TÜRKİYE ORTA ASYA HABER KKUORDİNATÖRÜ

SHAMANS, MOTHER DAY, AND MOTHER EARTH, EMBODIED IN NATIVE AMERICAN, NATIVE, AND TURKISH FOLK CULTURE According to the beliefs of the Native American Indians of the Beaver Tribe, belonging to the Kün-Anaa (Mother Day) Indians of the Athapascan (Atabaskan) Native American group, they descended from the sacred Kün-Anaa, who was sent to Earth by the Sky God on the backs of seven Wild Geese, and who later formed the people of the land called "America." According to the Kün-Anaa Indian beliefs, Ulumanitu (the Sky God) created the world for these descended people in three stages: the Upper, Middle, and Lower worlds. In the creation ceremonies related to Kün-Anaa held in Albaquarke, the capital of the American state of New Mexico, the seasonal ceremonies are held around a straight "pole" erected in the center of the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center. The "One" dances around this single "pole" and circles around it in a circle. This dance symbolizes that the Indians were created from the "One" and that they will eventually return to that great "One." Women, who play a leading role in the epics within the circle of Turkish Folk Culture, were created from "light." This "light" representing women also carries with it a "life-giving" quality stemming from holiness. Umay Ana, Tengere Kayra Khan, and Tüsege Tengere, who appear in the Turkish Creation Epics, are ranked third in the sacred order. Bilge Kaghan's golden throne is considered the "third" in the sacred order.