1) Altaic deity 2) Death god
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Erlik or Erlig, (in Hungarian mythology equivalent to Ördög) is the god of death and underworld in Turkic and Mongolian mythology. ==Features== According to Siberian mythology, Erlik was the first creation of Tengri or Ulgan, the creator god, but Erlik`s pride led to friction between the two, and he was banished to the underworld. In the myths ....
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(from the article `dualism`) Other dualistic concepts among primitive peoples posit opposite the supreme being a violent and death-bearing `second` figure of a demiurgical type. ... ...gods of the west whose attribute is `white,` and the 44 wicked gods of the east whose attribute is `black.` The leader of t...
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In Lapp mythology, Erlik was the first created being. He was made by the sky god Ulgan from a speck of mud floating in the primordial ocean. Hoping that by giving Erlik form he would help in creating the rest of the universe, Ulgan sent him to fetch mud. But Erlik was an unpleasant fellow and tried to cross Ulgan, who banished him to the underworld...
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