What was the Religion of the Mongols?
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6 років томуThe Mongols are of course famous for the successes of their armies, and especially their horsemen and horse archers, although in this video I'd like to explore an aspect of the Mongols not often explored: their religion. While various Mongols were at various times Christian, Buddhist, Muslim and more, their traditional, native religion was one known as Tengriism or Tengrism, the worship of the Sky-God Tengri. In this video I'll be exploring this belief set as part of a wider series on philosophy covering both the Western and Eastern Philosophies and Belief-Sets.
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@SerBuckets 5 років тому
Tengri literally means Sky. Khukh Tengri is Blue Sky. We Mongols traditionally don't believe there is a sky "god" but we worship the sky and the universe as whole
@muratozgun2813 5 років тому
In Turkic; Gök(khukh) means sky, blue, eternal. Tangrı> Tang(horizon), -yeri(place).. So when we say Gök tengri, it means Eternal Horizon Place.. So it means universe. I am really be honorful of this great idea. Our ancestors didnt give God a human character, they see god as universe itself and everything is part of it.
@tarunvyas214 4 роки тому
Hi my friend i am Hindu and indian I want to know that what is the religious of Mongolian people islaam muslim so mongol people is muslim ,ya Christan ,Buddhist my friend say me mongol people is muslim is this true
@armanaldan3693 4 роки тому
No, actually Tengri means God, and kukh means sky or blue. In kazakh we say Kök Tänri (Sky God, Blue God)
@53er87 4 роки тому
Like pantheism?
@DevoteeofThunor 4 роки тому
@@muratozgun2813 you really need to read up on Tengriism because it very much talks about Tengri being a sky God
@user-wl4sr4tl7f 6 років тому
*THROAT SINGING INTENSIFIES*
@roufamagga4453 3 роки тому
Do you know the exact version of this song made up of the lyrics in the Orkhun Inscriptions? I could not find it anywhere. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/nGGFfYFsmGdipmw.html
@hiddenwoodsben 3 роки тому
where's batzorig when we need him?
@hennill3336 3 роки тому
HUWAAAAAAAAAAAAAOO
@thestrategistbrit 3 роки тому
@@hiddenwoodsben making more vids is where hes at
@hiddenwoodsben 3 роки тому
@@thestrategistbrit i can't wait!
@WyrmrestAccord 4 роки тому
A Mongol warrior who commits a terrible deed and loses his soul to the underworld, then has to seek a shaman to explain him how to get his soul back, then embark to a journey to the underworld to redeem himself and recover his soul... I'd totally watch a series about that!
@theblackrose3130 3 роки тому
Spirited away is essentially a Shinto version of that
@sukhchainsingh3894 3 роки тому
That's not how it works, but for artistic creativity I think it can be a good story.
@Vandelberger 2 роки тому
Hellblade senuas sacrifice, is a Celtic version.
@NyancatG 2 роки тому
@@theblackrose3130 ]0
@ArthurD 2 роки тому
You can probably count 4th episode of The Book of Boba Fett that way. Din Djarin, the Mandalorian, committed bad deed, then he went to the underside of the world he came to, met blacksmith woman - the shaman - and got instructions on how to redeem himself. It's quite funny how similar the story is.
@user-on2ij4xt2t 2 роки тому
Fun fact, I am Kazakh/Mongolian and the first Kazakh word I learned is Shanyrak, which is the crossing of wood you see in the Tengriist symbols, at the top of the yurta, and in many flags like the Kyrgyz flag 🇰🇬
@mishka3284 Рік тому
tsamkhraa in mongolian, comes from classical mongolian “chanqaraq” related to kazakh shanyrak
@serhangul7775 4 роки тому
Great informative video. But PLEASE for the love of tengri, stop using chinese music in videos about Turks and Mongols. I've seen this so many times and it hurts me inside. Turks and Mongols were both the biggest enemies of Chinese back in time. As such, Turkish or Mongolic cultures have almost nothing in common with chinese, including music, beliefs, dressing and food.
@imlonelypleasehelp5443 3 роки тому
Tell that the the mongols writing system and their control of China for a time.
@user-vb9km7hn1p 3 роки тому
Serhan Gul saol reis ağzımdan aldın
@sesameeeishere 3 роки тому
I’m Mongolian and I know
@user-vb9km7hn1p 3 роки тому
Ochir Ochir ok reis
@calumfoster-bayliss7122 3 роки тому
yeah ESPECIALLY with the recent popularization of various mongol bands like hun-hurr tu... it should be PRETTY FRIGGIN EASY to find some mongolian trax for this.
