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{{About|Asena in Turkic mythology}}
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'''Asena''' is the name of a she-wolf <ref>''[[Book of Zhou]]'', [[:zh:s:周書/卷50|Vo. 50.]]<!--遂生十男。十男長大，外托妻孕，其後各有一姓，阿史那即一也。---> {{Zh icon}}</ref><ref>''[[History of Northern Dynasties]]'', [[:zh:s:北史/卷099|Vo. 99.]]<!--狼匿其中，遂生十男。十男長，外托妻孕，其後各為一姓，阿史那即其一也，---> {{Zh icon}}</ref><ref>''[[Book of Sui]]'', [[:zh:s:隋書/卷84|Vol. 84.]] {{Zh icon}}<!--其後狼生十男，其一姓阿史那氏，--></ref> Asena is associated with a [[Göktürk]] ethnogenic myth "full of [[tengriism|shamanic]] symbolism."<ref>André Wink. ''Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World''. Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-391-04173-8. Page 65.</ref> <ref>Ziya Gökalp, transcription: Şahin Filiz, "Türk devletinin tekâmülü 12: Hakanlık Teşkilatı",''Küçük Mecmua -II-'', [http://books.google.com.tr/books?id=KOGsRvsIv0AC&pg=PA57&dq=%22Bu+da+%C3%87inlilere+g%C3%B6re%22&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=Tdj3UKuREcnnkgWQ9YGADQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Bu%20da%20%C3%87inlilere%20g%C3%B6re%22&f=false ''Bu da Çinlilere göre (Asena=Kurt) manasındadır''] {{Tr icon}}</ref>
'''Asena''' is the name of a she-wolf <ref>''[[Book of Zhou]]'', [[:zh:s:周書/卷50|Vo. 50.]] <!--遂生十男。十男長大，外托妻孕，其後各有一姓，阿史那即一也。--->{{Zh icon}}</ref><ref>''[[History of Northern Dynasties]]'', [[:zh:s:北史/卷099|Vo. 99.]] <!--狼匿其中，遂生十男。十男長，外托妻孕，其後各為一姓，阿史那即其一也，--->{{Zh icon}}</ref><ref>''[[Book of Sui]]'', [[:zh:s:隋書/卷84|Vol. 84.]] {{Zh icon}}<!--其後狼生十男，其一姓阿史那氏，--></ref> associated with a [[Göktürk]] ethnogenic myth "full of [[tengriism|shamanic]] symbolism."<ref>André Wink. ''Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World''. Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-391-04173-8. Page 65.</ref> <ref>Ziya Gökalp, transcription: Şahin Filiz, "Türk devletinin tekâmülü 12: Hakanlık Teşkilatı",''Küçük Mecmua -II-'', [http://books.google.com.tr/books?id=KOGsRvsIv0AC&pg=PA57&dq=%22Bu+da+%C3%87inlilere+g%C3%B6re%22&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=Tdj3UKuREcnnkgWQ9YGADQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Bu%20da%20%C3%87inlilere%20g%C3%B6re%22&f=false ''Bu da Çinlilere göre (Asena=Kurt) manasındadır''] {{Tr icon}}</ref>


==The Grey Wolf Legend==
==The Grey Wolf Legend==
The legend tells of a young boy who survived a battle. A female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health. He subsequently impregnates the wolf which then gives birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. One of these, Ashina, becomes their leader and instaures the [[Ashina (clan)|Ashina clan]] which ruled the [[Göktürks]] and other [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[nomadic empire]]s.<ref>Findley, Carter Vaughin. ''The Turks in World History''. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517726-6. Page 38.</ref><ref>Roxburgh, D. J. (ed.) ''Turks, A Journey of a Thousand Years''. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005. Page 20.</ref> The wolf, pregnant with the boy's offspring, escaped her enemies by crossing the Western Sea to a cave near to the Qocho mountains, one of the cities of the [[Tocharians]]. The first Turks subsequently migrated to the Altai regions, where they are known as expert [[blacksmith]]s, as the [[Scythians]] are also known to have been.<ref>Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, Princeton University Press, 2011, p.9</ref>
The legend tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health. The wolf is impregnated by the boy, giving birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. Of these, Ashina, becomes their leader and instaures the [[Ashina (clan)|Ashina clan]] which ruled over the [[[Göktürk|Göktürks]] and other [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[nomadic empire]]s.<ref>Findley, Carter Vaughin. ''The Turks in World History''. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517726-6. Page 38.</ref><ref>Roxburgh, D. J. (ed.) ''Turks, A Journey of a Thousand Years''. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005. Page 20.</ref>


