Otuken

Otuken or Otugen (

Ordu-Baliq was built on the ruins of the Göktürk imperial capital.

Otuken is located within the borders of the Arkhangai Province and Övörkhangai Province of present-day Mongolia.^[5]

Otuken and nature

According to this ancient belief, the mood of the Yer-sub and Ötüken could be seen in the trees' condition. If the trees are healthy and strong and are bearing a lot of fruit, it is believed that Ötüken is satisfied with humans. A prayer dedicated to Ötüken was once directed to a grand tree.^{[citation needed]}

Otugen existed in the middle of the Universe and her residence was in Central Asia on Khangan Plateau. This place was called "The Otuken (Ötüken) Homeland".

Mountain

The word was used to describe the sacred

Although never identified precisely, Ötüken probably stretched "from the Khangai Range of Central Mongolia to the Sayan Mountains of Tuva, at the centre of which is the Orkhon Valley",^[7] which for centuries was regarded as the seat of the imperial power of the steppes.

Old records

Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk

The inscriptions clearly show the sacred importance of the region, as evidenced by the statement of Tonyukuk: "If you stay in the land of the Ötüken, and send caravans from there, you will have no trouble. If you stay at the Ötüken Mountains, you will live forever dominating the tribes!"^[9]

See also

• Etugen Eke
• Otgontenger

References