@unknownmf2599 6 років тому
I want to thank you for this amazing video man. It's pretty precise. Thanks alot! - From a Siberian Tatar. 😊
@serhansali 4 роки тому
I'm tatar as well :))
@movie9600 3 роки тому
@@serhansali are you muslim?
@DeadWhiteButterflies 5 років тому
Tengriism: the coolest faith you've never heard of.
@AG26498 3 роки тому
@NihilisticEntropy if you find terrorists somehow cool then maybe yes.
@silly_cat. 3 роки тому
Kultegin Goren you believe in fake news?? That’s absolute shit bro,,,,
@AG26498 3 роки тому
@@silly_cat. read the quran. Even in the first pages it is written how allah is gonna punish the "non believers".
@ranopathano8778 3 роки тому
@NihilisticEntropy Ameen
@yakutza3922 3 роки тому
@NihilisticEntropy It is not Islam. Almost turks got Islam from Arabic nations. But before that tengriism was true faith of this ethnic groups. And tengriism include shamanism, nature's spiritism, agnosticism.
@A_Koenig 4 роки тому
Fascinating to see how similar the traditions of the Mongols/Turks are to what we assume to be the Proto-Indoeuropean tradition, from the figures of the Gods to the teachings about the soul! It seems as if the nomadic lifestyle in the steppes very much directs the focus of a people towards the radiant Sky and its symbolism of Light, Eternity, Masculinity and Virtue.
@FintasticTC Рік тому
Also Finn’s-Hungarians-Japanese also similar cultures and most of the middle Asian ethnics believed same religion:) and Mongolians took Turks as a fighter in their army many years they been living same are and they use to other’s cultures,language is not same only but it’s Ural-Altai family so they are similar.. Even there were Turkish army in Mongolians they been in war many times with other Turkish countries 🤦🏼♂️
@szekelylunahun3196 6 років тому
Hungarians and turks had also same tengrism religion.
@szekelylunahun3196 6 років тому
Nom Anor Yes unfortunatelly.
@Oghuzpervert1 6 років тому
Abrahamic religions are filthy desert killing cults
@grendo45 5 років тому
@@Oghuzpervert1 The world certainly wasn't much more peaceful before the spread of abrahamic religions.
@user-hr9jy8ru1g 5 років тому
@@szekelylunahun3196 Hungarians is Not Huns
@szekelylunahun3196 4 роки тому
Алтайские горы Yes, we are.
@user-hr9jy8ru1g 5 років тому
Khok Tengri Altai Közektsin. 🇹🇷🇺🇿🇹🇲🇲🇳🇰🇬🇰🇿🇦🇿👊🦅
@garidkhuugarid7992 5 років тому
Хөх тэнгэр blue sky
@meli.khan_4501 4 роки тому
🇹🇷🇰🇿🇹🇲🇦🇿🇰🇬🇺🇿🇲🇳❤
@Squirrel_Xi 4 роки тому
salam
@midnightblue3285 4 роки тому
@ÖLÜMLÜHAYATBUGÜNVARSINYARINYOKSUN Yes that what tengism is came from not mongoel but volga bulgars
@midnightblue3285 4 роки тому
@@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari534 Volga bulgars are european family yes
@hadenthomas123 6 років тому
4:00 VERY INDO EUROPEAN
@tommyhill7645 6 років тому
The Surt jive = survived
@GodsOwnPrototype 6 років тому
Norman Rowsell we remember you
@weltgeist2604 6 років тому
>inb4 Thomas Rowsell becomes a God in new Paganism.
@Ratchet4647 6 років тому
What was that?
@bilghuerlikhon1794 6 років тому
Tengri=Tanri (modern Turkish)=god
@MonsieurDean 6 років тому
A 40 minute video, hm? Well, best get my popcorn!
@zionalbrecht7538 6 років тому
Same
@oliverhees4076 6 років тому
I should be doing English homework but oh well...
@linklgas1691 5 років тому
why do english homework when you can watch this and balance out the stress in your life? ;)
@user-ek1ws6og2h 5 років тому
@@linklgas1691 well said
@linklgas1691 5 років тому
ᠨᠧᠭᠣᠯᠦᠮᠢᠶᠠᠲᠢᠭᠠ ᠹᠠᠮᠣᠤᠨᠠ Thanks 😀
@gokarty 6 років тому
So glad to see an in depth exploration of a region/philosophy/religion that is almost unknown in the West. More! Please!
@ladonnacross9548 3 роки тому
Well thank you. This has been the beginning of my study of my Mongolian heritage
@arsec42 6 років тому
This is a topic ive been waiting for for so long, thanks !
