Shakhta Ata
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Shakhta Ata or Shahta Baba (Tatar: Şahta Ata; Uzbek: Shaxta Ota, "Father of Pit") is male form and akin of Ergene iyesi. Shakhta Ata is said to appear as an old man with a torch in his hand. The person with this name is in Azerbaijan culture Shakhta Baba (Azerbaijani: Şaxta Baba), that appears as the god of winter.
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- Ergene iyesi
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“Shakhta Ata or Shahta Baba (Tatar: Şahta Ata; Uzbek: Shaxta Ota, "Father of Pit") is male form and akin of Ergene iyesi. The word Şahta / Şaxta (Russian: Шахта, German: Schacht) means mine pit in Turkic and Slavic languages. Shakhta Ata is said to appear as an old man with a torch in his hand”
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