Yilbegän

Yilbegän

Yilbegän ( [jilbe`gæn] ;Йилбегән; "Yelbegän", Kazan Tatar language: "Cilbegän/Җилбегән") is a multi-headed man-eating monster in the mythology of Turkic peoples of Siberia, as well as Siberian Tatars. In some myths Yilbegän is a winged dragon or serpent-like creature, while in others he is an ogre-like behemoth who rides a 99-horned ox. Some epics feature multiple Yilbegän with different numbers of heads who are the offspring of Altan Sibaldai, "the golden witch", a cohort of the lord of the underworld. Some epics also mention a Yilbegän king named Yelmogus.

ee also

*Zilant
*Yuxa
*Chuvash dragon
*Zmey Gorynych

References

*TES|Cilbegän/Җилбегән


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