@AdolphusOfBlood 6 років тому
This was a great video, I've been waiting for this for a vary long time.
@williamcooke5627 6 років тому
Thanks Hilbert. That's one religion I'd never looked into, and you provided a very good introduction.
@thefacelessnarrator 6 років тому
God damn, 40 minutes - stellar effort, Hilbert. Fantastic stuff!
@nicholasleclair8711 6 років тому
Keep up this sort of video. Great work!
@rateeightx 6 років тому
Thanks For This Fantastic Video! I've Been Wanting To Know More About Tengrism!
@silentwitness7132 6 років тому
Very nice video Hilbert! I love long and in-depth videos. I'd like to see one day a video about Finnish shamanism and folklore, I bet it would be very interesting.
@raycooper1943 4 роки тому
I was researching German history via your videos and stumbled upon this....i have studied runic inscriptions and Teutonic beliefs....and so many puzzle pieces fell into place via the context of this video..bravo....I am in love with this topic now....
@roguetamlin 6 років тому
That was so interesting, thank you for taking this direction.
@freeaudioblogs 5 років тому
Loved the video. Thanks for making so much effort. 🙏
@Apricot90 5 років тому
Thank you! I was raised in a turkish family of muslims but I always knew I was meant for something else. I cut all contact with that religious lunatics years ago but always felt so alone. Like something was missing.. Now I know my past and path ❤️✨
@Neverdyingpride 5 років тому
Apricot90 my child come to the roots and learn the will of tengri from a shaman
@metehan8551 4 роки тому
@Ksjs Jdjdb no he isn't
@metehan8551 4 роки тому
@Ksjs Jdjdb no, im Cuman
@footballkal 4 роки тому
So you would rather worship demons and idols and symbols than the universal God ( Allah almighty) I hope ur guided back
@TheIronHordesman2 4 роки тому
@ULU RİMET Yavaş, düşük ırk bunlar anlamazlar şimdi cihat ilan ederler.
@aidansumner8364 6 років тому
LMAO I LOVE THAT REFERANCE TO SURVIVE THE JIVE XD I hope you do more videos on religion, although I hope controversy doesn't put an end to it.
@opheliamoonrose4316 6 років тому
This was a great video! I definitely think the length was good, but I don't mind a longer video.
@mickbarrett4777 2 роки тому
Big fan of your videos. Very well researched. Great presentation... Also...very impressed that you deliver your information from your own knowledge & research rather than reading from a script. It feels more like a college/university lecture (That's a compliment. I love university style lectures). I wanted to come up with at least ONE constructive criticism (I always want at least 1 when I produce/create something). It's tough. It's very, very well done. The only thing that I would change about your delivery....you use the word "obviously" kind of a lot...and I think that's just a product of not working from a script...I think it's just a unique verbal flourish when you speak... (The same way I can't seem to break myself of ending half of my sentences with "Know what I mean?" when I am speaking without a script). Considering that was the only real criticism I could come up with...your videos are really well done. Very informative, entertaining and yet you avoid doing the things I see many historical content creators do...which is try to infuse their delivery with humor (which ain't a bad thing...if they are actually funny. Most aren't.) I appreciate that you don't make that mistake. Awesome video!
@woody500z 6 років тому
That annoys me so much that Mao and the communist party destroyed those artifacts..
@LeviathanSpeaks1469 5 років тому
Communism is cancer... never let it take over your country!
@b.boldnasan9592 5 років тому
They destroyed and stole a lot of things, including many thing in Mongolia. In the early 20 century Mongolia were highly Buddhist religious country. They were worshiping it blindly and it was really killing them. Because of it at that time the total population of the country was half a million and over 60% of the males were monk who were not allowed to have wives and children, and they had somewhere 10.000 monasteries. Because of the religion, only place that is close to being an school where you get an education and academy where historical and scientific files and records stored was those monasteries which all of them were destroyed and sacked by the communists. They purged over 38.000 people most of them were nobles and monk (only educated people of the country) and somewhere over 108 caravans of stolen loots from these monasteries have went to China and over 200 caravans went to soviet union.
@r.a1301 5 років тому
@@LeviathanSpeaks1469 look what they are doing to uighur Turks too
@kodyballard49 5 років тому
Well Communism and Socialism are cancer to any society it infects, dont let history repeat itself!!!
@n0xx295 5 років тому
Communism isn't cancer, people are cancer. Go ask the Native Americans and the Aborigines and the people of the First Nations their opinion about "Capitalism".
