The "Bisman" form of this deity is the black leader of a group called the Guardian Kings in Buddhist tradition.
The "Bisman" form of this deity is the black leader of a group called the Guardian Kings in Buddhist tradition. A ceremony in which a lead stone is dropped on a person's head honors this deity, who can appear in a single eternal form, or as either 33 or 99 different gods personifying concepts like time, desire, and the road. He seems to share his name with a Polynesian deity whose wife Papa cheats on him with Rangi, leading him to spear Rangi in the leg. He created the sun Koyash and he battles the dark lord (*) Erlik when he is conflated with the god Ulgan . Charms known as nazar are used by shamans to pray to this deity, who shares his name with the second-highest peak in the Tien Shan mountains. For 10 points, name this blue Sky-Father worshipped by Gokturk and Mongolian peoples.
The "Bisman" form of this deity is the black leader of a group called the Guardian Kings in Buddhist tradition.
Tengri [accept Tangaroa, or Tangaloa, or Ta-aroa, or Tan or Tam or "Ulgan" before mentioned]