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Aal Luuk Mas

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Cross-posted from r/Tiele by /u/AccomplishedShame459

Original Reddit Post: Aal Luuk Mas

Aal Luuk Mas is the legendary Sacred Tree that holds a central place in the cosmology, mythology, and heroic Olonkho epic of the Sakha (Yakut) people. In the worldview of the ancient Yakuts, this gigantic tree acts as the axis of the Universe (Axis Mundi), piercing and binding three coexisting worlds together. The roots of Aal Luuk Mas reach deep into the harsh Underworld, home to the dark spirits known as Abaasy. Its mighty trunk stands firmly in the Middle World, serving as a support and shield for humans, while its lush crown soars high into the Upper World, reaching the realm of the benevolent deities, the Ayyy.
In the Yakut tradition, the tree is not merely a static symbol, but a living, soulful entity. It is believed that the spirit-mistress of the Earth, Aan Alakhchyn Khotun, resides within its trunk, nourishing all living things with her sacred milk and bestowing blessings upon humankind. Today, this image remains the ultimate cultural code of Yakutia. Massive monuments representing Aal Luuk Mas are erected on the main festival grounds during the national summer celebration of Ysyakh, symbolizing the rebirth of nature, abundance, and humanity’s unbreakable connection to the cosmos.

Fascinatingly, the Yakut Aal Luuk Mas is not unique to the region, but rather a brilliant manifestation of the universal World Tree archetype, which can be found in the cultures of dozens of peoples across the globe. Its most famous European counterpart is the Norse Yggdrasil, an absolute giant of an ash tree that similarly connects the nine realms of Germanic-Norse mythology, from the subterranean Niflheim to the heavenly Asgard. Just like in Yakut beliefs, sacred springs flow and chthonic monsters dwell at Yggdrasil’s roots, directly mirroring the Yakut underworld concepts.
Similar sacred trees can be encountered in nearly every corner of the planet. In Slavic folklore, it is the ancient oak growing on the mythical island of Buyan, with messenger birds perched on its branches and a serpent hidden at its roots. In Hinduism, people revere the cosmic tree Ashvattha (a sacred fig), whose roots point upward toward the spiritual source while its branches reach down into the material world. The Tree of Life is also described in Sumerian myths, the Kabbalah, and the beliefs of Native Americans and the Maya (the sacred Ceiba tree). This proves that diverse civilizations, separated by thousands of miles, shared an almost identical view of the Universe, visualizing it through the image of a great, nurturing, and unifying tree.
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    Turkic@piefed.socialbyTieleBot@piefed.social
    18 days

    How genomics proved the Siberian origin of the Scythians

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    Cross-posted from r/Tiele by /u/mram518

    Original Reddit Post: How genomics proved the Siberian origin of the Scythians

    For decades, mainstream history taught us that the Scythians and the indo europeans were close cultural and linguistic cousins. But modern science just flipped that script. While linguistics proves some of the Scythians spoke an Indo-Iranian language, recent breakthroughs in ancient genomics have completely dismantled the idea that they were ethnically connected to the indo europeans. Instead, the data reveals that “Scythian” wasn’t a single race, but a diverse nomadic confederation whose genetic and cultural roots trace back directly to indigenous East Asian and Paleo-Siberian populations.

    This school of thought argues that the original founders of Scythian culture were genetically and geographically indigenous Siberians who underwent a language shift, adopting an Indo-Iranian language from their western neighbors

    Historians and geneticists who back this theory outline a specific sequence of events:

    1. The Indigenous Siberian Core: In the Early Iron Age (around 1000–900 BCE), the people living in southern Siberia (Tuva, the Altai, and the Minusinsk Basin) were ethnically and genetically East Asian/Paleo-Siberian. They spoke non-Indo-European languages—hypothesized by some researchers to be early Proto-Turkic, Yeniseian, or Uralic.
    2. The Birth of Scythian Culture: These Siberian populations were the first to fully master nomadic horse riding, developing the earliest “Scythian-style” animal art, weaponry, and burial mounds (like the famous Arzhan kurgans in Tuva).
    3. The Indo-Iranian Language Shift: As these Siberian horse lords expanded their trade networks and territory westward across the Eurasian steppe, they came into intense contact with Indo-Iranian pastoralists (descendants of the Andronovo culture). Over generations, the Siberians adopted the Indo-Iranian language as a lingua franca (trade language) because it was highly useful for cross-continental communication.
    4. The Westward Sweep: This newly mixed population Siberian by blood and material culture, but Indo-Iranian by speech swept westward into Ukraine and the Black Sea region, becoming the “Scythians” that the ancient Greeks eventually met.

    The Scientific Evidence Supporting This:

    1. The Oldest Tombs are Siberian: Archaeologically, the oldest Scythian sites are in eastern Siberia, not the western lands closer to Iran or Europe. If the culture was purely an offshoot of western Indo-Iranians, the oldest sites would be in the West**.**
    2. Genetics Show High East Asian DNA: Modern paleogenomics regularly reveals that the earliest Eastern Scythians (the Saka) carried massive amounts of indigenous Siberian and Northeast Asian DNA.
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      🇦🇿 Azerbaijani president claims former German and Russian officials held a secret meeting in Baku on Ukraine war without prior notice. During a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,

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      Cross-posted from r/Tiele by /u/KaraTiele

      Original Reddit Post: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani president claims former German and Russian officials held a secret meeting in Baku on Ukraine war without prior notice. During a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ilham Aliyev says neither side notified Azerbaijan

      🇦🇿 Azerbaijani president claims former German and Russian officials held a secret meeting in Baku on Ukraine war without prior notice

      🗣️ During a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ilham Aliyev says neither side notified Azerbaijan, accusing them of using the country’s territory without its knowledge

      📍German Chancellor Merz found himself in an awkward position during a joint press conference in Berlin with Azerbaijani President Aliyev.

      ▪️ German Chancellor Merz: “I am not aware of any secret meeting between Germany and Russia.”

      ▪️ Azerbaijani President Aliyev: “We have confirmed that such a meeting took place in Baku.”

      ▪️ Contradicting Merz’s statement, Aliyev said Azerbaijan had records indicating that a secret meeting between German and Russian officials had taken place in Baku. He added that Azerbaijan had not been informed and that its territory had been used without its knowledge.

      ▪️ Before Aliyev spoke, Merz had said, “We keep offering talks, but Putin refuses to come to the table. Therefore, we continue our support for Ukraine.” In response, Aliyev stated that Russian officials had arrived in Baku at the same time as the German delegation and cited flight records as evidence.

      The alleged Germany–Russia meeting confirmed by Azerbaijani President Aliyev was put to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

      ▪️ Peskov: “I have no information about such a meeting, so I have nothing to tell you.”

      For anyone interested, here’s the nearly 5-minute full version of the video: https://x.com/i/status/2079834173045383383

      Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-says-oil-gas-supplied-to-armenia-contribute-to-yerevan-s-energy-security/4004831

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