@HassanUmer 6 років тому
Would like to see a video about Tengrism and its relation with various Turkic peoples, which you touched up very briefly here when you mentioned Turkey and Krygzstan. Great, informative video, as always. Cheers n' beers!
@daithimcbuan5235 6 років тому
Nice vid! Thanks a million for going to the effort! :D
@Ghipoli 6 років тому
I'm looking forward to the series!!!
@Mike01029 6 років тому
Man I can't believe I used to ignore this channel when it was being recommended to me, sucks knowing when you missed out on something
@tyisen5125 6 років тому
In Turkey, it is believed that there are about 30000 + Tengriists, but unlike other muslim communities, we have a lot of rituals passing from the Tengriist belief, and i consider myself a Tengriist (you cannot become a Tengriist by law though ) And we consider ourselves Turkic, not Mongolian
@Oghuzpervert1 6 років тому
That's the way brother leave the desert cults and embrace your ancestral gods.
@SunnyGoga 2 роки тому
im Kazakh and there are also many people considering themselves tengri, we have lots of traditions proving that. Also even though we are turkic, we also have mongol blood, Chengiz han conquer-red central asia and his sons became rulers of modern kazakhstan
@yokartik 2 роки тому
@@SunnyGoga Anatolian turks also not pure blood in a way but they consider themselves as a nation of turks. being a turkic nation is also not change the culture by having some different dnas.
@lurji 2 роки тому
@@Oghuzpervert1 so fucking based its unbelievable
@shrektheintelllectual3615 Рік тому
@@yokartik no turkic people is “pure” eveyone mixed with other peoples
@jaysavage5299 6 років тому
That was really interesting, thank you. please do more videos on other religions and cultures that we all should know more about.
@Necroscope10 5 років тому
Thank You, very interesting. What brought me to your site is I ran across some Mongolian music that was fantastic.
@user-zz7gi2fj9h 6 років тому
Slavic Paganism or Zoroastrianism would be really nice.
@bikkichettri5554 4 роки тому
Mongol Arabs and all panga Realigion is based on Hinduism God's..... Lord Shiva lingam can be find all over this place ....Mongol followed ancient Shamanic Shiva Realigion along with Buddism Just like the people of Himalayas
@CataciousAmogusevic 4 роки тому
@@bikkichettri5554 WTF?
@CataciousAmogusevic 4 роки тому
@ÖLÜMLÜHAYATBUGÜNVARSINYARINYOKSUN did you even eead what I typed?
@markanthony1485 4 роки тому
@Jan Sitkowski there are still Europeans with unbroken pagansim.
@markanthony1485 4 роки тому
@Jan Sitkowski no. There are people in Scandinavia, and Germany that have unbroken pagansim. Not neopagan larpers, but REAL pagans that had it passed on. I also know an Irish pagan who has taught me and passed on many things to me.
@golgarisoul 6 років тому
I am looking forward to more videos on Mongolian culture and history from you.
@mw2sniperful 6 років тому
A podcast is something that i definitely would listen to no matter the subject!
@lukelee7967 6 років тому
I really don't mind a long video. You always do a good job.
@martonjuhasz1544 5 років тому
The double-cross in the Hungarian crest is also very similar to the letter "gy" in Old Hungarian runic script, which is being read as "egy" if there are no vowels connected to it. "Egy" means "One", which could also refer to Isten/Tengri, the God. Since there are barely any documents (if there are any at all) talking about this subject, then it is just another guess at what's the real meaning. Another theory suggests that we took the double-cross symbol from the Byzantines. I'd say both wake thoughts and make one think about it's origin. Very good video by the way, you've just got a new subscriber.
@tistedmentality3715 6 років тому
I really love this please do some more.
@drak_darippa 6 років тому
really great and full lesson. thank you so much!
@abeldasilva9368 3 роки тому
Thank you so much Hilbert for making this video & wish I had seen this before my trip to Mongolia during the Nadaam of 2018. My only concern is the music used here other than that it’s great.
@will2003michael2003 6 років тому
Loved the topic! Would love to see a video on the ancient Canaanite religions.
@vvaldbeere 6 років тому
I cant wait to see more mythology and religion. Will you try to tackle the celtic ones? Most people avoid it because it's so poorly known and cause there are so many different subcultures within the celtic world. Also your comparison to germanic religion goes far deeper than I had expected. Just like the minor deities in tengrism arent good or evil, the Jötnar and Asir/Vanir arent really villains and heroes either.
@larrydouglas2820 6 років тому
There's a lot of content on the ancient greek pantheon. Even on UKposts. But QUALITY content, with a rich historical context, and perhaps a new perspective is always welcome in my eyes, and something I believe you could provide.