The wolf, pregnant with the boy's offspring, escaped her enemies by crossing the Western Sea to a cave near the Qocho mountains and a city of [[Tocharians]]. The first Turks subsequently migrated to the Altai regions, where they are known as expert [[blacksmith]]s, as the [[Scythians]] are also known to have been.<ref>Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, Princeton University Press, 2011, p.9</ref>
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==1930s==

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==[[1930s]]==
In the 1930s, when [[Turkish nationalism|Turkish]] [[ethnic nationalism]] held its sway in Turkey, Bozkurt, Asena and [[Ergenekon]] were selected deliberately.<ref name="Arman"/> The symbol is embossed on top of the stage of the personal theater of Atatürk's residence in Ankara, near the art gallery.<ref name="Arman">Murat Arman, "The Sources of Banality In Transforming Turkish Nationalism", ''CEU Political Science Journal'', issue: 2 (2007), p. 136.</ref> [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Mustafa Kemal]] (Atatürk) used the motif of this legend. For example, on February 13, 1931, during his speech at the ''[[Türk Ocağı]]'' in [[Malatya]], he said ''"the Turkish nation, who will use the [[railways]] (demiryolları), will feel the honour of accomplishing the achievement of the first craftmanship and [[blacksmith]]s (demircilik) of its origin."''<ref>''Atatürk'ün Söylev ve Demeçleri II'', Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, 1989, p. 301, Turkish text: ''Demiryollarını kullanacak olan Türk milleti menşeindeki ilk sanatkarlığına, demirciliğinin eserini tekrar göstermiş olmakla müftehir olacaktır.'' {{Tr icon}}</ref><ref>Mehmet Önder, ''Atatürk'ün Yurt Gezileri'', Türkiye İş Bankası, 1975, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mj0BAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Demiryollar%C4%B1n%C4%B1+kullanacak+olan+T%C3%BCrk+Milleti,+do%C4%9Fusundaki+ilk+sanatk%C3%A2rl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1n%C4%B1n,+demircili%C4%9Finin+eserini+tekrar+g%C3%B6stermi%C5%9F+olmakla+..%22&dq=%22Demiryollar%C4%B1n%C4%B1+kullanacak+olan+T%C3%BCrk+Milleti,+do%C4%9Fusundaki+ilk+sanatk%C3%A2rl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1n%C4%B1n,+demircili%C4%9Finin+eserini+tekrar+g%C3%B6stermi%C5%9F+olmakla+..%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IdL3ULreEciXkwX5mYHoCw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ p. 268].</ref>
In the 1930s, when [[Turkish nationalism|Turkish]] [[ethnic nationalism]] held its sway in Turkey, Bozkurt, Asena and [[Ergenekon]] were selected deliberately.<ref name="Arman"/> The symbol is embossed on top of the stage of the personal theater of Atatürk's residence in Ankara, near the art gallery.<ref name="Arman">Murat Arman, "The Sources of Banality In Transforming Turkish Nationalism", ''CEU Political Science Journal'', issue: 2 (2007), p. 136.</ref> [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Mustafa Kemal]] (Atatürk) used the motif of this legend. For example, on February 13, 1931, during his speech at the ''[[Türk Ocağı]]'' in [[Malatya]], he said ''"the Turkish nation, who will use the [[railways]] (demiryolları), will feel the honour of accomplishing the achievement of the first craftmanship and [[blacksmith]]s (demircilik) of its origin."''<ref>''Atatürk'ün Söylev ve Demeçleri II'', Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, 1989, p. 301, Turkish text: ''Demiryollarını kullanacak olan Türk milleti menşeindeki ilk sanatkarlığına, demirciliğinin eserini tekrar göstermiş olmakla müftehir olacaktır.'' {{Tr icon}}</ref><ref>Mehmet Önder, ''Atatürk'ün Yurt Gezileri'', Türkiye İş Bankası, 1975, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mj0BAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Demiryollar%C4%B1n%C4%B1+kullanacak+olan+T%C3%BCrk+Milleti,+do%C4%9Fusundaki+ilk+sanatk%C3%A2rl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1n%C4%B1n,+demircili%C4%9Finin+eserini+tekrar+g%C3%B6stermi%C5%9F+olmakla+..%22&dq=%22Demiryollar%C4%B1n%C4%B1+kullanacak+olan+T%C3%BCrk+Milleti,+do%C4%9Fusundaki+ilk+sanatk%C3%A2rl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1n%C4%B1n,+demircili%C4%9Finin+eserini+tekrar+g%C3%B6stermi%C5%9F+olmakla+..%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IdL3ULreEciXkwX5mYHoCw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ p. 268].</ref>


