goddess · Turkic / Turkey
Ak Ana
White Mother of the Waters
Ak Ana, ‘White Mother,’ is known from recorded Altai Turkic creation narratives in which the world begins as an expanse of primordial water. She rises from the bright surface and gives the creator Ülgen the command or inspiration to create before returning to the depths. Retellings vary in the creator’s name and in how they organize older Turkic and later religious layers.
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