{"id":6493,"date":"2026-05-13T20:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:59:09","slug":"yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6493\" class=\"elementor elementor-6493 elementor-2641 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-hero e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-hero\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-hl e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-hl\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-htxt e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-htxt\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-h1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yhych-Khan, Yakut Guardian of Horses and Keeper of the Ysyakh<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-lead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yhych-Khan is the guardian of horses and their herds in the Yakut <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span>. He stands at the centre of the great summer festival Ysyakh, celebrated each year after the summer solstice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-pillc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-pillc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-pills elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-pills\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God of the tradition Siberia \/ Tengrism.\">God<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/siberian-shamanism-and-tengrism-steppe-and-taiga\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Mythology of the tradition Siberia \/ Tengrism.\">Siberia \/ Tengrism<\/a><span class=\"iwg-tradition-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Protective god of horses.\">Protective God of Horses<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-tocc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-tocc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-toc elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-toc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Es wurden keine \\u00dcberschriften auf dieser Seite gefunden.&quot;,&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__iwgw-yhychkhan-toc\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__iwgw-yhychkhan-toc\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__iwgw-yhychkhan-toc\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-hr e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-hr\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-heroimg iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-heroimg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6494\" alt=\"Yhych Khan - Gods from the Siberian-Tengrism tradition, historical-illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s0h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s0h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Classification and Brief Profile<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s0t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s0t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Yakut religion structures its world of gods in three layers: the upper sky (<em>aiyy<\/em>), the middle earth (<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span> of forest, water, horse, cattle), and the lower world (<em>abasy<\/em>).<\/p><p>Yhych-Khan belongs to the first layer and specialises in the horse, the central creature of Yakut economy and identity. Other high figures of the first layer include <a href=\"\/en\/ajisit-yakut-goddess-of-birth\/\">Ajisit<\/a>, <em>\u00dcr\u00fcn Aar Tojon<\/em>, and the cattle-bestower <em>Ynakhsyt<\/em>.<\/p><p>Within the <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/siberian-shamanism-and-tengrism-steppe-and-taiga\/\">Siberian-Tengrist tradition<\/a>, Yhych-Khan is an instructive example of how the cosmic high-god function divides into animal-specific specialisations. This specialisation follows the economic logic of Yakut horse-breeding under extremely cold subarctic conditions.<\/p><p>The Yakut Sakha horse breed (<em>tabuun<\/em>) represents a remarkable adaptation to the cold, surviving temperatures below minus 60 degrees, and is both religiously and economically the backbone of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>. Yhych-Khan is the religious reflection of this central economic position.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s1h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s1h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Name and Etymology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s1t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s1t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name derives from <em>yhyaq<\/em> (&#8220;mare&#8217;s milk, kumys&#8221;). Yhych-Khan is thus literally the &#8220;kumys lord&#8221;. The etymology anchors him directly in the Yakut festival complex Ysyakh, whose central act is the drinking and pouring of <em>kumys<\/em>.<\/p><p>In older ethnographic texts one also finds the variant <em>Yhyaqtaaq<\/em>, &#8220;the one with the kumys-festival right&#8221;, which links the name to the Ysyakh festival. This name form is linguistically instructive, as it attests to the inseparability of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> and festival form.<\/p><p>The Yakut language belongs to the Turkic language family, and the name fits well within the pan-Turkic religious vocabulary; comparable would be formations with other animal-related high-god names such as the Altaic <em>Tabyt-Khan<\/em> (horse lord) or Kazakh special deities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s2h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s2h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description and Iconography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s2t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s2t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yhych-Khan is described as a mature man with a long light-grey beard, seated on a milk-white stallion, holding a large ladle carved from birchwood. His coat is embroidered with horse symbols; on the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> posts (<em>serge<\/em>) of the Ysyakh he is depicted in stylised form as a rider with a raised cup.