Asena is the name of a female wolf in Turkic mythology. Recent genetic research suggests that the Indian Wolf, originally considered only as a subpopulation of the Iranian Wolf ( Canis lupus pallipes) may represent The mythologies and religions of the Turco-Mongol peoples ( Turkic and Mongolian peoples both groups speakers of Altaic languages) are related and have It is associated with a Göktürk ethnogenic myth "full of shamanic symbolism". Göktürks ( Turkish: Gök Türkler) were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia. ^[1]

The legend runs as follows. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía After a battle, only an injured young boy survives. A she-wolf with a sky-blue mane named Asena finds the injured child and nursed him back to health. He subsequently impregnates the wolf which then gives birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. Of these, Ashina becomes their leader and founder of the Ashina clan that ruled the Göktürks and other Turkic nomadic empires. Ashina ( Asen, Asena, etc was a tribe and the ruling dynasty of the ancient Turks who rose to prominence in the mid- 6th century when their leader Nomadic Empires, sometimes also called Steppe Empires, Central or Inner Asian Empires, are the empires erected by the bow wielding horse riding Eurasian ^{[2] [3]} The legend has parallels with folktales of other Turkic peoples, for instance, the Wusun and Kazakhs. The Wusun (烏孫 were a nomadic Turkic speaking people who according to the Chinese histories originally lived to the northwest of China near the Yuezhi The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар qɑzɑqtɑr Russian: Казахи the English name is transliterated

An alternate of the legend runs as follows . . . a Turkic village is attacked by Chinese soldiers and everyone is massacred, the commander takes pity on a small baby and only cuts his arms and legs, leaving the infant behind, as the army leaves, the general regrets his decision and returns to kill the baby, but by then the baby had been rescued by a she wolf with a blue mane named Asena. The she wolf nursed and mated with the baby and resulting in a half human, half wolf breed, predecessors to the Ashina clan of Gokturks. Ashina ( Asen, Asena, etc was a tribe and the ruling dynasty of the ancient Turks who rose to prominence in the mid- 6th century when their leader Göktürks ( Turkish: Gök Türkler) were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia.

The name of Asena figures prominently in modern Turkish nationalism. Turkish nationalism is a political ideology that promotes and glorifies the Turkish people, as either a National ethnic or linguistic group Asena inspired the name and has been used as a symbol of the Grey Wolves, the youth organization of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party. Grey Wolves (Bozkurtlar or Idealist Youth (Ülkücü Gençlik is the youth organization of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (Milliyetçi Hareket Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Nationalist Movement Party (also translated as 'Nationalist Action Party' (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi MHP) is a Nationalist, Conservative Asena was also utilized as an ultra-nationalistic symbol by the Turkish Resistance Organization. Turkish Resistance Organization ( Turkish: Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı &ndash TMT was a Turkish Cypriot pro- Taksim paramilitary organisation

See also

• Ashina (clan)
• Wusun
• Romulus and Remus, a similar legend concerning the foundation of Rome

References

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