Revision as of 10:15, 6 August 2013

This article is about Asena in Turkic mythology. For other uses, see Asena (disambiguation).

Asena is the name of a she-wolf [1][2][3] associated with a Göktürk ethnogenic myth "full of shamanic symbolism."[4] [5]

The Grey Wolf Legend

The legend tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health. The wolf is impregnated by the boy, giving birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. Of these, Ashina, becomes their leader and instaures the Ashina clan which ruled over the [[[Göktürk|Göktürks]] and other Turkic nomadic empires.[6][7]

The wolf, pregnant with the boy's offspring, escaped her enemies by crossing the Western Sea to a cave near the Qocho mountains and a city of Tocharians. The first Turks subsequently migrated to the Altai regions, where they are known as expert blacksmiths, as the Scythians are also known to have been.[8]

1930s

In the 1930s, when Turkish ethnic nationalism held its sway in Turkey, Bozkurt, Asena and Ergenekon were selected deliberately.[9] The symbol is embossed on top of the stage of the personal theater of Atatürk's residence in Ankara, near the art gallery.[9] Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) used the motif of this legend. For example, on February 13, 1931, during his speech at the Türk Ocağı in Malatya, he said "the Turkish nation, who will use the railways (demiryolları), will feel the honour of accomplishing the achievement of the first craftmanship and blacksmiths (demircilik) of its origin."[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Book of Zhou, Vo. 50. Template:Zh icon
  2. ^ History of Northern Dynasties, Vo. 99. Template:Zh icon
  3. ^ Book of Sui, Vol. 84. Template:Zh icon
  4. ^ André Wink. Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-391-04173-8. Page 65.
  5. ^ Ziya Gökalp, transcription: Şahin Filiz, "Türk devletinin tekâmülü 12: Hakanlık Teşkilatı",Küçük Mecmua -II-, Bu da Çinlilere göre (Asena=Kurt) manasındadır Template:Tr icon
  6. ^ Findley, Carter Vaughin. The Turks in World History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517726-6. Page 38.
  7. ^ Roxburgh, D. J. (ed.) Turks, A Journey of a Thousand Years. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005. Page 20.
  8. ^ Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, Princeton University Press, 2011, p.9
  9. ^ a b Murat Arman, "The Sources of Banality In Transforming Turkish Nationalism", CEU Political Science Journal, issue: 2 (2007), p. 136.
  10. ^ Atatürk'ün Söylev ve Demeçleri II, Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, 1989, p. 301, Turkish text: Demiryollarını kullanacak olan Türk milleti menşeindeki ilk sanatkarlığına, demirciliğinin eserini tekrar göstermiş olmakla müftehir olacaktır. Template:Tr icon
  11. ^ Mehmet Önder, Atatürk'ün Yurt Gezileri, Türkiye İş Bankası, 1975, p. 268.
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