<\/p><p>The <em>serge<\/em> posts are among the most important religio-anthropological materials of Yakut culture. They are erected before every yurt and on the festival grounds and can contain highly complex cosmological references in their carvings; Yhych-Khan appears here often in the third position, after the upper gods and Ajisit.<\/p><p>Several historical <em>serge<\/em> posts are displayed in the collections of the Sakha Republic National Museum in Yakutsk; they demonstrate the iconographic stability of the tradition over approximately 200 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s3h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s3h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mythological Narratives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s3t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s3t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Olonkho corpus, Yhych-Khan appears as the messenger whom <em>\u00dcr\u00fcn Aar Tojon<\/em> sends in the creation narrative with the task of bringing horses to the first human beings. Without horses, the narrative holds, life in the Yakut tundra would be impossible; Yhych-Khan fills this gap.<\/p><p>A second narrative describes how, after a famine, he makes the mares so rich in milk that humans are able to produce kumys for the first time, whereupon the Ysyakh is established as an annual festival of thanksgiving.<\/p><p>A third narrative tells of Yhych-Khan&#8217;s conflict with a lower <em>abasy<\/em> harmful being that seeks to <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A verbal formula intended to inflict misfortune on a person or thing.\" tabindex=\"0\">curse<\/span> the horse herds; Yhych-Khan drives it away with a milk-filled ladle that transforms into a spearhead. Such cosmic conflict narratives are typical of the Yakut Olonkho tradition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s4h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s4h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cult and Veneration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s4t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s4t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The central <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> devoted to Yhych-Khan is the Ysyakh festival: three days in June, with horse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express thanks, request, or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacrifice<\/span> (today symbolically replaced by the release of a white horse), kumys libations in all four directions, ritual dances (<em>osuokhai<\/em>), and competitions. The ladle of the <em>Algyschyt<\/em> (ritual speaker) is directed towards Yhych-Khan at the opening.<\/p><p>The Ysyakh festival has received official recognition in the Sakha Republic since 1991; it is officially observed as a &#8220;popular festival&#8221; and draws thousands of participants to the large festival ground <em>\u00dcrgel<\/em> near Yakutsk. The central <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entreating or invocatory address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span> of Yhych-Khan remains the religious core of the event.<\/p><p>During the Soviet period the festival was suppressed, then permitted again from 1956 in a strongly secularised form; after 1991 it recovered its religious depth. These three stages are well documented in the history of religions, notably by Marjorie Balzer (1999).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s5h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s5h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Protective Practice and the Apotropaic<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s5t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s5t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Described from a religious-studies perspective: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Warding off evil: of signs and objects intended to keep harmful influences away.\" tabindex=\"0\">apotropaic<\/span> practices around Yhych-Khan target the purity of the horse herd. Iron must not lie near the mare&#8217;s tethering post; women in a state of postpartum impurity may not milk the mares; the tying of white horse-hair tufts to the <em>serge<\/em> post is understood as a petition for Yhych-Khan&#8217;s protection.<\/p><p>A particular protective practice is the <em>Algys<\/em>: a ritual <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An invocation of wellbeing and protection, often in a fixed verbal form.\" tabindex=\"0\">blessing<\/span> spoken by the Algyschyt before each horse race. The text of this Algys is preserved in several Olonkho collections and is once again practised regularly today.<\/p><p>From the insider perspective of the tradition, violation of these purity rules is associated with concrete consequences: illness in the herd, birth complications among mares. From the ethnographic outsider perspective, these are everyday-structuring rules that give cultural form to the economic vulnerability of horse-breeding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s6h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s6h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Parallels in Other Cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s6t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s6t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Parallels can be found in the Vedic conception of the horse Ashvins, the Greek Hippios <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A fixed epithet that characterizes a deity or figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">epithet<\/span> of Poseidon, the Celtic Epona, the Old Prussian Pergrubrius, and in Siberia in the Mongolian horse-protective spirits (<em>guriin tngri<\/em>) as well as the Buryat <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/asbuiga-buryat-horse-protection-spirit\/\">Asbuiga<\/a>.