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The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations and nomadic cultures continues with a video on the Tengriism - the shared religion of the Turks and Mongols. Under the endless blue sky of the Eurasian steppe, the ancient Turks and Mongols worshipped Tengri – the Eternal Blue Sky – long before Islam, Christianity, or Buddhism reshaped Inner Asia. This video explores the original religion of the steppe nomads: Tengrism. We follow its elusive origins, from the Orkhon inscriptions and the Gokturk Khaganate, through rich Turko-Mongolic mythology with sky gods, wolf ancestors, and powerful spirits tied to horses, fire, and the natural world. We then track how Chinggis (Genghis) Khan and his successors used Tengri to legitimize the Mongol Empire and build an imperial ideology that could coexist with Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Finally, we examine how Tengrism declined, survived on the fringes of Siberia, and is now being rediscovered as part of Turkic and Mongolic cultural identity in the modern era.
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Script: Christos Nicolaou
Animation: Arb Paninken http://bit.ly/2Ow3oC8
Narration: Liam Taylor
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Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com
00:00:00 - Under the Eternal Blue Sky: Tengrism Introduced
00:01:34 - Elusive Origins of the Sky Faith
00:06:17 - Gods, Spirits, and the Turko-Mongolic Cosmos
00:09:49 - Tengrism and the Ideology of the Mongol Empire
00:13:13 - From Tengri to Islam and Buddhism
00:16:26 - Survival and Revival of Tengrism in Modern Times
00:18:53 - Legacy of Tengri and the Endless Steppe
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_Xd3qLAXYWIt5ZBKx5ZSoH37dx4iCXqWocBJc9Ygs0/edit?usp=sharing
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