Törüngey and Eje
# Törüngey and Eje

Törüngey or Törünge, the first human in Turkic mythology, his Christian counterpart is Adam. It is believed that he was the first person created on earth. He is the ancestor of humans. He lives in the sky. It has neither a nation nor a tribe. At first he did not have a wife. It was later sent to earth. While he was being sent to earth, he was given water, fire, and iron by Ulukayin. His wife's name is Ece (Eje). He has a house with fifty doors, forty windows and a roof with thirty beams. He is the one who uses the oxen for plowing. He is the one who found the plow. He is the one who found our red. The kumis drinking ceremony belongs to him. Sometimes he is described as a person who is not sure whether he came out of the heavens or from the ground. It is sometimes said to have fallen from the sky. He got the fire. And he expels himself from his homeland, which is also related to the expulsion motif. The belief that it was created from mud under the influence of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism has settled. Eje or Ece, the first woman on earth in Turkic mythology, her Christian counterpart is Eve. It is believed that they were sent to the world by Törügey, enabling the formation of the human generation. The reason they were sent to Earth is that an evil entity named Erlik made them eat fruit. As a result, Qormusta Tengri expelled them from his home and gave Eje travail as punishment.

