Szélatya

Szélatya (or Szélkirály, Turkish: Yel Ata, Old Turkic: Çel Ede or Çel Ata, "Wind Father") is the Hungarian god or deity of wind.^{[1] [2]}

His female counterpart is Szélanya.

Names in various languages

• Uzbek: Yel Ota
• Tatar: Җил Әти or Җил Ата or Cil Ana
• Kazakh: Жел Ата
• Chuvash: Ҫил Атте or Ҫил Ашшĕ
• Bashkort: Εл Атай
• Sakha: Тыал Аҕа
• Turkmen: Ýel Ata
• Ottoman: يل آتا
• Kyrgyz: Жел Ата
• Khakas: Чил Аба or Чил Ада
• Balkar: Джел Ата
• Mongolian: Салхи Эцэг
• Buryat: Һалхин Эсэгэ,
• Oirat: Салькн эцк,
• Altay: Салкын Ада,
• Tuvan: Салгын Ата).

All of them mean, "wind father".

The Onoghurs (Huns) also worshipped him.

Description

Szelatya has long hair, silver weapons, thunder horses. He is said to appear as an old man.

He has a jungle or sylvan named Silver Forest.

Family

His father is Arany Atyacska (Golden Father) and mothers name is Hajnal Anyacska (Dawn Mother). However, some accounts mention that he is the son of Kayra, the primordial god.

See also

• Hungarian mythology
• Yel iyesi
• Szelanya

References

1. Windlegends - Windgods
2. Magyar Néprajzi Lexikon - szél (Hungarian)

Bibliography

• Mitológiai enciklopédia I. Főszerk. Szergej Alekszandrovics Tokarjev. A magyar kiadást szerk. Hoppál Mihály. Budapest: Gondolat. 1988. ISBN 963-282-027-4 (Hungarian)
• Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi (Page - 608) (Turkish)

External links

• Türk Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Pınar Karaca (Yel Baba)
• Szegeney Csizmadia Szelkiraly