Yereh
deity Turkic single tradition · 1
Yereh is a female spirit in Turkic mythology, which recently came to be regarded as a "Turkic goddess" with a function of "hearth mother", protectoress of the home. Today she is identified as a combination of the "hearth-mother" (associated with the guardianship of the nation itself) and the earth mother.
When
- First attested
- 1900 CE
- Attested period
- 1900 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Regarded as a goddess in the 20th century.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Yereh (Chuvash: Йерех) is a female spirit in Turkic mythology, which recently came to be regarded as a "Turkic goddess" with a function of "hearth mother", protectoress of the home. It is akin of Yer iyesi.”
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