Yilbegän

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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.

[edit] See also

• Zilant
• Yuxa
• Chuvash dragon
• Zmey Gorynych

[edit] References

• (Tatar) "Cilbegän/Җилбегән". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.