Hyperbore

 

Geographically, Hyperborea was located north of the Black Sea, at the foothills of the Ural Mountains. Borea is a Turkish word meaning "cold north wind." Bora is used today as a male name among Turks.

Bora: A harsh and temporary wind.

Boruk: Boran, bara: A severe snowstorm.

Boyanak: Rain falling in large drops.

Boran: Torrential weather with wind, lightning, and thunder.

Boranglamak: To snow.

Buran: A snowstorm.

Boranla: To snow.

Kara boroon: A violent hurricane without snow.

All of these words are found in Turkish (TR, AZ, Krgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek), and even in Mongolian, they appear as "boruğan, buragan."

Hyper is also of Turkish origin and comes from "ubir, upir, obur," meaning "to bite, nibble, suck, drink, insatiable." Thus, "Hyperborea" means "biting cold wind," meaning "so cold that it bites."

BORA:

An Etymological Dictionary of Altaic Languages

S. A. Starostin, A. V. Dybo, O. A. Mudrak

* poru to snow, rain: Tung. *pur-; Mong. *boruɣa; Turk. *bora-; Jpn. *pùr-; Kor. *pora.

PTung. *pur- 1 to drizzle 2 slush 3 to fall (of first snow) 4 wind

(changing its direction) (1 моросить (о дожде) 2 шуга, слякоть 3 вы-падать (о первом снеге) 4 ветер (меняющий направление)): Evn.horụ- 3, hrqa 4; Man. furana- ‘запылиться’; Ork. purē- 1; Nan. puruekme 2.

◊ ТМС 2, 44, 334, 349, 353.

PMong. *boruɣa 1 heavy rain 2 to snow, sleet (1 ливень 2 идти (о снеге, дожде со снегом)): MMong. boro’an (SH); WMong. boruɣa(n) 1 (L 121), burɣana- 2 (L 137: burɣani-); Kh. borō(n) 1, burgana- 2; Bur. borō 1, burga- 2; Kalm. borān 1; Ord. borōn 1; Mog. bɔrɔn (Weiers) 1; S.-Yugh. boroŋ; Mongr. burōn (SM 36) ‘little rain’.

◊ KW 51, MGCD 158. Mong. > Chag. boraɣan etc. (TMN 1, 219-220); Evk. būrga etc. (ТМС 1, 111).

PTurk. *bora- 1 North wind 2 to snow heavily (1 северный ветер 2 обильно падать (о снеге)): Tur. bora(k) 1; Turkm. bora- 2; Kaz. bora- 2.

◊ VEWT 80, ЭСТЯ 2, 189-192, Лексика 45.

PJpn. *pùr- to rain, snow (идти (о дожде, снеге)): OJpn. pur-; MJpn. fùr-; Tok. fúr-; Kyo. fùr-; Kag. fùr-.

◊ JLTT 694.

PKor. *pora snow-storm (снежная буря): Mod. nun-pora, nun-pore.

◊ KED 362.

‖ Poppe 21, Ozawa 288-289, ОСНЯ 1, 188-189, АПиПЯЯ 69. Cf. *boru, a contamination with which should explain Mong. *b- (one would expect *h- with low tone and shortness).

Even the word "vampire" is derived from this "upir." The word "vampire" first entered Western literature in H.A. Ossenfelder's poem "Der Vampir" written in 1748. According to Webster's Dictionary, the word's entry into English as "vampire" dates back to 1732. The Oxford Dictionary states that the ultimate origin of the word, which passed from Hungarian to French and from French to English in the mid-18th century, may be the Turkish "uber."

