Also known as Iye
İye (sometimes İne or Eğe; , İyĕ; , İyä; , İççi; , Эе; , Ee; , Эга; or ; , Ije) is a spirit in Turkic mythology who is a tutelary deity of a place, person, lineage, nation, natural assets or an animal. Although such spirits are called "masters" or "possessors", they are not necessarily subject to worship. They may be revered as sacred essence of things without being deified or even personified.
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- Instance of
- spirit
- Subclass of
- tutelary spirit
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- name in native language
- Eýe
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- Master spirits
- Mythology
- Veneration
- Well-known İyes
- Other spirits
- See also
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İye (sometimes İne or Eğe; , İyĕ; , İyä; , İççi; , Эе; , Ee; , Эга; or ; , Ije) is a spirit in Turkic mythology who is a tutelary deity of a place, person, lineage, nation, natural assets or an animal. Although such spirits are called "masters" or "possessors", they are not necessarily subject to worship. They may be revered as sacred essence of things without being deified or even personified.
==Master spirits== The term means owner, master, lord, possessor in Turkic languages. Ezen (familiar spirit, protector spirit) has the same meaning (owner, possessor) in the Mongolian language.
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