Strong Relations between Turkic Tengrism and Christianity

[Tengri]

Attila the Hun, which a Turkic leader (Hun) changed many things in Europea. The Hun people (pre-historic Turkic clan) migrated to Europea and effected European people (Christianity) Guess, what?

Those Turks (Bulgars, Huns) were Tengriist. Their traditional faith gave something to Christians.

Especially about Christmas!

1) Decorating the Tree

Christian world is decorating especially pine trees at Christmas. But this tradition is just only in EUROPE. (I don't speak about today) Middle Eastern Christians never decorate trees.

BUT DECORATING TREE AND MAKE A WISH IS A STRONG TENGRI WORSHIP.

(Turkey, adorned tree)

(Turcoman meditation, Tengrist tree worship)

2) Santa Claus

You know, Santa Claus wears different from all Europeans and especially Middle Eastern Abrahamic people. He wears pant, a hat, belt... Of course he is taken from Tengri belief by Christian Europe.

We call Santa as "AYAZ ATA".

European Santa (effected by Tengrism):

Original AYAZ ATA:

(A painting of Ayaz Ata ( as you see he is ASIAN / TURKIC)

( Ayaz ata, Kazakhstan)

 

[Nietzsche]

It's not Tengrism specifically, but Indo-European traditions filtered through Christianity. In Europe it's largely from Norse-Germanic influences. However, that's due to Germanic paganism having much more in common with Turkic & such pagan beliefs than with Christianity.

 

[jeager106]

So that is how Christmas became a pagan holiday?
Or was it pagan to begin with and adopted more pagan symbols to mix with
the birth of Christ?
Oddly the Jews never celebrated a birthday thus Jesus would not have wanted his b-day
celebrated.
All the Christmas trimmings are rooted in pagan worship symbols.
If anyone cares and I suspect no one does.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

So that is how Christmas became a pagan holiday?
Or was it pagan to begin with and adopted more pagan symbols to mix with
the birth of Christ?
Oddly the Jews never celebrated a birthday thus Jesus would not have wanted his b-day
celebrated.
All the Christmas trimmings are rooted in pagan worship symbols.
If anyone cares and I suspect no one does.

If we don't care, it's because all of this is old news.

 

[jeager106]

If we don't care, it's because all of this is old news.

Indeed it's very old news. It was a failed attempt on my part to inject humor.
Bad idea.

 

[Vishvavajra]

Christmas trees and Santa Claus aren't ancient traditions. They arose at the beginning of the modern period, way too late to have been influenced by the Huns. Turkic peoples did bring a lot of things to Europe, but Christmas wasn't one of them.