The ancient Siberian Turkic cosmogony recorded from Altai shamans. Before heaven and earth existed, there were only boundless waters. Inspired by the radiant water spirit Ak Ana, God Ülgen commanded the diving bird to bring clay from the abyss to form the terrestrial continents.
Documented in ethnological collections from the Altai mountains, this archaic creation myth portrays a world of water and sky where divine creative will is awakened by a fleeting feminine radiance (Ak Ana), demonstrating that the cosmos arose through speech, intention, and balance.
Other legends of the Turkic tradition
13. yüzyıl Farsça tarihçisi Cüveyni'nin Tarih-i Cihangüşa'sında (Boyle ed. ss. 53–61) korunan Buqu Kağan ağaçtan doğuş anlatısını, "Köç! Köç!" feryatlarıyla Beşbalık'a varan göç rivayetini ve Yuan Shi (juan 122) Barshuq Art Tegin biyografisinde korunan kutsal Hu-li-da-ha (Fu-shan) kayasının ateş ve sirkeyle tahribi ve Huozhou'ya (Koço) göç geleneğini kaynak katmanlarına ayıran editoryal kaynak dosyası.
The ethnogenetic origin myth of the Göktürk Ashina dynasty. After an enemy raid exterminates an entire clan, a sacred she-wolf rescues the only mutilated boy survivor, nurses him in a hidden cave, and gives birth to the ten founding fathers of the empire.