@tammijatti9164 5 років тому
Thank you very much for this! I’ve always wondered about this faith.
@jadestowbridge8132 6 років тому
Can you do an episode on Sami religion or Maori religion
@benoitbvg2888 6 років тому
+1 sami
@Shaden0040 6 років тому
A video, please, on all aboriginal peoples still practiced today as well as in the recent past 2K years for Australian, Saami, Polynesian, Native American including north, south, and central, African, Pre-Christian/Muslim/Judaism religions around the world including Europe. I know a lot to ask, but hell, it is interesting stuff here.
@Segalmed 6 років тому
I'd also be in favor of a Sami episode and also one on old Slav religion.
@huntersterling8623 6 років тому
Hilbert should do an aborigines dream time story. Doesn't seem unlikely, he is making good content.
@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot 6 років тому
Basically I think we'd like to see videos on every religion that was popular prior to the Abrahamic religions or the other major world religions. I know I'd like that certainly.
@donedwards4428 6 років тому
In many ways you can see allot of this in Native American culture and religion. Might be something to look into in the future and show how similar they are.
@aspeltaofkush3540 4 роки тому
Don Edwards Makes sense since they share a common ancestry in the very distant past.
@leavemealone1128 4 роки тому
Both are shamanic religions. It's so interesting how every religion ties up at one point somehow.
@anigamer379 3 роки тому
@Chitragupta but they do still share some relation. If not genetic, they would have had cultural influence from coexisting in similar regions.
@bubblesthemonkey6615 5 років тому
So glad I found this channel.
@esmereldaweatherwax7230 3 роки тому
Thank you for this. I enjoyed it a great deal.
@paularmstrong3344 3 роки тому
This was brilliant, thank you!
@historywithhilbert146 3 роки тому
Thank you!
@Anesthesia069 6 років тому
I learnt an awful lot from this video and wow: what a belief system! Balance, harmony, environmental respect along with shamans and animal guides...why are we not encouraging this across the world? :)
@walterselens8997 2 роки тому
Because of Abrahamic Monotheism.
@tukal8682 2 роки тому
Because it’s totally against materialism. Living harmoniously on earth getting only what you need, looking after it’s balance ,not abusing earth and animals for profit … whole world benefit it but not those greedy ones who control the world.
@SignsBehindScience Рік тому
@@walterselens8997 Pure Abrahamic Monotheism (Islam)
@cillianennis9921 Рік тому
Because the religion teaches not to force religion. meaning it has very little chance to be spread outside of those who become intrested and eventually convet because they start to believe in it. and also the major religions like to be spread and fight wars to spread it destroy culture and intergrate what they can't. The novgrodian prince knew the mongolians calm religious sentement and after beating catholic crusades he surrendered before the Mongols ever sacked them. As the Catholics would destroy orthodoxy the Tengrists would really not care.
@bentramer1 6 років тому
Thank you brother for the presentation
@Ratchet4647 6 років тому
Wow, @ 13:30 It's beautiful, you've really outdone yourself Hilbert!
@KadirAksu28 6 років тому
Turks are proud of Tengriism because it was their ancestral religion aswell not because they claim to be Mongol.
@tengrikazakh1261 5 років тому
TENGRI FOREVER!
@veeno2546 5 років тому
Hopefully all Turks revert back to their roots. Tengriism is a part of your national identity. As is paganism to most Europeans. Abrahamic religions poorly represent our nations history and how we came to be. Tengriism and paganism on the other hand evolved along with our civilizations.
@tobehonest9351 5 років тому
Königreich - right! These abrahamic religions only created wars, blurred our cultures and killed unique beauty of nations. We should return to our pagan beliefs! Abrahamic religions just want slaves, not free people living in a harmony with the world. I’m a Kazakh, a nomadic nation in the past, our traditions and culture is strongly connected with Tengrism, Altaic culture. Our daily lives are connected with Tengrism. I hope islam will one day disappear in my country totally because our traditions even contradict with islam. Ppl who call themselves muslims think they are muslims because they believe in God and pray in funerals. That’s all where the religion goes. They don’t practice it, Tengrism is so natural. I hope ppl understand finally that they’re actually Tengri ppl by their beliefs.
@veeno2546 5 років тому
ToBe Honest Paganism is currently the fastest growing religion in the world. I’m not sure if Tengriism is growing as fast as paganism is. I know the Hungarians have a yearly Kural Taj to celebrate Altaic heritage, inviting a ton of other steppe peoples to celebrate with them. But that’s as far as my knowledge goes.
