖЕРТВОПРИНОШЕНИЕ
Turkish folklore
Turkic mythology
December observances
Asian shamanism
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