<\/p><p>From a phenomenology-of-religion perspective, the close coupling of the high-god aspect with an animal function is particularly interesting. Comparable might be the Old Persian Verethragna, the victory god often identified with a war-horse. But Yhych-Khan is more compact in terms of the religious system and more clearly defined as an animal <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>.<\/p><p>The Yakut specificity: whereas in most other cultures horse gods tend to be middle-ranking deities, Yhych-Khan belongs to the highest layer, a reflection of the outstanding position of the horse in Yakut economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s7h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s7h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contemporary Reception and Research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s7t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s7t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ysyakh festival has once again been an official public holiday in the Sakha Republic since 1991. Yhych-Khan is there a figure of cultural identification. Scholarly references: Sereshevskij (1896), Ksenofontov (1928\/1992), Roberte Hamayon (1990), Marjorie Balzer (<em>The Tenacity of Ethnicity<\/em>, 1999), N. A. Alekseev (<em>Traditionnaja religia jakutov<\/em>, 1980).<\/p><p>Marjorie Balzer&#8217;s studies are particularly valuable here because they document the re-establishment of the Yhych-Khan cult after 1991 as an anthropological process. She shows how the ethnic self-affirmation of the Sakha was advanced through the revival of this festival.<\/p><p>A particular role in contemporary scholarship is played by Yakut researchers themselves, such as Andrej P. Reshetnikova or the Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic. These internal voices are reshaping the research landscape, which was long dominated by Russian and Western outsider perspectives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s8h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s8h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Debates and Open Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s8t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s8t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two research debates are currently active. First: how continuous is the Yhych-Khan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> from the pre-Russian period (before 1632) to the present? The archaeological findings from the oldest Sakha settlements (Tujmaada valley) show horse burials whose religious interpretation remains unclear.<\/p><p>Second: what role does Yhych-Khan play in the neo-Tengrist movement of the 2000s? Here a dispute exists between scholars who see Yhych-Khan presented as an &#8220;authentic tradition&#8221; and those who see in the modern festival culture a new invention (&#8220;invented tradition&#8221; in the sense of Eric Hobsbawm).<\/p><p>Finally, and this is a question of current urgency, how does the Yhych-Khan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> relate to climate change, which massively threatens the subarctic region and with it the horse-breeding of the Sakha? Initial studies (for example by Susan Crate) have opened a religio-ecological discussion here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s9h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s9h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yhych-Khan in the Context of Sakha Economy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s9t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s9t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The central religious position of Yhych-Khan correlates with the central economic position of the horse in the Yakut tradition. The Sakha horse breed, which survives cold below minus 60 degrees, was what made the settlement of the subarctic tundra possible in the first place.<\/p><p>From a religio-anthropological perspective, the religious veneration of the horse is therefore not coincidental but a cultural reflection of economic necessity.<\/p><p>In the 20th century, Soviet collectivisation fundamentally altered traditional horse-breeding; many families lost their mare herds, which effectively suspended the Yhych-Khan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span>. After 1991, a re-privatisation took place, and with it the revival of religious practice. This economic-religious connection has been described in detail by Marjorie Balzer.<\/p><p>A current challenge is climate change: the permafrost is thawing, threatening Sakha horse-breeding. Susan Crate, in her ethnographic work <em>Cows, Kin, and Globalization<\/em> (2006), documented the religious responses to this ecological crisis; Yhych-Khan becomes here the reference figure of an indigenous climate debate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s10h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s10h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources and Reference to the Culture Hub<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s10c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s10c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s10t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s10t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Those wishing to study the Yhych-Khan complex in its full breadth will find on the overview page <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/siberian-shamanism-and-tengrism-steppe-and-taiga\/\">Siberian-Tengrist Tradition<\/a> the most important cross-references to related figures such as <a href=\"\/en\/ajisit-yakut-goddess-of-birth\/\">Ajisit<\/a> (mother-bestower) and <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/asbuiga-buryat-horse-protection-spirit\/\">Asbuiga<\/a> (Buryat horse-helper <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to which effects in the world are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>).<\/p><p>W. Sereshevskij&#8217;s <em>Yakuty<\/em> (1896) remains the most important primary ethnographic source. N. A. Alekseev&#8217;s <em>Traditionnaja religia jakutov<\/em> (Novosibirsk 1980) and G. V. Ksenofontov&#8217;s <em>Schamanizm. Izbrannye trudy<\/em> (reprint 1992) are the most important Russian-Soviet syntheses.