@veeno2546 5 років тому
yaşa sorry I should have clarified. Fastest growth as a percentage annually. In regards to quantity Islam is obviously the fastest due to very high fertility.
@ollychapman511 6 років тому
Can you do one on Bön please. Great video on something there isn't much info about
@BRAgamer 5 років тому
goddam this channel just gets better and better
@Tipi_Dan 3 роки тому
Essential and critical information. Thank you.
@boomerix 3 роки тому
When you started to talk about Tengrist interaction with other religions it reminded me that pagan Hungary used to be religiously very diverse. There where the Hungarian and other steppe tribes who practised Tengriism, but also many localised Slavic, Germanic and Celtic pagan communities from the people who lived there before and were allowed to practise their faith freely. There are stories of Greek and Latin missionaries struggling a lot, because every village seemed to worship something else. Later when St. Stephen converted to Christianity to become the first King of Hungary and assimilate the now Kingdom into (christian) European society it caused a civil war with his uncle. Whether the Uncle (Koppány) just wanted to rule himself or truly was anti-christian is debatable, but in the ned it was a bloody civil war between the newly Christianised and the pagans, which the Christians won. As an additional interesting bit: under the Arpad dynasty (the original Hungarian royal line) Latin Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox were considered to be of "equal" standing. (Both churches received the same rights and privileges) Only after the Hapsburg takeover it became a fully "catholic" realm.
@Neverdyingpride 5 років тому
i am mongolian and also a tengrist let me tell you how shamans work, shaman is a special person that has ties with his ancestors, great great grandfathers or grandmothers, mostly it is somewhere from your 9th generation it can vary in some cases, and the shaman replaces his soul with ancestors soul in short amount of time to let others know the will of tengri, or just to chat with your descendants, they talk in old language, at first it is very hard to understand, thats the kind of shamans you should go, now the shamans that you should not go are, the shamans that call for the omens or spirits of mountain land or rivers, they are less powerful and can gain your trust for his gain in power and like materialistic items, also never go to a shaman if the spirit of the shaman drink alot and eats non stop, they are mostly the bad omens, and lastly the shaman will never ask from you money, they are pure spirits from tengri and they dont have any lust for material items, but they do accept gifts but they will try to repay you with something else or knowledge
@markanthony1485 4 роки тому
Can you tell more about Tengrism? Like if there are regional creation stories and about nature spirits?
@Czargonaut 5 днів тому
Doing a presentation on this, thanks for making such a great resource
@sebastienschubert2991 3 роки тому
This is the only video on tengrism I've found thankyou so much
@weltgeist2604 6 років тому
Do a video on Shintoism, it's very interesting as you should know.
@Nothingmore146 6 років тому
Love this topic, if you can can you do a video on Native American religion like the Sioux, Cherokee, or Iroquois ? Or any not famous religion like I wonder what the Australian Aboriginals have as there beliefs.
@thatonescrambler 4 роки тому
kinda hard to trust the information you get on those topics due to misinformation and g e n o c i d e
@RogerTheil 4 роки тому
Aboriginal religion revolves predominantly around "dreamtime" and their ancestors from what I understand. Seems to be a very "primeval" type of spirituality, probably very old, though the elders who practice it worry about its future because apparently the aboriginal youth seems much more preoccupied with hip-hop and other anti-culture because they consider themselves "black" now, even though they're likely not even really related to modern Africans. Interesting but a bit sad.
@CaeruleaTigris 3 роки тому
Aboriginals have a variety of religions. Though it's not commonly thought of as such, they have individual nations akin to those you list of the Native Americans and they have a range of belief systems. Though it is true that dreamtime stories are usually how legends are taught, I have learned that the dreamtime is more a way of thinking about time than the religion itself. I would suggest narrowing in particular nations and their creation stories, rather than searching for something wholly universal.
@Nothingmore146 3 роки тому
Roger Theil well probably never get the answer but but I’ve been curious the religionists beliefs of the sentinels in the india ocean since they haven’t had basically any contact for 10,000 years from what we know. The only thing that’s 100% certain no matter how isolated or where , all humans and society have a belief system.
@Nothingmore146 3 роки тому
Caerulea Tigris I maybe confused it might be a in Africa or South America people but the they reffed to the past In front of them and the future behind them?
@rapu1640 6 років тому
Wonderful video on Finland keep em coming
@greenjack1959l 5 років тому
Great stuff, very well communicated. Thanks.
@cnppreactorno.4965 5 років тому
I would love to see your sources! Information on tengriism is so hard to come by!
