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Erlik
thumb|The city of the infernal king Erlik-Khan, surrounded by iron walls, precedes court over the souls of the dead. In front of him, a hell-being is reading the scrolls of sins and virtues.
Bai-Ulgan
Bai-Ülgen or Ülgen (Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰞𐰏𐰅𐰣; Cyrillic: Үлгэн) is a Turkic creator-deity, usually distinct from Tengri but sometimes identified with him in the same manner as Helios and Apollo. His name is from Old Turkic bay, "rich", and ülgen, "magnificent". Ülgen is believed to be without either beginning or end.
Kayra
Kayra or Kaira (Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰖𐰺𐰀) is the creator god in Turkic mythology. He is the god who planted the tree of life called Ulukayın. Kayra is described as both father and mother, and resides in the 17th layer of heaven.
Zasa Mergen Baatar
Mergen (Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰼𐰏𐰤) is a Turkic deity of abundance and wisdom. Mergen is often depicted with a bow and arrow in one hand. Other important symbols include a white horse and the color white. He is associated with profundity and depicted as a strong and powerful bull. Mergen is the son of Kayra and the brother of Ulgan, and lives on the seventh floor of sky. He was portrayed as a young man with a helmet and a bow riding on a white horse. Mergen symbolizes intelligence and thought.
Ai Toyon
the Yakut god of light
Ay Dede
Father Moon of Turkic mythology
Qormusta Tengri
turkic god
Arsan Duolai
Yakut god of the underworld
Koyash
Koyash (Orkhon: 𐰸𐰆𐰖𐰽𐰴) is the god of sun in Turkic mythology.