Umay
Turkic goddess of children, babies, and souls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the goddess. For the legendary bird, see Huma bird. For the Tibetan script, see Umê script. For the villages in Iran, see Umay, Iran.
Umay (also known as Umai; Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰢𐰖; Kazakh: Ұмай ана, Ūmai ana; Kyrgyz: Умай эне, Umay ene; Russian: Ума́й / Ымай, Umáj / Ymaj, Turkish: Umay (Ana)) is the goddess of fertility[1] in Turkic mythology and Tengrism and as such related to women, mothers, and children. Umay not only protects and educates babies, but also may separate the soul from the dead, especially young children. She lives in heaven and is invisible to the common people. Souls of babies-to-be-born are kept in her "temple" of Mount Ymay-tas or Amay. The Khakas emphasize her in particular.[2] From Umai, the essence of fire (Od Ana) was born.[3]