Szélatya or Szélkirály (Old Turkic: Çel Ede or Çel Ata, "Wind Father") is the Hungarian god or deity of wind.[1] [2]
His female counterpart is Szélanya.
Names in various languages edit
- Azerbaijani: Yel ata / Yel baba
- Uzbek: Yel Ota
- Tatar: Җил Әти or Җил Ата or Cil Ana
- Kazakh: Жел Ата
- Chuvash: Ҫил Атте or Ҫил Ашшӗ
- Bashkort: Εл Атай
- Sakha: Тыал Аҕа
- Turkmen: Ýel Ata
- Kyrgyz: Жел Ата
- Khakas: Чил Аба or Чил Ада
- Altay: Салкын Ада
- Tuvan: Салгын Ата
- Balkar: Джел Ата
- Mongolian: Салхи Эцэг
- Buryat: Һалхин Эсэгэ
- Oirat: Салькн эцк
All of them mean "wind father".
The Onoghurs also worshipped him.
Description edit
Szelatya has long hair, silver weapons, and thunder horses. He is said to appear as a youthful and handsome man in hungarian mythology, but as an elderly man in turkic mythology.
He has a jungle or sylvan named Silver Forest.
Family edit
His father is Arany Atyacska (Golden Father) and his mother's name is Hajnal Anyacska (Dawn Mother). However, some accounts mention that he is the son of Kayra, the primordial god.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Windlegends - Windgods
- ^ Magyar Néprajzi Lexikon - szél (in Hungarian)
Bibliography edit
- Mitológiai enciklopédia I. Főszerk. Szergej Alekszandrovics Tokarjev. A magyar kiadást szerk. Hoppál Mihály. Budapest: Gondolat. 1988. ISBN 963-282-027-4 (in Hungarian)
- Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi (page 608) (in Turkish)