<\/p><p>Marjorie Balzer&#8217;s <em>The Tenacity of Ethnicity<\/em> (Princeton 1999) is the most important contemporary work and offers rich ethnographic documentation of the Ysyakh festival after 1991.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s11 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s11h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s11h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yhych-Khan in the Cosmos of the Yakut Aiyy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s11c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s11c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s11t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s11t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yhych-Khan is embedded in the Yakut <em>aiyy<\/em> system, a structured layering of &#8220;upper light beings&#8221; organised hierarchically. \u00dcr\u00fcn Aar Tojon is the high god; below him are ranked <a href=\"\/en\/ajisit-yakut-goddess-of-birth\/\">Ajisit<\/a> (mother), Yhych-Khan (horse), Ynakhsyt (cattle), Bayanai (forest and hunt), and further specialised beings.<\/p><p>This systematic layering is instructive from a history-of-religions perspective, as it shows how a high-god function differentiates itself in an economically differentiated society: for each central economic basis of life there is its own heavenly address.<\/p><p>N. A. Alekseev, in <em>Traditionnaja religia jakutov<\/em> (1980), presented a complete map of this <em>aiyy<\/em> system, which to this day represents the most important systematic overview. Yhych-Khan stands in this map at the second hierarchical level, equal in rank to Ajisit and Bayanai.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s12h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s12h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Methodological Reflection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s12c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s12c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s12t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s12t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Several methodological problems arise in Yhych-Khan research. First: the oldest sources (Sereshevskij 1896) date from a period of political exile; their ethnographic depth is considerable, but is also shaped by the circumstances of that exile.<\/p><p>Second: the Soviet folklorisation of the Ysyakh festival partially obscured the religious dimension of Yhych-Khan; the post-Soviet re-establishment is a re-sacralisation with its own tensions.<\/p><p>Third: the contemporary climate crisis confronts the Yhych-Khan complex with existential challenges. If Sakha horse-breeding becomes ecologically impossible, what does that mean for the religion? Susan Crate has conceptualised this question as &#8220;climate anthropology&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s13h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s13h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yhych-Khan and the UNESCO Olonkho Heritage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s13c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s13c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s13t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s13t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Yakut Olonkho epic was recognised by UNESCO in 2005 as a &#8220;Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity&#8221;. Yhych-Khan is present in practically all Olonkho epics: as creator of the horse herds, as patron of heroes, as heavenly commissioner in tribal destiny.<\/p><p>This UNESCO recognition has institutionally strengthened the Olonkho; several Olonkho theatres, a state Olonkho Institute in Yakutsk, and cultural festivals keep the tradition alive. Yhych-Khan is a central figure here, both religiously and literarily.<\/p><p>From a religious-studies perspective, this institutionalisation is demanding: it transforms what was once a living religious tradition into a cultural heritage object, which changes the practice itself. A reflexive <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies cultures and societies comparatively.\" tabindex=\"0\">ethnology<\/span> of religion takes this change seriously.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s14h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s14h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yhych-Khan and the Climate Crisis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s14c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s14c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s14t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s14t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A particularly current research perspective links Yhych-Khan to the climate crisis in the subarctic region. The permafrost is thawing, the mare pastures are drying out, and many traditional horse-breeding areas are becoming uninhabitable. Susan Crate, in <em>Cows, Kin, and Globalization<\/em> (2006), showed how the Sakha respond religiously to this crisis.<\/p><p>The Yhych-Khan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> becomes here the reference figure of an indigenous climate critique: if the horse disappears, the religion disappears. This existential connection makes Yhych-Khan a key figure in a religiously significant climate debate.<\/p><p>At the annual Ysyakh festivals since 2010, ecological messages have frequently been part of the invocations; Yhych-Khan is addressed as &#8220;Preserver&#8221;, entrusted with concern for the climatic future. From a sociology-of-religion perspective, this re-addressing is a remarkable development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s15 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s15h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s15h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yhych-Khan and the Ysyakh Festival in the UNESCO Context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s15c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s15c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s15t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s15t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ysyakh festival, at whose centre Yhych-Khan stands, has been on the UNESCO tentative list for intangible cultural world heritage since 2018. This nomination documentation contains a detailed description of the Yhych-Khan invocations, the horse rituals, and the cosmological references.<\/p><p>The UNESCO documentation is an important new source level for religious-studies research on Yhych-Khan. It contains interviews with contemporary Algyschyt speakers, recordings of the festival sequences, and iconographic materials.<\/p><p>From a sociology-of-religion perspective, this UNESCO inclusion is ambivalent: it secures the festival institutionally but also transforms it into a &#8220;world cultural heritage object&#8221;, which changes the religious practice itself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s16 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s16h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s16h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yhych-Khan and the Re-Tengrisation in the Sakha Republic<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s16c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s16c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-s16t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-s16t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The re-Tengrisation in the Sakha Republic since 1991 has reactivated Yhych-Khan as a central figure of identification. At the large Ysyakh festivals, contemporary Algyschyt speakers perform invocations drawn directly from the Olonkho epics and from Sereshevskij&#8217;s records.<\/p><p>This re-establishment is, from a sociology-of-religion perspective, an interesting case of a tradition mediated and consolidated through scholarly texts.<\/p><p>Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, in <em>The Tenacity of Ethnicity<\/em> (1999), showed that the Yhych-Khan invocations today fulfil a dual function: religious practice and ethnic self-affirmation. This dual function is characteristic of many post-Soviet indigenous religions.<\/p><p>From a religious-studies perspective, this re-establishment is a rewarding object of research. It shows how a religious tradition is reorganised after long repression, by what means continuity is established, and what ruptures are accepted in the process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp226f4b85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp226f4b85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2686cb0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp2686cb0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bull and Frost: the Image of the Cosmic Bringer of Cold<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2cb64fe5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2cb64fe5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2c79de06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp2c79de06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Among the spirits of the Yakut-Siberian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, the frost lord, who appears in Western descriptions under names such as <em>Yhych-Khan<\/em> or related forms, occupies a distinctive position.<\/p><p>He does not belong to the high creator deities of the upper world but embodies a natural force that poses an existential threat to life in the north.<\/p><p>The Yakut winter cold in the region around Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon reaches values that are among the lowest of any inhabited area on earth. A religious figure who personifies this frost is therefore not a poetic device but the expression of a persistent threat.<\/p><p>A recurring visual <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span> in the traditions of the frost lord is the winter bull. This concept, encountered in several Siberian records, conceives of winter as an enormous bull-creature that rises from the northern sea in late autumn and at first grows with each successive month, then in spring loses one limb at a time.<\/p><p>First one horn falls, then the second, then the head, until the creature disappears entirely with the breaking of the ice. In this image, frost is not a condition but a being with a life cycle, and the severity of the cold is bound to the body parts of this animal.<\/p><p>Whether the frost lord and the winter bull were identical in the original <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> or two separate concepts that merged only later cannot be determined with certainty from the sources.<\/p><p>The records of the 19th and early 20th centuries are inconsistent here, and some ethnographers have understood the bull more as a weather calendar than as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>. What is certain is that both concepts serve the same need: to translate the unpredictable and deadly cold into a tangible, observable form.<\/p><p>Notably, the frost lord, unlike certain illness spirits, was not the object of an elaborate petitionary cult. Winter could not be negotiated, only endured. Ritual attention was therefore directed less towards appeasement than towards the transition, that is, towards the spring festivals with which the end of the bull&#8217;s reign was welcomed.<\/p><p>This reflects a basic trait of North Asian religiosity, which treats natural powers not uniformly as negotiable partners but partly as facts to be accepted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-lit e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-lit\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-lith elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-lith\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selected Bibliography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-litc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-litc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-litt elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-litt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>W. Sereshevskij: <em>Yakuty<\/em> (1896)<\/li><li>G. V. Ksenofontov: <em>Schamanizm. Izbrannye trudy<\/em> (1928 \/ 1992)<\/li><li>N. A. Alekseev: <em>Traditionnaja religia jakutov<\/em> (1980)<\/li><li>Roberte Hamayon: <em>La chasse \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e2me<\/em> (1990)<\/li><li>Marjorie Balzer: <em>The Tenacity of Ethnicity<\/em> (1999)<\/li><li>Andrei Znamenski: <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious system in which specialists communicate with the spirit world.