Creatures of Turkish Mythology #1 - Tulpar
Creatures of Turkish Mythology
Tulpar
Tulpr is a winged horse in the turkish mythology. It is similar to Pegasus.
These flying winged athletes are mentioned in the Kyrgyz Manas Epic. The name of Tulpar is in Turkish, Kyrgyz and Altay mythologies. It is usually depicted as a white or black (single color) horse.
It has white wings and was created by Kuday (God) to help the valiant. Legendary horses are said to have run fast in the wind with the wings of Manas' famous warriors in the world's longest legendary manas saga.
Başkurt beliefs that no one can see their wings.
Tulpar opens its wings only in the dark, crossing major obstacles and distances. If anyone can see the wings of Tulpar, it is believed that Tulpar will disappear.
The name Tulpar lives not only in Turks but also in neighboring Avar, Lak, Andi, Dargish and Tabasaran languages. Tolpars in the Ossetians and Turpal in the Chechens.
Turkish-Trail Rules and Guidelines
Some general guidelines to follow to increase chances of receiving support and recommendations for curation by this account.
Original Content – We would like to see original writing and personal touches in your posts
Correct Tags – If your post is primarily about Turkey or in turkish language, then please tag it accordingly by using 'TR'. This will help sort the posts that we curate for the category.
Do not forget Citations – Content that is simply copied & pasted will not be eligible for curation. If you’re using images, quotes, or copied information from other source, cite them please.
Formatting and Writing – You all know a well-written post is important for readers, proofread your content before you hit the publish button and consider using Markdown or Editor at least (know it is not easy but helps you)
If your posts meets our guidelines in form of tagging 'TR' and writing in turkish language, you will get our support for that posts.
These are just some tips and guidelines that should help you receiving maximum support by this curating account which is a part of @steemtrail
Our best wishes to you dear Steemians
The Turkish-Trail
There is always something new that I learn :)
nice, this means i do a good job :)
Congratulations @turkish-trail! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOP