Yuxa
Yuxa (Latin: Yuxa Yilan, Cyrillic: Юха елан, Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰆𐰎𐰀), or Sly Snake, is a legendary creature that figures in Turkic folklore.[1] According to popular beliefs, every 100-year-old snake[2] is transformed into Yuxa. In fairy tales, Yuxa is described as a beautiful damsel who would marry men to beget offspring.
Yuxa, sometimes spelled Yuha, is a legendary creature with a dragon's head, which may be said to breathe fire or possess a venomous bite, a reptilian body, two legs (sometimes none), and a barbed tail. It can turn into handsome young men and beautiful young women to seduce, protect or terrify the people around them as their whim dictates.
See also
- Chuvash dragon
- Olgoi Khorkhoi – Mongolian Death Worm
- Yelbeghen
- Zilant
- Lilith
References
External links
- Ювха (Yuvha) (in Russian)
- Mythology and Legendary Beings
- Мифы народов мира - Ювха
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