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shamanism<\/span> and Western Imagination<\/em> (2007)<\/li><li>Vladimir Basilov: <em>Shamanism in Siberia<\/em> (1984)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw-add-yhychkhan e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgkw-add-yhychkhan\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw-add-yhychkhan-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgkw-add-yhychkhan-t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yhych-Khan is, in the Yakut <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, the guardian of horses and at the same time the <strong>keeper<\/strong> of the Ysyakh, the summer new-year festival of the Sakha.<\/p><p>In the records of Yakut ethnographers he appears as an intermediary between the bright Aiyy powers and the herd owners: he watches over the mares and foals, ensures the fertility of the herd, and receives the ritual kumys libations during the Ysyakh.<\/p><p>As keeper of this festival, he unites livestock-rearing, the calendar order, and the cult of the gods into a distinct functional domain within the Yakut <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw2-add-yhychkhan e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgkw2-add-yhychkhan\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw2-add-yhychkhan-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgkw2-add-yhychkhan-t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Among the Yakuts of Siberia, Yhych-Khan is regarded as the <em>horse lord<\/em>, whose <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An invocation of wellbeing and protection, often in a fixed verbal form.\" tabindex=\"0\">blessing<\/span> was sought at the summer Ysyakh festival with kumys libations and prayers; the ethnographic records of Vassili Serosevsky document the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> in the late nineteenth century.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-kwd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-kwd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-kwdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-kwdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-kwdt elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-kwdt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Related key terms: Yhych-Khan Ysyakh Kumys Sakha Olonkho horse-bestower serge.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"iwg-cc-yhych-khan\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccinner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-ccinner\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-cch elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-cch\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">iWell Guard and Protective Traditions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-cct elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-cct\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>iWell Guard connects with the cultural-historical tradition of wearable protective objects, in the tradition of <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/siberian-shamanism-and-tengrism-steppe-and-taiga\/\">Siberia \/ Tengrism<\/a> and many other cultures worldwide. 41 layers, real gold, platinum, silver, crafted in Germany. 30-day return policy.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccb iwg-cc-button iwg-cc-cta-2026-05-13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-button\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-button jet-elements\"><div class=\"jet-button__container\"><a class=\"jet-button__instance jet-button__instance--icon-left hover-effect-1\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/about-iwell-guard-the-protective-pendant-in-detail\/?utm_source=iwell-guard.com&amp;utm_medium=info-box&amp;utm_campaign=wesen-tradition\"><div class=\"jet-button__plane jet-button__plane-normal\"><\/div><div class=\"jet-button__plane jet-button__plane-hover\"><\/div><div class=\"jet-button__state jet-button__state-normal\"><span class=\"jet-button__label\">More about the iWell Guard<\/span><\/div><div class=\"jet-button__state jet-button__state-hover\"><span class=\"jet-button__label\">More about the iWell Guard<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><style>.elementor-element.elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccb .jet-button__instance{width:320px;height:56px;}.elementor-element.elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccb .jet-button__state-normal .jet-button__label{text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;color:#1a1b20;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:4px;line-height:1.714em;text-transform:uppercase;}.elementor-element.elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccb .jet-button__state-hover .jet-button__label{text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;color:#FECC76;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:4px;line-height:1.714em;text-transform:uppercase;}.elementor-element.elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccb .jet-button__plane-normal{background-color:#FECC76;border-style:solid;border-color:#C99540;border-width:2px 2px 2px 2px;}.elementor-element.elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccb .jet-button__plane-hover{background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.55);border-style:solid;border-color:#FECC76;border-width:2px 2px 2px 2px;}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:13px;opacity:0.7;margin-top:14px\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Personal experiences may vary. Not a medical device. No promise of healing.