{"id":22233,"date":"2016-04-10T01:24:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T05:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/?p=22233"},"modified":"2016-04-10T01:24:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T05:24:42","slug":"turul-mystical-hungarian-mythological-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/turul-mystical-hungarian-mythological-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Turul, the Mystical Hungarian Mythological Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the most beautiful and mystical symbols in the Hungarian legendry is the turul bird. The origins of the turul legendry go way back to prehistoric Hungarian past. It is the relic of the ancient Hungarian faith, the embodier of the powers above and the monarchic sovereignty, the national symbol of the providence and guidelines. It is the ancient symbol of national identity and togetherness. Legendry originates the Turul clan\u00a0from the bird (the dynasty was later wrongly called\u00a0\u00c1rp\u00e1d clan) thus emphasizing the divine origin of the monarchs and kings of the dynasty. This mystical bird is still very close to the Hungarian hearts; however, we don\u2019t know for sure which animal it was exactly. The turul bird has both a mythological existence\u00a0and a real one. Both were the symbols, guards of the Holy Spirit for the ancient Hungarians. Turul.info is a website that tries to collect all the information about the turul and the early Hungarian history. Some people believe in these while others don\u2019t. Nevertheless, we all have some knowledge about the Settlements of the Magyars in Hungary and the following century, but this era is somehow not really part of today\u2019s historic public consciousness. They go into the beautiful details of the\u00a0turul legend, and we also wanted to present a short overview. So getting back to the mystical Hungarian mythological bird, the foundation of the Turul dynasty is gloomy. The legends, ancient chronicles and oral tradition originate the dynasty from Nimr\u00f3d, the first king after the flood. \u00c1lmos and his offspring were very proud to originate their family from Attila and the Turul clan. Their origin myth was preserved by chroniclers for the after-ages.<\/p>\n

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Emese\u2019s dream or, in other words, the Turul myth is one of the oldest Hungarian myths, its formation is estimated to be around 860-870. As the origin myth of the Turul dynasty (\u00c1rp\u00e1d dynasty), it was believed to be unconditionally authentic some\u00a0centuries later, thus it was put into the Illustrated Chronicle. The date when the first written text is born is unclear; however it is clear that the text noted by Anonymus, and the one that appears in the Illustrated Chronicle, are based on an older source. What\u2019s interesting is that probably all Hungarians have heard about one of the titles, but the word \u2018turul\u2019 doesn\u2019t appear in either of the stories. And this is just one mystery surrounding the legend.<\/p>\n

According to the myth, Emese was the wife of \u00d6gyek (\u00dcgek) and the mother of Chief \u00c1lmos (he was the first Hungarian monarch and one of the seven chiefs who led the Settlement of the Magyars into present Hungary). The turul bird sent her\u00a0a dream in which there was a river flowing from Emese\u2019s uterus that expanded in a foreign land. Dream-readers believed that it meant that she was going to give birth to a boy, who would lead his nation from their homeland, Lev\u00e9dia, and that his offspring would become glorious kings.<\/p>\n

But what kind of bird was the turul? Turul.info<\/a> writes that historians still can\u2019t settle on one opinion. Naturally, the bird\u2019s saint origin doesn\u2019t exclude the chance that it has\/had an existent, real version. All historians agree that it was a predatory bird, but the exact type has been argued about for centuries. There were many predatory birds in the region where our antecedents lived, but despite the many tries to draw its nature study, nobody has entirely succeeded.<\/p>\n

As much of disagreement girdles the appearance of the turul, as steady is the opinion of linguists about the origin of the word \u2018turul\u2019. According to them, the word has Turkish origins and comes from the \u2018togrul\/ tugrul\u2019 word, which means \u2018gerfalcon\u2019 and \u2018the favourite predatory bird with excellent characteristics\u2019.<\/p>\n