@onee 4 роки тому
35:39 This is true (I mean that Turks aren't Mongolians). I usually hear it the other way around though. That Greeks or some other ethnicity that hate the Turks tells Turks that they are Mongolian. But that last part is incorrect. 10% of Turkey (based on a survey I read from a couple of years ago is atheist or a deist. So, they believe in God, not in religion). There are also some nationalist Turks who dislike Islam. And say that they would be rather Tengri, because that's their true religion.
@ers4690 4 роки тому
That's true not only that but it's not %10 it's. %30
@theplaylister30 4 роки тому
@@ers4690 yalan
@TheIronHordesman2 4 роки тому
@@theplaylister30 Arap muhonun dinide yalan ama meyse
@anitasharmaj 3 роки тому
Mongol turk tatar are altai people all followed tengrism...
@SpectruMetaL 3 роки тому
I'm a Tengrist from Turkey. Turkey's deism and atheism ratio increasing so fast.
@TheGrantross 6 років тому
Love this. always found the mongols interesting and this add a substantial amount to my picture of them.
@garybryant7274 6 років тому
I enjoyed this video immensely!
@almazy6362 5 років тому
Thank you Hilbert! It would be great if you put link to original sources of your video!
@gaterwilliam3577 2 роки тому
A really excellent survey of Tengri. I have learned a lot about it and have a Mongolian friend with whom I will talk about it. Any possibility of doing the same for Manchuria? Thank you..
@squid5301 3 роки тому
Thanks bro i needed this for school
@tonyburton6538 3 роки тому
Really interesting vid. Thxs a lot!
@SveinNOR 6 років тому
40minutes of Hilbert talking about the Mongols! Sorry kids, dinner will be late today!
@jeannebouwman1970 4 роки тому
You know you can cook dinner and watch a video at the same time right?
@MadTwatter7 6 років тому
Haven't watched video yet but thanks in advance for covering this! I've always been interested in Mongolian shamanism! Will you be covering shamanism as a whole in a later video?
@Yarluqaduq 3 роки тому
not mongolian. Its name is Turkic Mythology
@godtiermindfricker8376 3 роки тому
@@Yarluqaduq knk Turkic-Mongolic myth diye gecer bazi ufak farklar var çünkü
@kempseydeegan2634 Рік тому
I really appreciate the effort you put into pronouncing foreign words correctly =)
@ralfkluin6387 2 роки тому
Thank you for sharing your research.
@NoNameThoughtOfYet 5 років тому
Some Good Music From This Region Of The World: Batzorig Vaanchig, Hun-Hurr Tu, Northern Lights - Altai Khangai & Mamer :-)
@Ishay7227 3 роки тому
I’m a tengrist. I speak 5 different Turkic languages Turkish Uzbek, Kyrgyz, chuvash, and Yakut (Saha). Yakut is a tengrist language. It’s so loving and pure. Chuvash is also very connected to tengrism although the chuvash follow paganism/Christianity but I know they originally come from the same source as the other Turks. Turkic paganism and shamanism is very similar in my opinion. Tengrism differs by region. I see Yakutia, Mongolia, Tuva, and Altai being the main tengrist places. Though Altai people sometimes call it something different. The Kyrgyz and Kazakh are very connected to their source but identify as Muslim. A big tengrist awakening is happening. I generally see the Volga culture as being pagan although that’s because Finnic groups had an influence on chuvash’s culture. I think Mari El people have a pagan culture although it probably had an affect on Chuvashia .
@sierrajane4842 2 роки тому
Magnificent video. Thank you.
@jankorinek2397 4 роки тому
Thank you for very educative video!
@vladimirkresovic2041 6 років тому
Perhaps the gods that once represented the sky became ocean or sea gods because these are people who came from the steps of central asia. Which would mean that they never saw the ocean. So when thay saw it, and it looked like a reflection of the sky thay named it after it. Just my thoughts 😊
@adityanawani8134 4 роки тому
Vladimir Kresovic 😊
@AppliedInsight 4 роки тому
In mongolian traditional script, we wrote "tngri". Four script bonded together which is really rare in mongolian language. So it is a loan word, probably influenced by "turegs" who are east asian and prototurk people. But nowadays people just refer it to Sky. We usually think tngri is not a god. And tngri does not have physical shape or any symbolic represantation. It is like higher power surrounding the world and react to any act you did.
@sanutvofficial2036 2 роки тому
it was really amazing, and i loved the way u explained it
@Misanthropic-King 3 роки тому
This video was fantastic!
@ScottJB 4 роки тому
This sky father and Earth mother system is also interesting because some Native Americans have a similar setup. Some Southwestern US cultures believe in a sky father and Earth mother, including the Navajo and Hopi.
