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This section contains information about phenomena that are generally believed to have a supernatural, mystical nature, and the very existence of which is currently in doubt.Phenomena Hierarchy

Tulpar

Added	Sun, 23/10/2022
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Летающие существа Тулпар
Другие названия	Tolpar Tulpar
Область распространения	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia
Характерные признаки	→ → → → → → → →
Sources	ru.wikipedia.org encycl.bash-portal.ru turkolog.narod.ru

Tulpar (bask. Tolpar, kaz. Tulpar, kirg. Tulpar, kum. Tulpar, tat. Tulpar) — winged (or flying) horse in the Turkic (Kipchak (Bashkir, Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz and others)) mythology.

Respond Pegasus in ancient Greek mythology and Buraku in Islamic mythology. Tulpar in Bashkir heroic tales acts as an adviser and assistant to the hero (batyr), who helps to overcome monsters; carries the hero (batyr) on himself through the air, throws lightning, lifts the wind with his wings, shakes the earth with his neigh. With a kick of the hoof, Tulpar knocks out a spring, the water of which gives inspiration to the sesen (storytelling singers).

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