#vainakh

[songs-of-the-east]

Paintings by Chechen Artist: Aslan Bugaev

[ehresherpa]

Yevloyevs' Castle in the village of Pyaling, Igushetia

[iurisme]

chechens 🏔💚

[ningirida]

CAUCASUS & IRANIAN RESOURCES

The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.

The Caucasus, or Caucasia, is a region that serves as a barrier between East Europe and West Asia. 

ARMENIA ─ “The Armenian people are a West Asian people. They are native to the Armenian Highlands.” ─ Armenian Literature ─ Armenian History ─ Armenian Dictionary

AZERBAIJAN ─ “The Azerbaijani, or Azeri, people are a Caucasian and Turkic people. They are native to the Republic of Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran.” ─ Azerbaijani Culture ─ Azerbaijani Literature ─ Azerbaijani History

CIRCASSIA ─ “The Circassians, or the Adyghe, are a Caucasian people. They are native to Circassia in the North Caucasus.” ─ Circassian Information ─ Circassian Dictionary (Pages 229 - 430) ─ Circassian Re-Immigration to the Caucasus

GEORGIA ─ “The Georgians, or Kartvelians, are a Caucasian people. They are native to Georgia and the southern Caucasus.” ─ Georgian Culture (in German) ─ Georgian Mythology ─ Georgian Dictionary (in Georgian)

URARTU ─ “Urartu, or the Kingdom of Van, was a West Asian civilization that lived from 860 B.C.E. to 590 B.C.E. They lived in the Armenian Highlands.” ─ Urartian Information ─ Urartian History

VAINAKH ─ “The Vainakh, or Nakh, people are a Caucasian people. They are native to the North Caucasus.” ─ Ingush Information ─ Nakh Language

Iran is a West Asian country that is bordered by Iraq and Turkey. It is home to some of the oldest civilizations and most prolific cultures.

INDO-IRAN ─ “The Indo-Iranian, or Aryan, people are an Indo-European people. They are native to Western Asia and eastern Anatolia.” ─ Indo-Iranian Mythology ─ Indo-Iranian Dictionary

OSSETIA ─ “The Ossetians, or Ossetes, are an Iranian people. They are native to Ossetia.” ─ Ossetian Information ─ Ossetian Language (in Russian)

PERSIA ─ “The Persian people are an Iranian people. They are native to Iran.” ─ Iranian Culture ─ Persian Literature ─ Persian Dictionary

SCYTHIA ─ “The Scythian people were a nomadic Iranian people that lived from the 7th century B.C.E. to the 3rd century B.C.E. They lived in Ukraine and southern Russia.” ─ Scythians and the Achaemenid Empire ─ Origin of the Scythians Myth

YAZIDI ─ “Yazidism, or Sharfadin, is an Iranian religion. It originates in Kurdistan.” ─ Yazidi Information ─ Yazidi Culture ─ The Yazidi Black Book

ZOROASTRIANISM ─ “Zoroastrianism is a Persian religion. It originates in Iran.” ─ Zoroastrian Information ─ Zoroaster Information ─ Avesta

[free-kavkaz-inshaallah]

And the rock left standing after a mountain’s collapse And the savaged people on earth And the shadow left by a toppled rock And the wilderness of the graves in heaven And the faces of the Martyrs And the blood of the Chechens splashing heaven and earth And the kitten set free at the end of the earth And frog tears make the ocean run over And the tortoise set free in the sky And the window shattered by a butterfly And this evening And Berlin And I And the memories, like ants that hurry all over my soul and body And my prayers, that all end this way: Dear Allah, let me die in Chechnya!

[iurisme]

nakh town🌸

[maddyaddy]

Art by Vainakh artist Zamir Yushaev.

[druidofthetrees]

Help!!

Does anyone know if the Vainakh/Waynakh religion is a closed religion?

It shares a lot in common with my own beliefs so I’m interested in its gods, spirits, and practices but I don’t want to be disrespectful