İye
Nonhuman beings revered as sacred essences of natural phenomena such as sacred trees or mountains.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Maidere/Maydere, Gök Tengri, Itugen, Umay, Mergen, Ay Dede, Natigai, tngri, earth-spirits, Lord-Spirits, Protector-Spirits, Guardian-Spirits, Kayra, Ülgen
- created by
- Erlik
- syncretized with
- Ezen
Mentioned by
- Gök Tengri
- Itugen
- Umay
- Mergen
- Ay Dede
- Natigai
- tngri
- earth-spirits
- Lord-Spirits
- Protector-Spirits
- Guardian-Spirits
- Kayra
- Ülgen
- Ezen
- od-iyeler
- su-iyeler
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Nonhuman beings (İye), neither necessarily personified nor deified, are revered as sacred essences of things. These beings include natural phenomena such as sacred trees or mountains.”
#426 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“According to an Altai legend, Erlik created the spirits (İye) while he was still in heaven. Erlik and his spirits were cast out and fell to earth together when he claimed divinity for himself.”
#13336 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Traditionally, every house is said to have its İye. The word "İye" means owner, master, possessor, etc. It does not do evil unless angered by a family's poor keep of the household, profane language or neglect. He is seen as the home's guardian”
#34430 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“It is the name given to saint-like beings in many places such as Azerbaijan, Anatolia and Ahıska...It is said among them are saints, prophets, and angels. Graves, which were thought to be places where the İyeler slept, were considered places of pilgrimage”
#34732 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5