Rila mountain range after Tangra, although it was renamed in the 15th century to Musala ("Mountain of Allah") by the Ottoman Turks. Otgontenger, the highest mountain of the Khangai mountains in Mongolia. Tengger Desert, a desert in Inner Mongolia, China. Modern revival "Tengrism" is the term for a revival of Central Asian shamanism after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In Kyrgyzstan, Tengrism was suggested as a Pan-Turkic national ideology following the 2005 presidential elections by an ideological committee chaired by state secretary Dastan Sarygulov. In Mongolia, Tengrism has not died out and is still practised by about 2.5 percent of the population. The Western peoples and Southern peoples are known to have the highest number of Tengrism practitioners. In Mongolian, Tengrism is often referred to as “бөө мөргөл” or “böö mörgöl”. See also Tengger Cavalry, a Mongolian folk metal band in China named after Tengri. Tengri Khan, a title addressed to the Emperor Taizong of Tang. Notes References Brent, Peter. The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan: His Triumph and his Legacy. Book Club Associates, London. 1976. Sarangerel. Chosen by the Spirits. Destiny Books, Rochester (Vermont). 2001 Schuessler, Axel. ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press. 2007. Georg, Stefan. „Türkisch/Mongolisch tängri “Himmel/Gott” und seine Herkunft", "Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 6, 83–100 Bruno J. Richtsfeld: Rezente ostmongolische Schöpfungs-, Ursprungs- und Weltkatastrophenerzählungen und ihre innerasiatischen Motiv- und Sujetparallelen; in: Münchner Beiträge zur Völkerkunde. Jahrbuch des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde München 9 (2004), S. 225–274. Yves Bonnefoy, Asian mythologies, University of Chicago Press, 1993, , p. 331. External links Tengri Teg Tengri Created Türk Bilge Kagan (Orkhon Inscriptions) Excerpt from Tengrianizm: Religion of Turks and Mongols, by Rafael Bezertinov (2000) Andrei Vinogradov Ak Jang in the contextof Altai religious tradition (2003) Hasan Bülent Paksoy, Tengri on Mars (2010) Asian shamanism Creator gods Religion in Mongolia Sky and weather gods Tengriism Tngri Turkic deities Mongolian deities