Mhachkay (Turkish: Meçkey,Tatar: Мәцкәй and Mäçkäy or Мәчекәй sometimes Мәсек, Azerbaijani: Məçkəy) is a creature somewhat similar to a vampire in Turkic (and especially Tatar) folklore.

A person born with two hearts and two souls was believed to be a Mhachkay. When one was recognized it was chased away from human habitations. Mhachkays were usually people who died at a young age, but only one soul passed on, and the other soul caused the deceased Mhachkay to come alive and prey upon other living beings. These undead creatures fly at night in the form of an owl and attack night-time travelers and people who wander off into the woods, sucking out their blood and eating out their insides. A Mhachkay could also be satisfied with animal blood, for a short period of time. When a person recognized as a Mhachkay dies, decapitating the corpse and burying the head separate from the rest of the body is said to prevent a Mhachkay from rising back from the dead; burying the body face down with a sickle around its head is said to work as well. Anyone found wandering the forests with fresh soil and blood covering their hands, and possibly torn fingernails were believed to be a Mhachkay as well.

A Mhachkay event in the Turkish Empire

Ahmed Şükrü Efendi, kadı (judge) of Tırnova, reported an event to the capital city. With a letter he published the happenings in the journal Takvim-i Vakayi (date: 19 Rebiulahir 1249 /1833):

“There have been manifestations of vampires in Tirnovo. (...) A huge crowd went to the graveyard. As he turned the painted piece of wood on his finger, the painting stood in front of the graves of two brigands, Tetikoğlu Ali and Apti Alemdar, formerly members of the Janissary corps, and bloody tyrants. The graves were dug up. The cadavers were found to have grown by a half, their hair and nails had grown longer by three or for inches. Their eyes were inundated by blood, and looked terrifying. All of the crowd assembled at the graveyard saw it. When alive, these men had committed all kinds of mischief, including rape, theft and murder; when their corps was abolished, they had not been delivered to the executioner, interestingly, as evidenced by their age they had died a natural death. Unsatisfied by their mischievous life, they now harassed people as evil spirits. According to the description of Nikola the exorcist, in order to expel such evil spirits, one has to drive a wooden stake into the belly of their cadavers and pour boiling water o

Anyone aware of old turkish folktales? I have heard about the turk ancestors breaking a wall of iron to come to the fertile lands. (there was something similar in the Ertugul Series too) //PS: obviously not intended as a hate/shaming for the turks, if you know what topic I am hinting at.

In Turkish folklore, there are stories about the Kaish-bajak creature  , which is found in forests and other uninhabited places. Meeting him is extremely dangerous. This story is given by the Soviet Turkologist Vladimir Alexandrovich Gordlevsky:​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌​‌‌‌‌ ​​​‌​‌ ​​​‌‌‌ ​​​‌‌‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌​‌ ​​‌​‌​ ​​‌‌​‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​​‌‌​ ​​​‌‌​ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌‌​ ​​‌‌‌‌ ​‌​​‌‌ ​‌​‌​‌​ ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌‌‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌

Kaish-bajak  is found in the forests or along the road. From the loin upwards is a man, and downwards is a long tail. As soon as he envies a person on the road, he picks up his tail and, bowing his head to one side, pretends to be broken on his feet (kyudyurum). He piteously looks at the man, as if saying that he, poor thing, cannot move from his place, and with signs hints that the man should take him on his back. If a person hesitates to load it on his back, he falls with his face to the ground, and his hands are directed to the sky, as if begging the person to take pity on him in the name of God. And only a person will take him on his back, he will spread his tail and twine around his legs, so that a person, constrained in movement, falls to the ground; then Kaish-bajak  eats it alive.​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌​‌‌‌‌ ​​​‌​‌ ​​​‌‌‌ ​​​‌‌‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌​‌ ​​‌​‌​ ​​‌‌​‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​​‌‌​ ​​​‌‌​ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌‌​ ​​‌‌‌‌ ​‌​​‌‌ ​‌​‌​‌​ ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌‌‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌ Therefore, the old people say edifyingly to the youth: "As soon as you saw Kaish-bajak  in the forest , look, do not take him on his back, but kill him!" Once a young man, walking in the forest, met Kaish-bajak  ; remembering the advice of the old men, he drew a large knife and threw himself at him. But at that moment, when he wanted to cut off his head, Kaish-bajak  disappeared. A young man in the city later told that he had seen a genie  in the forest .​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌​‌‌‌‌ ​​​‌​‌ ​​​‌‌‌

​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌​‌ ​​‌​‌​ ​​‌‌​‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​​‌‌​ ​​​‌‌​ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌‌​ ​​‌‌‌‌ ​‌​​‌‌ ​‌​‌​‌​ ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌‌‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌ Gordlevsky V.A. "From Ottoman demonology". Recorded from a native of Karahisar, Sivassky vilayet (723: p. 310). ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌​‌‌‌‌ ​​​‌​‌ ​​​‌‌‌ ​​​‌‌‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌​‌ ​​‌​‌​ ​​‌‌​‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​​‌‌​ ​​​‌‌​ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌‌​ ​​‌‌‌‌ ​‌​​‌‌ ​‌​‌​‌​ ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌‌‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌ There is no doubt that this creature is the same as the dalpa  in medieval Persian news, where it is an inhabitant of forests, islands and uninhabited places. In a similar way, it takes possession of its captive, but in Turkish news we find small changes in the legend. If earlier davalpa  , having taken  po

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Hi again. Three weeks ago I posted about a project I'm working on. For those who haven't seen it yet:

>So, I am embarking on an interesting project. I intend to experience the best art and media humanity has to offer before I die. Namely this is all the highly notable and interesting books, plays, art, music, films, TV shows, and video games. I guess you could call it a bucket list. I've been indexing it chronologically and downloading it to an external hard drive.

