Tengri
c. 200 BCE – 2026 CEattested
the Mongolian steppe
- Turkic-Mongolic
The eternal blue sky, worshipped across the steppe from the Xiongnu to the Mongols. Rulers governed by his mandate, and Genghis Khan's decrees open by invoking him: a sky that legitimises empires rather than answering prayers.
Known for
- the eternal blue sky
- the mandate to rule
- worship without images
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.