PEOPLE EY WORLD YOU ARE ALL TURKS.

   AMERICA NATIVE INDIAN AND TURKISH

FAMOUS IN PEOPLE CULTURE

SHAMANS, MAIN DAY AND MAIN EARTH1

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Beaver (Kunduz) tribe from Kün-Anaa (Gün Ana) Indians, affiliated to the Athapascan (Athabaskan) Indian group, one of the Native American Indian tribes

According to the beliefs of the Indians, they were descended from the Holy Kün-Anaa, who was sent to the earth by the Sky-God on the back of the seven Wild Goose, and later named after him.

They formed the people of the land called "America". Kün-Anaa Indians

For these people, who are descended from Ulumanitu (God) according to their beliefs, the world is divided into three stages.

as created. Upper, Middle and Lower world. A flat "pole" erected in the middle of the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center during the creation ceremonies related to Kün-Anaa held in Albaquarke, the capital of the US state of New Mexico.

dance around this "One" only "pole" in seasonal ceremonies held around it.

and turn around it in a circle. This dance of the Indians is from "One"

It symbolizes that they were created and that they will eventually return to that great “One”. Turkish People

The woman who plays the leading role in the epics within the circle of her culture was created from "light". This “light” representing woman has a “life-giving” feature originating from holiness.

carries with it. Umay Ana in Turkish Creation Epics, Tengere Kayra

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with a "Bird" symbol on his crown, on the headstone of the Orkhon Inscriptions.

The "Umay Ana" described is Turkish's Destiny-Bird. Umay Ana, in other words Umay Bird Erzurum Double Minarets, takes place in our epics as the Turk's bird of destiny

The tree of life stone carving on the right side of the main entrance gate in the complex.

It is located on the top of the hill and is called the "Huma Bird", which is constantly sung in our folk songs.

This "bird" in the line "You fly from the Huma Sushi yuhseh..." is the Umay Bird itself in our Turkish epics. In this statement, we accept the root of Islam.

given to our holy women in our epics, which date back to

“the place” and, in parallel, the people living in the “America” continent on the other side of the ocean.

Sacred “sacredness with women” in the national epics of native Indian tribes

We will examine the similarities and parallels that we have identified in terms of

Keywords: Shamanism, Epics, Ana, Gün-Ana, Kün-Ana, Umay,

Huma, Indian, Turk, Mother Earth, Underworld, Middle Earth, Upper World.

Kun-Anaa and Mother Earth: Epic Shamans in Turkish and Native

American Indian Cultures

Summary

According to the beliefs of the Beaver and Kun-Anaa (Gun Anaa) Indians of

the major Ahapscan (Atabashkan) Indian Group that they had been given birth to

by Kun-Anaa that had been sent to the earth on the back of seven Sacred Geese by

Manito, the Great Spirit, and the inhabitants of so-called `America` later had been

populated by. According to the Kun-Anaa Indians belief the Great Spirit (Manito)

created the Earthy in three levels: Upper-World, Middle-World and Lower World.

In Albuquerque, the capital city of the New Mexico State of USA, the Pueblo Indians circle and dances in religious manner around a straight single post that erected

in the center of Pueblo Indian Cultural Center. They do believe that they had been

created by this `One 'that at the end they would turn back to the same `One`. the

major woman figure that plays the main role in Turkish epics had been created from

a pure `light`. The pure `light` that resembles the woman carries the `Life Given`

character by herself. Umay Ana (Mother Umay) who takes place in Turkish Creation

Epic had been placed in `third` rank after Tengere Kayra Khan and Tusege Tenger.

Umay Ana who took place on the top of the Bilge Kaan monumental erected single

stone in Orhun Valley that is symbolized by a single winged sacred bird that is major

figure and named the `Bird of Fate` of Turkish Nation. Umay Ana who takes place

as `Bird of Fate` in Turkish Epics also known as `Umay Kyushu` had been placed on

the top of stone carved `three of life` that placed on the right hand side of Erzurum

Double Minarets monumental complex. Also repeatedly sounds in a very old Turkish

folk-song called by people as `Huma Kyushu`. “Huma bird you fly in the heights.”In

this line it is shown that `bird` is the same `Umay Bird` that symbolizes `Mother

Umay`. The sacred high rank position that had been given to Turkish woman heroines before Islamic era in a sacred manner and parallels on the same subject that

lives on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean amongst the Native Indians` epics so

the sacred positions given to Indian sacred women, similarities and parallels will be

examined in our academic paper.

Keywords: Shamanism, Epics, Native Indians, Mother Umay, Mother Earth

Epic Shamans in Native American Indian and Turkish Folk Culture, Mother Day and Mother Earth

Where did Native American Indian tribes come from?