Ot

For the Cyrillic letter, see Ot (Cyrillic).

For the abbreviation and its various meanings, see OT.

Ot is the Mongolian goddess of marriage. In Mongolian folklore she is referred to as the "queen of fire". The word ōt means 'fire' in the Turkic languages.^[1] She was said to have been born at the beginning of the world, when the earth and sky separated. She is also known as the goddess of the earth.

Some equate her to Umai, the mother goddess of the Turkic Siberians, who is depicted as having sixty golden tresses that look like the rays of the sun. Umai is thought to have once been identical with Ot of the Mongols.

Notes

1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972). An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth Century Turkish. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 34. 

References

• Cotterell, Arthur; Rachel Storm (1999). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology. New York: Lorenz Books. pp. 466, 481. ISBN 0 7548 0091 1. "Umai is the mother goddess of the Turkic people...." 
• Cotterell, Arthur; Rachel Storm (1999). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology. New York: Lorenz Books. pp. 466, 481. ISBN 0 7548 0091 1. "Ot, the fire queen of the Mongols...."