I then solicited suggestions for highly notable/significant ancient and medieval literature that I was missing from an early draft of what the list would cover. I got over 100 responses; it was clear I was missing a lot. So, I pretty much started from scratch, doing multiple sweeps of any pre-Renaissance literature, and incorporated many of the suggestions I received, ranging from missing individual works to missing authors and cultures.

I should also note that in order to prevent this list from becoming unwieldly, I am limiting myself to 10,000 entries total, forcing myself to take a more deliberate and top-down approach. So far, I have 261 entries for the time span 4000 BC to 1400 AD: 12 Ancient-era, 121 Classical-era, and 128 Medieval-era works. 251 are literature, 10 are music. In other words, 2.61% of the list is Medieval era works or earlier, which seems quite reasonable to me and leaves plenty of room for more modern works spanning across more mediums.

I thought I would share what I have so far before I begin work on more modern stuff. Note that bolded entries are in the top 1,000 works, the cream of the crop, the most notable of all. If you're following along with me and don't want it to take a decade or longer to get through the whole completed list, just sticking to the bolded entries will give you a good taste too.

Ancient Era (4000 BC - 1001 BC)

[ I had previously deleted this post after I got comments of people being very upset at me coming at the Devs like I did. Please remember that this is a rant, I didn’t make this as the tell all do all for the Devs. Please remember that while you read. ]

Before you ask, no, this is not about the recent updates (or lack there of), If you would like to see posts of this such nature, I assure you, this subreddit has plenty of the like. No, dear reader, you see, this is about (some) of the absolutely deplorable developers in this game, that is Royale High. Let me preface this by saying is you have some unnatural fondness towards the Devs for whatever reason, and think that due the poor reception of their recent updates, that we should all be going easy on them, then you are sorely mistaken, and let me tell you now, if you try to pull that “oH bUt tHe DeVs wOrK sO hARd”, you will not be dealt a merciful hand, because I am not the one. I type of every goddamn word of this with rage that causes me so much pain, and because of the respect for all of you of the younger or sensitive demographic in this sub, and very the very few, extremely scare, actually decent Devs, that I will mind my language.

This is most likely going to be a long read, and even if you cannot will yourself to read, I ask you at least share or bring this matter to more people’s attention, on any platform, because this isn’t just some simple issue with farming, or not liking and update. This is addressing the blatant, harsh, and ignorant racism and prejudice bleeding under and through the corners of the nearly collapsing Jenga tower that is Royale High, perpetuated by the Devs, who so earnestly love to claim that their game is progressive and safe space with their sorry excuses of thrown together digital billboards, and a piss-poor acknowledgment hidden in the occasional update. And afterwards, they pat themselves on their spineless backs, and go on to name rare items in the game after the worst of their colleagues, who been been constantly exposed to the community, but I notice you all seem to act as if you have forgotten.

Now that I have prefaced this all for you, I would like to remind you all that this has many sensitive topics, PLEASE do not go forward if you are unsure, in anyway shape of form, that you cannot sit through this.

Let us begin.

I. RACISM AMONG THE DEVS

The Devs seem to have gotten through an undeserved period of peace most of Royale Highs run, which has been very

Good afternoon to everyone except Alec Baldwin. This is your 12-minute Thursday report in 3079 words.

##Pashinyan met the newly appointed Yerevan mayor Hrachya Sargsyan to discuss the reforms

Pashinyan: there was an institutional problem in the municipality, and it was resolved institutionally. What do I mean by that?

Yerevan has been implementing My Step bloc's pre-election program since 2018. In turn, that program was based on Yelk's 2017 program. [Pashinyan used to be a member of Yelk alliance and ran for Yerevan mayor against Taron Margaryan in 2017.]

The political responsibility lies with the My Step bloc and the Council majority. It is necessary to implement the program fully. Being the 1st deputy mayor, Mr. Sargsyan has been a full participant in the process to implement that program.

I attach importance to the process that took place, in terms of the establishment of state institutions. You are aware that settlements with a population of over 4,000 hold new elections, and it's the council that appoints a mayor. It is impossible to work without the council's majority support.

It is very important that today we have a harmonious situation between the mayor of Yerevan and the Council. The mayor must also cooperate with the opposition members of the Council. Here, too, the unifying role is very important.