For more details Vampir / Upir

Hatice Şirin, "Vampir," Turkish Language Studies Yearbook Belleten 2010/2, Ankara: TDK Publications, pp. 119-130

Researchers' failure is not to include Turkish history and language in their research also leads to incomplete information being conveyed within the scientific community. This shame belongs to the entire academic community. Turkish history and language possess a rich heritage, and Turkic peoples such as the Scythians, Huns, Avars, Khazars, Pechenegs, Kipchaks, Cumans, Ogurs, Bolgars, and Chuvash are found throughout Eurasia. Simply looking at place names, proper names, and archaeological data is sufficient. Even kurgans are of Turkic, not Indo-European, origin. The word kurgan itself derives from the Turkish word "korugan," meaning "to protect." Indo-Europeans must finally realize that they cannot write history without the Turkic World. "Dismissing" or "ignoring" another civilization is another form of racism.

Regards from Türkiye, and thank you Caleb.

This is my commend on Caleb's video on YT

PS: Those who want to start Turkish history and language with the 6th century AD, we did not fall from the sky!

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Dionysos and Shamanism

 

Comparison

Attis playing the drum, wearing a Phrygian cap (from Anatolia) and a Kam (shaman) from Siberia 

Roman Imperial Attis wearing a Phrygian cap and performing a cult dance. Cybele's consort is the Phrygian shepherd called Attis, and their relationship was recognized in ancient Greece and Rome, though there are likely Phrygian roots to his character as well. Attis is believed to be her younger mate, often considered to be a deity himself, though beneath the goddess. It is highly debated whether Attis arrived with Cybele or after her, tacked on by the later Greek and Roman followers.

During the Roman Empire, the myth circulated that Attis castrated a king and was thus castrated in turn, and left to die under a pine tree. His followers buried him and then castrated themselves in his honor. These followers developed into Cybele's cult of priests, called the Galli.

Oktay Polat

... But, you women who have left Tmolos, the bulwark of Lydia, my sacred band, whom I have brought from among the barbarians as assistants and companions to me, take your drums, native instruments of the city of the Phrygians, the invention of mother Rhea and myself... (Dionysus; Euripides, Bacchae)

* Neither the name nor Dionysus himself is of Greek origin, he says "I come from the east"

* Tmolos is a mountain, Bozdağ, Manisa/Turkey

... O secret chamber of the Kouretes and you holy Cretan caves, parents to Zeus, where the Korybantes with triple helmet invented for me in their caves this circle, covered with stretched hide; and in their excited revelry they mingled it with the sweet-voiced breath of Phrygian pipes and handed it over to mother Rhea, resounding with the sweet songs of the Bacchae... (Euripides, Bacchae)

* Neither the name nor Bacchos himself is of Greek origin.

Comes from "Bakşi (Bakshi)", which is Turkish, "religious people, followers, priest, priestess". The religious teachers of Buddha, or Burkan in Turkish, who were descendants of the Sakas, were called Bakshi and they would get drunk and engage in excessive behavior, as in the Dionysian festivals. The Shaman's attire is called "manyak (maniac)." Therefore, the name "Maenads," priestess of Bacchos who performed ecstatic movements at Dionysian festivals, is derived from the word "manyak (maniac)." The word is of Turkish origin.

* At some point, Anatolian mother goddess Kybele (Cybele) became Gaia or Rhea  in Greek and Rome myths.

* Korybantes are the sons of Apollon and Thalia (a muse), and priests of Kybele. But, "korubantes (y=u)" is a Turkish word; Koru, korumak "to protect, guard, secure".

* Kybele is Kubebe in Lydian geography, but also the name of a princess in Sumerian, who was later deified. It is mentioned as Kubaba in Hittite inscriptions (Kültepe). So, Kybele is not from Phrygia or Thrace.

* Barbarians = People who does not speak Greek.

* Shamanism does not exist in Greek culture. (Gladstone)

* "Phrygian pipes" - not necessarily a Phrygian culture. Because there are Scythian (Sacae/Saka) and Kimmerian tribes who lived in this region. And we do know that these flutes are Scythian of origin. This also applies to the "Phrygian hat," because the same "headdresses" was worn by the Sakas (Scythians) in Central Asia, who had no connection with the "Phrygians."