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-disc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-disc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-yhychkhan-discw elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"iwgw-yhychkhan-discw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<footer data-nosnippet=\"true\" class=\"iwg-disclaimer-block\"><p data-nosnippet=\"true\">iWell Guard is <strong>not a medical device<\/strong> and does not replace medical or psychotherapeutic treatment. The religious-studies content is cultural-historical classification, not a recommendation for spiritual practice.<\/p><\/footer>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yhych-Khan, Yakut Guardian of Horses and Keeper of the Ysyakh Yhych-Khan is the guardian of horses and their herds in the Yakut religion. He stands at the centre of the great summer festival Ysyakh, celebrated each year after the summer solstice. GodSiberia \/ TengrismProtective God of Horses Table of Contents Classification and Brief Profile The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6494,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Yhych Khan Yakut religion","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse Deity, Cult and Sources","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_angie_page":false,"gefaehrdungsstufe":"","wesen_kultur":"","wesen_klasse":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"class_list":["post-6493","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gods"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse Deity, Cult and Sources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iWell Guard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-05T09:59:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"14 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse Deity, Cult and Sources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T20:29:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-05T09:59:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1536,\"caption\":\"Gods from the Siberian-Tengrism tradition.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Start\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"iWell Guard\",\"description\":\"Schutz vor dunklen Einfl\u00fcssen\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ittermann electronic GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png\",\"width\":1182,\"height\":237,\"caption\":\"Ittermann electronic GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pantip.com\\\/profile\\\/9367242\",\"https:\\\/\\\/micro.blog\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.diggerslist.com\\\/iwellguard\\\/about\",\"https:\\\/\\\/skitterphoto.com\\\/photographers\\\/2870314\\\/iwell-guard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/iwellguard.wordpress.com\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/06\\\/iwell-guard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/hub.docker.com\\\/u\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/iwellguard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bit.ly\\\/m\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/entre-vos-mains.alsace.eu\\\/profiles\\\/iwellguard\\\/activity\",\"https:\\\/\\\/gravatar.com\\\/reallybeded8fd34\",\"https:\\\/\\\/naijamatta.com\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/profile.hatena.ne.jp\\\/iwellguard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/experiment.com\\\/users\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/wakelet.com\\\/@iWellGuard82270\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chordie.com\\\/forum\\\/profile.php?id=2555664\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instapaper.com\\\/p\\\/17757966\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mapleprimes.com\\\/users\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/businesslistingplus.com\\\/profile\\\/iwell-guard\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/telegra.ph\\\/iWell-Guard-06-06\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pbase.com\\\/iwellguard\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/b.hatena.ne.jp\\\/iwellguard\\\/20260607#bookmark-4788405196491818882\",\"https:\\\/\\\/fliphtml5.com\\\/home\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/anyflip.com\\\/homepage\\\/cmiwl#About\",\"https:\\\/\\\/transfur.com\\\/Users\\\/iwellguard\",\"http:\\\/\\\/delphi.larsbo.org\\\/user\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/jobs.lajobsportal.org\\\/profiles\\\/8380803-iwell-guard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/md.chaosdorf.de\\\/s\\\/jfbe5SBdJD\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lingvolive.com\\\/en-us\\\/profile\\\/9ecaeaca-ce11-4e51-9e71-01d55e2bff36\\\/translations\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fitday.com\\\/fitness\\\/forums\\\/members\\\/iwellguard.html\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mymeetbook.com\\\/iwellguard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pxhere.com\\\/en\\\/photographer-me\\\/5040798\",\"https:\\\/\\\/disqus.com\\\/by\\\/iwellguard\\\/about\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pastelink.net\\\/hjwciqwq\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pubhtml5.com\\\/homepage\\\/scjhn\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bitchute.com\\\/channel\\\/2O2eOKzNqujT\",\"https:\\\/\\\/audiomack.com\\\/iwellguard\"]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ralf Ittermann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee2a27f1cac3406c7c6fb5820cb7349f\"},\"headline\":\"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T20:29:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-05T09:59:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2867,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/en\\\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iwell-guard.