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'''Asena''' is the name of a she-[[wolf]] associated with the [[Oghuz Turkic]] [[foundation myth]].<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-'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=KOGsRvsIv0AC&dq=%22Bu+da+%C3%87inlilere+g%C3%B6re%22&pg=PA57 ''Bu da Çinlilere göre (Asena=Kurt) manasındadır''] {{in lang|tr}}</ref> The ancestress of the [[Göktürks]] is also a she-wolf, mentioned yet unnamed in two different "Wolf Tales" <ref>Golden, Peter B. (August 2018). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326609440_The_Ethnogonic_Tales_of_the_Turks "The Ethnogonic Tales of the Türks"] in ''The Medieval History Journal'', 21(2). 21 (2): 291–327</ref>
'''Asena''' is the name of a she-[[wolf]] associated with the [[Oghuz Turkic]] [[foundation myth]].<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-'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=KOGsRvsIv0AC&dq=%22Bu+da+%C3%87inlilere+g%C3%B6re%22&pg=PA57 ''Bu da Çinlilere göre (Asena=Kurt) manasındadır''] {{in lang|tr}}</ref> The ancestress of the [[Göktürks]] is also a she-wolf, mentioned yet unnamed in two different "Wolf Tales" <ref>Golden, Peter B. (August 2018). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326609440_The_Ethnogonic_Tales_of_the_Turks "The Ethnogonic Tales of the Türks"] in ''The Medieval History Journal'', 21(2). 21 (2): 291–327</ref>
The legend of Asena tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health. The she-wolf, [[Bestiality|impregnated by the boy]], escapes her enemies by crossing the Western Sea to a cave near the [[Qocho]] mountains and a city of the [[Tocharians]], giving birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. Of these, [[Yizhi Nishidu]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Xin yi Yi Zhou shu|last1=Hongen|first1=Niu|last2=牛鴻恩|date=2015|publisher=三民書局|others=袁宏.|isbn=9789571460192|edition=Di 1 ban|location=Taibei Shi|oclc=913445355}}</ref> becomes their leader and establishes the [[Ashina tribe|Ashina clan]], which ruled over the Göktürk 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 legend of Asena tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health. The she-wolf, [[Bestiality|impregnated by the boy]], escapes her enemies by crossing the Western Sea to a cave near the [[Qocho]] mountains and a city of the [[Tocharians]], giving birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. Of these, [[Yizhi Nishidu]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Xin yi Yi Zhou shu|last1=Hongen|first1=Niu|last2=牛鴻恩|date=2015|publisher=三民書局|others=袁宏.|isbn=9789571460192|edition=Di 1 ban|location=Taibei Shi|oclc=913445355}}</ref> becomes their leader and establishes the [[Ashina tribe|Ashina clan]], which ruled over the Göktürk 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>

In certain cultural narratives and mythological accounts, the character of Asena, with its symbolic association to a she-wolf, is denoted by the name "Bozkurt" (meaning Gray Wolf in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]), embodying a significant archetype with multifaceted connotations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koto |first=Koray |date=2023-07-21 |title=Börü: The Wolf in Turkic Mythology |url=https://ulukayin.org/boru-the-wolf-in-turkic-mythology/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=ULUKAYIN English |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Modern era==
==Modern era==

Revision as of 19:48, 24 July 2023

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

Asena is the name of a she-wolf associated with the Oghuz Turkic foundation myth.[1][2] The ancestress of the Göktürks is also a she-wolf, mentioned yet unnamed in two different "Wolf Tales" [3] The legend of Asena tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health. The she-wolf, impregnated by the boy, escapes her enemies by crossing the Western Sea to a cave near the Qocho mountains and a city of the Tocharians, giving birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. Of these, Yizhi Nishidu[4] becomes their leader and establishes the Ashina clan, which ruled over the Göktürk and other Turkic nomadic empires.[5][6]

In certain cultural narratives and mythological accounts, the character of Asena, with its symbolic association to a she-wolf, is denoted by the name "Bozkurt" (meaning Gray Wolf in Turkish), embodying a significant archetype with multifaceted connotations.[7]

Modern era

With the rise of Turkish ethnic nationalism in the 1930s, the veneration of figures of Turkic Mythology, such as Bozkurt, Asena and Ergenekon was resurgent.

The Turkish Air Force's Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker tanker squadron is nicknamed ''Asena''.

Leader of the Turkish nationalist İYİ Parti Meral Akşener is nicknamed Asena.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ André Wink. Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-391-04173-8. Page 65.
  2. ^ Ziya Gökalp, transcription: Şahin Filiz, "Türk devletinin tekâmülü 12: Hakanlık Teşkilatı",Küçük Mecmua -II-, Bu da Çinlilere göre (Asena=Kurt) manasındadır (in Turkish)
  3. ^ Golden, Peter B. (August 2018). "The Ethnogonic Tales of the Türks" in The Medieval History Journal, 21(2). 21 (2): 291–327
  4. ^ Hongen, Niu; 牛鴻恩 (2015). Xin yi Yi Zhou shu. 袁宏. (Di 1 ban ed.). Taibei Shi: 三民書局. ISBN 9789571460192. OCLC 913445355.
  5. ^ Findley, Carter Vaughin. The Turks in World History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517726-6. Page 38.
  6. ^ Roxburgh, D. J. (ed.) Turks, A Journey of a Thousand Years. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005. Page 20.
  7. ^ Koto, Koray (2023-07-21). "Börü: The Wolf in Turkic Mythology". ULUKAYIN English. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  8. ^ "A challenge to Turkey's Erdogan". The Economist. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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