So far we have provided all the support to the Yerevan municipality, and that support will continue. We will discuss the reform program's speed and direction. I wish you all best of luck. //

Mayor Hrachyan Sargsyan: I realize how big the responsibility is. I'm aware of the institutions we have today and what needs to be reformed to withstand shocks and carry out the functionality.

With the help of the government, we can implement programs that for some reason have been ignored for years. We have the potential. We just need effective management. //

https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1071505.html

##the government approves another €20M loan to improve Yerevans bus network

It likely needs to be ratified by the Parliament. EBRD said it was extending a €20M sovereign loan to Armenia for the benefit of the Yerevan Bus Company.

The new low-floor buses will accommodate passengers with limited movement, including the elderly and disabled.

https://arka.am/en/news/society/armenian_government_gives_permission_for_ratification_of_ebrd_loan_to_improve_public_transport_in_ye/

##the government approves new

Hi all, long time Parisian here, I thought it'd be a nice exercise to give my own insights in an evolving post to guide people new to the city, staying only for a few days or planning to live here for a while, and interested by "the other side of the postcard".

First and foremost, to get a general understanding of the city checkout the great wiki put up by some redditors https://www.reddit.com/r/paris/wiki/index. Also, the reddit search tool being not really efficient, to improve your search in the r/paris subreddit history, you can use third-party tools like https://redditsearch.io or https://redditcommentsearch.com

Second, a small disclaimer: this post doesn't aim at being a full guide on Paris but a selection of alternative or less touristic things to do. Post size being limited, choices have to be made : famous landmarks and museums are skipped, nice residential areas omitted. NB : websites in English are promoted when they exists.

"C'est parti mon kiki !!" (40 yo boomer ©)

EVENTS SEARCH

• Facebook events page is often the most complete, prefer the mobile version that displays events for a specific date without the need of any keywords. Facebook mobile events search (obviously display is not optimized for desktop)
• Concerts agenda
  • Lylo (general)
  • ParisJazzClub (en) ( jazz)
  • Resident Advisor or Shotgun (techno)
  • ParisKiwi (alternative), check this for a focus on alternative music venues
• General information on Cultural events
  • SortirAParis (en)
  • Que Faire A paris (official website of the city)
  • Timeout (en)
  • OFFI
  • Paris Etudiant
  • Enlarge Your Paris : lovely name heh ? Only in french, focuses on the greater paris i.e the surrounding suburbs, great to go beyond the cliches a

Hey! I want to give my boyfriend (and also I want to get one for myself) a wooden necklace for his birthday. I have a friend who is interested in this and I will get help from her. She will engrave this symbol on the wooden necklace. I just need to choose symbols.

My bf is Turkish and I am Russian and unfortunately, I don't know much about Turkish folklore. I don't know if there is another subreddit where I can ask this.

I want to choose a symbol from Turkic mythology - folklore but my research on the internet didn't go well and I wanted to get help from you. Is there a site or resource where I can see symbols and their meanings? I want its meaning to be beautiful, special, romantic.

*My English is not very good, sorry if I made a mistake.

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Pilot on me!!

Germany 2010 🇩🇪 - This is a deserved winner granted I prefer her 2011 entry but still I find Satellite really catchy.

Italy 2011 🇮🇹 - It really deserved 2nd. We honestly need more jazz entries because they’re so unique.

Albania 2012 🇦🇱 - No it’s not just screaming.

Austria 2014 🇦🇹 - Why does homophobia still exist. LGBT are people too and they deserve respect.

Russia 2014 🇷🇺 - I understand the huge controversy surrounding Russia during this year but why boo the singers it’s not their fault.

Ukraine 2016 🇺🇦 - It’s annoying to see the sheer ignorance of people when they say this is just unnecessary screaming. What Jamala is doing is agit a way of expressing grief and sadness in Turkish Folklore. Also she’s doing this as representation of the grief that the Crimean Tatar’s felt when they were deported by Stalin during WW2.

Georgia 2016 🇬🇪 - Arguably most the underrated Georgian entry. I just love how unique it is.

Portugal 2017 🇵🇹 - As Salvador Sobral said “Music is not fireworks, music is feeling”.

Israel 2018 🇮🇱 - Even though my winner is Cyprus, Israel was a deserved winner. Also her chicken noises are representation of the bullying she experience before so stop making fun of her for that.

Sweden 2018 🇸🇪 - Its so catchy. For me the public should have boycotted 2016 isn’t of 2018 & 2019.

Sweden 2019 🇸🇪 - Ok its a bit on the generic side but still I like the song because of the vocals and John’s energy.

Iceland 2019 🇮🇸 - I know that everybody’s taste in music is different but it’s so rude to say that they’re satanic. Like loud doesn’t equal satanic

Denmark 2019 🇩🇰 - Why are people making fun of her. One of the songs lyrics is literally “And who are we to judge”.

Russia 2021 🇷🇺 - To all the people that she doesn’t deserve to represent Russia because she’s half Tajik just remember that Alexander Rybak is a half Belarusian that represented Norway in 2009 and he won. Also sending death threats to her is too far and so rude.

They’re on standbi

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

There hasn't been a post all year!