@mehdikhan9827 4 роки тому
Well they are our cousins. pretty much they went from siberia and crossed to alaska and went down south
@dismas8884 4 роки тому
why chinese music in background? i'm a mongolian and i find that quite offensive.
@dickiewongtk 4 роки тому
I m chinese and even i am offended. The music make it so cheesy.
@chengejshi5523 4 роки тому
Are you the heir of the golden family? or sons of Stalin?
@dismas8884 4 роки тому
@NihilisticEntropy stfu chinese bitch
@afganjabrailov2472 3 роки тому
Make your own video then.
@atligbilig9519 3 роки тому
I am Turkish and this Chinese music is disrespect to our religion
@razanaomar8541 3 роки тому
He speaks as if he belives in everything hes talking about. I appreciate that.
@legotrip 3 роки тому
Damn, this was informative. Thank you.
@maverikmiller6746 6 років тому
As a Tengrist myself, I approve this video. Thanks :) I will share this.
@isoMiller 5 років тому
Why you guys always trying to ignore Turks in the history. Even the old language are coming from the same root between Mongols and Turkic nations. In the Cengiz Han’s army nearly half of the soldiers are Turk and half of them are Mongols... So Turks doesn’t try to be like Mongols, they live together and thats why they influeced themselves.
@magnuscoles5010 4 роки тому
@@starsantasta4351 what in the fucking fuck are you talking about?
@magnuscoles5010 4 роки тому
@ULU RİMET shout? Ok I will shout now, YOU'RE A FUCKING MORON!
@alexaltair6076 4 роки тому
Şahin Asgerov For good reasons, Turk.
@furkanaktas7069 3 роки тому
Cengiz han's army %90 turks make some research and cengiz han is turkic
@atillaefe6383 3 роки тому
@@alexaltair6076 alright barbarian
@TheManguudai 6 років тому
So well detailed video. Under the Eternal Blue Sky
@Sorenzo 6 років тому
I knew most of this, unfortunately, but it's good to have it put in context, rather than collected in snippets. I guess that's pretty normal for me, since I know a whole lot of trivia... I don't know much about South-East Asian history. I wonder if you'll talk about them. ;)
@freypokorny2363 4 роки тому
I noticed also that the various clothing you drew has some strong similarities to old norse clothing, be they ritualistic or functional due to similar enviroments.
@peterii3512 6 років тому
This video taught me more about mongolian religion than living in mongolia my entire life. Kek.
@Gew219 6 років тому
Peter II So tengriism isn't really practiced in Mongolia anymore? If that's the case, what people mostly do belive in?
@peterii3512 6 років тому
Christian Changer In a vague notion of a god and in existence of spirits and ghosts. Basically we believe god and such exists but they aren’t really detailed. Like it’s the most bland god you can think of. Heck most people don’t even know when or where the buddha was born much less what sect they belong in but they still identify as buddhist. However most of the Tengri beliefs are still passed down as a combination of bad omens and traditions. We still circle around ovoos three times while throwing stones. Or if you’re in a car then you honk your car. It’s thought to bring good luck. And we still build our gers as he described. However most don’t know why they have to build exactly that way expect door to the south and hole on the top. (The first is to protect against the wind and the second is so you don’t suffocate). Christianity is gaining quite a lot of popularity especially by their charity work. But I would say vast majority of Mongolia is superstitious and believes in the supernatural and is mostly shaman-buddhist with some atheists.
@Gew219 6 років тому
Peter II You mentioned that most Mongolian people have a somewhat nebulous view on God. But how do they call him? Is it still Tengri, or Buddha, or is it something else?
@peterii3512 6 років тому
Christian Changer We call god burkhan. The kh makes a throaty h sound. Many people think Buddha is god. If you said tenger to me (tenger is the modern mongolian term) then I would think you were talking about the sky before thinking about god. In fact I first heard of tengriism in crusader kings 2. But take it with a big heaping pile of salt. It may just be a testament to my ignorance and not representative of the whole population. But I can tell you that Tengriism and Buddhism is not dogmatic at all. Maybe this is the result of that. Oh and another very important aspect I forgot to mention is when a person is dying they have their last rites by a buddhist monk. And after their death they have a candle before their picture while monk chants play on some speakers repeating over and over.
@Gew219 6 років тому
Peter II Man, religion is a very fascinating and complex thing. Thanks for the answers!
@lovelydove5595 4 роки тому
Thank you from one with Manchu heritage. It would be great if later there could be subtitles for the video and much clearer for me to pick up those names mentioned. Thanks again for the great video!
@skipalidon 6 років тому
Very educational! Thanks!
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