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Gods\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"description\":\"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse Deity, Cult and Sources","description":"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord","og_description":"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.","og_url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/","og_site_name":"iWell Guard","article_modified_time":"2026-06-05T09:59:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1536,"url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"14 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/"},"author":{"name":"Ralf Ittermann","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ee2a27f1cac3406c7c6fb5820cb7349f"},"headline":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord","datePublished":"2026-05-13T20:29:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T09:59:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/"},"wordCount":2867,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp","articleSection":["Gods"],"inLanguage":"en-US","description":"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult."},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/","name":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse Deity, Cult and Sources","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-13T20:29:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T09:59:09+00:00","description":"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp","width":1024,"height":1536,"caption":"Gods from the Siberian-Tengrism tradition."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Start","item":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/","name":"iWell Guard","description":"Schutz vor dunklen Einfl\u00fcssen","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Ittermann electronic GmbH","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ittermann-Logo-1182x237-1.png","width":1182,"height":237,"caption":"Ittermann electronic GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/pantip.com\/profile\/9367242","https:\/\/micro.blog\/iwellguard","https:\/\/www.diggerslist.com\/iwellguard\/about","https:\/\/skitterphoto.com\/photographers\/2870314\/iwell-guard","https:\/\/iwellguard.wordpress.com\/2026\/06\/06\/iwell-guard\/","https:\/\/hub.docker.com\/u\/iwellguard","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/iwellguard\/","https:\/\/bit.ly\/m\/iwellguard","https:\/\/entre-vos-mains.alsace.eu\/profiles\/iwellguard\/activity","https:\/\/gravatar.com\/reallybeded8fd34","https:\/\/naijamatta.com\/iwellguard","https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/iwellguard","https:\/\/profile.hatena.ne.jp\/iwellguard\/","https:\/\/experiment.com\/users\/iwellguard","https:\/\/wakelet.com\/@iWellGuard82270","https:\/\/www.chordie.com\/forum\/profile.php?id=2555664","https:\/\/www.instapaper.com\/p\/17757966","https:\/\/www.mapleprimes.com\/users\/iwellguard","https:\/\/businesslistingplus.com\/profile\/iwell-guard\/","https:\/\/telegra.ph\/iWell-Guard-06-06","https:\/\/pbase.com\/iwellguard\/iwellguard","https:\/\/b.hatena.ne.jp\/iwellguard\/20260607#bookmark-4788405196491818882","https:\/\/fliphtml5.com\/home\/iwellguard","https:\/\/anyflip.com\/homepage\/cmiwl#About","https:\/\/transfur.com\/Users\/iwellguard","http:\/\/delphi.larsbo.org\/user\/iwellguard","https:\/\/jobs.lajobsportal.org\/profiles\/8380803-iwell-guard","https:\/\/md.chaosdorf.de\/s\/jfbe5SBdJD","https:\/\/www.lingvolive.com\/en-us\/profile\/9ecaeaca-ce11-4e51-9e71-01d55e2bff36\/translations","https:\/\/www.fitday.com\/fitness\/forums\/members\/iwellguard.html","https:\/\/www.mymeetbook.com\/iwellguard","https:\/\/pxhere.com\/en\/photographer-me\/5040798","https:\/\/disqus.com\/by\/iwellguard\/about\/","https:\/\/pastelink.net\/hjwciqwq","https:\/\/pubhtml5.com\/homepage\/scjhn\/","https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/channel\/2O2eOKzNqujT","https:\/\/audiomack.com\/iwellguard"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ee2a27f1cac3406c7c6fb5820cb7349f","name":"Ralf Ittermann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/073c0153e350a5005b68eb752b445fea71f6b24a26da9449ad7e155e6b446c9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/073c0153e350a5005b68eb752b445fea71f6b24a26da9449ad7e155e6b446c9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/073c0153e350a5005b68eb752b445fea71f6b24a26da9449ad7e155e6b446c9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ralf Ittermann"},"givenName":"Ralf","familyName":"Ittermann","jobTitle":"Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer und redaktioneller Verantwortlicher","url":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/author\/claude\/","description":"Ralf Ittermann ist Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer der Ittermann electronic GmbH und redaktioneller Verantwortlicher des iWell-Guard-Lexikons. Er verbindet langj\u00e4hrige Erfahrung in der Pr\u00e4zisionsfertigung mit medialer Praxis und religionsgeschichtlicher Quellenarbeit.","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ittermann electronic GmbH","url":"https:\/\/ittermann.de\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"K\u00f6hlergasse 16-18","postalCode":"99842","addressLocality":"Ruhla","addressCountry":"DE"}},"knowsAbout":["Religionsgeschichte","Mythologie","Mediale Praxis","Energetische Diagnostik","Schutzpraxis","Volksglauben","Westliche Esoterik"]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/"},"author":{"name":"Ralf Ittermann","@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ee2a27f1cac3406c7c6fb5820cb7349f"},"headline":"Yhych-Khan: Yakut Horse-Lord","datePublished":"2026-05-13T20:29:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T09:59:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/"},"wordCount":2867,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yhych-khan-yakut-horse-lord\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_yhych-khan.webp","articleSection":["Gods"],"inLanguage":"en-US","description":"Yhych-Khan is the Yakut guardian of horses and stands at the centre of the Ysyakh festival. Classification with myth and cult."}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7102,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6493\/revisions\/7102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}