SB

İmages:

Parabiago plate - 4th c AD / Milan; Attis is sitting with Kybele in her car drawn by a pair of harnessed lions, with dancing Korybantes around.

Shamans from Central Asia.

Turkish Culture; Çevgen (Chevgen)

 

Seljuk #Turks Playing Chevgen (Polo), 13th c.

Ball and Stick, 1000-800 BC, from Turfan and

Coat of Arms of Mamluk Turks, 12th-13th c.

Chevgen (Çevgen/Çevgan/Çöğen), known as Polo to the Westerners, is a Turkish tradition and culture. The game, which has been practiced as "riding training" since the 6th century BC, was also played for entertainment during diplomatic negotiations and congresses.

* The Saka Turks performed their riding training by wrapping an enemy's skull in a piece of textile, which is why Saka Queen Tomyris' revenge against Cyrus the Great included his "skull."

* The oldest piece of chevgen equipment ever was found was in Turfan, East Turkestan; the artifacts date back to 1000-800 BC. The leather covered balls were found in three separate kurgans in 2003 (in total 3000 kurgans). The world's oldest trousers (1500 BC) was also found in Turfan, which also belongs to the Turkish history.

(PS. The Achaemenid/Achaemenids, which is known today as "Persians," did not exist at that time!)

* In the Shahnameh, Persians and Turanians (Turks) play a match, and of course, in the Shahnameh, written with an Persian perspective, the Turks, referred as "novices", win. However, not only is the fact that the Shahnameh was writing in the eleventh century, but the ancient inhabitants of the region, the Saka-Scythian Turks, also not mentioned as Turkic tribes. The Turanians in the Shahnameh is the tribe of Alp Er Tonga (=Afrasiab, also the clan of Tomyris (Tomris, still a female name among Turks). It should also be remembered that the game was played during the Safavid period in İran, and the Safavids, who are also Turk, was considered as "Iranians." For this reason, many "Western travelers" or sources claim that Polo was invented by the Persians. This was completely misunderstanding, misleading and false info (and still ongoing).

* Chevgen (çevgen) entered India from the Himalayas with the Saka and Hun Turks, and was played by the Mughal Turks (the founder is Babur, from the Timurid Dynasty).

* The Chinese encountered the chevgen (through those who left the Asian-Hun and Turkic Khaganates) during the Tang Dynasty (partly a Turk dynasty), and used them to train their "cavalry." In fact, many Turkic traditions and cultures were copied by the Chinese during this period, such as wearing trousers or knotting the tails of their horses.

* Chevgen, which was also enjoyed by the Mamluk, Kipchak, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods. Was also played by Eastern Roman nobles in the twelfth century. Anna Komnene's book the Alexiad, describes the Turkish commander Tatikios and Alexios playing a type of chevgen called "Tzikanistirion." The emperor even fell from his horse and injured his knee. It is also known that Turkish women played chevgen, challenging the men.

* After the martyrdom of Husayn (Hüseyin; son of Ali and Fatma and grandson of Mohammed) and the beheading, which affected Muslim Turks (especially those living in Türkiye), chevgen game was banned among Muslims for centuries. Of course, dismounting and sedentary lifestyle were the other factors.

* According to a legend, Darius sent a ball and a stick to insult Alexander. This event is also used in the Scottish epic "King Alexander" and Shakespeare's "Henry V." However, they never played in Scotland or in England, until the 19th century. In the 1850s, it was brought to England from India, by British who were colonizing the land. But it became a pastime for the "nobility." The British also adapted the word "Pulu" (ball), which they learned in India, to Polo.

* Azerbaijani Turks embraced this Turkish culture and brought it back to life, even had added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2013 as "Chevgan/Chovgan" (ancient Karabakh horse-sport game). Thus, this also invalidated the claims of Iran, China, India, and England that this game was "theirs."

This "game" is 100% an invention of the Turks.

"Playing" it without a saddle or stirrups requires skills...

SB

Mamluk Turks, 12th-13th c

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