Kormos
Kormos or Kormoz (Turkish: Körmöz or Körmös) is the spiritual devil of the Altaic people. Kormos means in Turkic languages "does not see" or "blind."
It is an evil and impure spirit. It was also described as a black entity living in the Underworld. This spirit is associated with ancestral spirits[1] and follows a man throughout his lifetime, recording all of his deeds. There are different kinds of it: Yor, Alban, Cahık, Ozor, and more.[2]
Kurmez Khan
Kurmez Khan or Hurmuz (Hürmüz) is the king of Kormos. In Sogdian religion, Xurmuzt or Hürmüz was the name used in place of Ahura Mazda.[3] Via contacts with Turkic peoples like the Uyghurs, this Sogdian name came to the Mongols, who still name this deity Qormusta Tengri.[4] It has also become synonymous with the old Turkic god Kürmez Han (Kormos Han).
References
Bibliography
- Sims-Williams, Nicholas (192), Sogdian and other Iranian inscriptions of the Upper Indus, University of Michigan, ISBN 978-0-7286-0194-9
- Frye, Richard Nelson (1996), The heritage of Central Asia from antiquity to the Turkish expansion, Markus Wiener Publishers, ISBN 978-1-55876-111-7
External links
- Mariko Namba Walter, Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: an encyclopedia of world beliefs, practices, and culture, Vol.2.
- Ancient Turkish Religion History-Summary (Eski Türk Dini Tarihi-Özet), Abdülkadir İnan