No matter how times change, a nation needs legends, myths to believe in.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong live the Hungarians, never let them fall!
\nThe turul bird guards its nation and defends them from all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Daily News Hungary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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One of the most beautiful and mystical symbols in the Hungarian legendry is the turul bird. The origins of the turul legendry go way back to prehistoric Hungarian past. It is the relic of the ancient Hungarian faith, the embodier of the powers above and the monarchic sovereignty, the national symbol of the providence and guidelines. It is the ancient symbol of national identity and togetherness. Legendry originates the Turul clan\u00a0from the bird (the dynasty was later wrongly called\u00a0\u00c1rp\u00e1d clan) thus emphasizing the divine origin of the monarchs and kings of the dynasty. This mystical bird is still very close to the Hungarian hearts; however, we don\u2019t know for sure which animal it was exactly. The turul bird has both a mythological existence\u00a0and a real one. Both were the symbols, guards of the Holy Spirit for the ancient Hungarians. Turul.info is a website that tries to collect all the information about the turul and the early Hungarian history. Some people believe in these while others don\u2019t. Nevertheless, we all have some knowledge about the Settlements of the Magyars in Hungary and the following century, but this era is somehow not really part of today\u2019s historic public consciousness. They go into the beautiful details of the\u00a0turul legend, and we also wanted to present a short overview. So getting back to the mystical Hungarian mythological bird, the foundation of the Turul dynasty is gloomy. The legends, ancient chronicles and oral tradition originate the dynasty from Nimr\u00f3d, the first king after the flood. \u00c1lmos and his offspring were very proud to originate their family from Attila and the Turul clan. Their origin myth was preserved by chroniclers for the after-ages.<\/p>\n

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Emese\u2019s dream or, in other words, the Turul myth is one of the oldest Hungarian myths, its formation is estimated to be around 860-870. As the origin myth of the Turul dynasty (\u00c1rp\u00e1d dynasty), it was believed to be unconditionally authentic some\u00a0centuries later, thus it was put into the Illustrated Chronicle. The date when the first written text is born is unclear; however it is clear that the text noted by Anonymus, and the one that appears in the Illustrated Chronicle, are based on an older source. What\u2019s interesting is that probably all Hungarians have heard about one of the titles, but the word \u2018turul\u2019 doesn\u2019t appear in either of the stories. And this is just one mystery surrounding the legend.<\/p>\n

According to the myth, Emese was the wife of \u00d6gyek (\u00dcgek) and the mother of Chief \u00c1lmos (he was the first Hungarian monarch and one of the seven chiefs who led the Settlement of the Magyars into present Hungary). The turul bird sent her\u00a0a dream in which there was a river flowing from Emese\u2019s uterus that expanded in a foreign land. Dream-readers believed that it meant that she was going to give birth to a boy, who would lead his nation from their homeland, Lev\u00e9dia, and that his offspring would become glorious kings.<\/p>\n

But what kind of bird was the turul? Turul.info<\/a> writes that historians still can\u2019t settle on one opinion. Naturally, the bird\u2019s saint origin doesn\u2019t exclude the chance that it has\/had an existent, real version. All historians agree that it was a predatory bird, but the exact type has been argued about for centuries. There were many predatory birds in the region where our antecedents lived, but despite the many tries to draw its nature study, nobody has entirely succeeded.<\/p>\n

As much of disagreement girdles the appearance of the turul, as steady is the opinion of linguists about the origin of the word \u2018turul\u2019. According to them, the word has Turkish origins and comes from the \u2018togrul\/ tugrul\u2019 word, which means \u2018gerfalcon\u2019 and \u2018the favourite predatory bird with excellent characteristics\u2019.<\/p>\n

No matter how times change, a nation needs legends, myths to believe in.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong live the Hungarians, never let them fall!
\nThe turul bird guards its nation and defends them from all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Daily News Hungary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTurul, the Mystical Hungarian Mythological Bird – Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/turul-mystical-hungarian-mythological-bird\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turul, the Mystical Hungarian Mythological Bird – Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the most beautiful and mystical symbols in the Hungarian legendry is the turul bird. 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