Tyushtya

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Andrey Alyoshkin's impression of king Tyushtya.

Tyushtya (Moksha: Тюштень) (IV c.) - is a Mokshan epic hero character based on Moksha legends, which mostly survived among Mokshas living in on the right bank of Volga and in Siberia. He serves as a symbol of Moksha's struggle with Russian expansion. Tyushtya is also regarded as the great leader of the Moksha, Erzya and Meschera alliance.

In the Mastorava epic, Tyushtya is a peasant elected by people to be the king and leader of Moksha, Erzya and Meschera clans' alliance and the warlord of the allied army. During his rule, Mokshaland stretched from the Volga to the Dnieper and from the Oka to the Black Sea.

In Mordvin mythology, Tyushtya is a Moon god, son of the Thunder god and the mortal girl Litova. His age changes every month, following the phases of the Moon.

In 2021, Ukrainian Rock Against Communism band Komu Vnyz recorded a song called "Appeal to Tyushtya" (Moksha: Тюштянень пшкадема, romanized: Tyushtyanen pshkadema), based on a poem written by Olyosh and set to music by Alina Podgornova.

References[]

• А.М. Sharonov, Mastorava Saranosh, 1994
• Tatiana Deviatkina, "Some Aspects of Mordvin Mythology", Folklore 17 (2001).[1]
• Dubasov I.I. Ocherki iz istorii Tambovskogo kraya. – Tambov, 1890. – Issue. 1. – 225 p.
• Mordwinische Volksdichtung. Gesammelt von H. Paasonen. Herausgegeben und ubersetzt von Paavo Ravila. - Helsinki, 1938 - 1981.
• V.К. Radaev «Tyushtya»
• Fedoseeva, Е.А. Obraz tsarya Tyushti v folklore i v epose «Mastorava» / Е.А.Fedoseeva // Elektronnyy Vestnik CPPK FL. – 2007. – № 1
• [Fedoseeva, Е.А. Yavlenie bytovoy fantastiki v predanii «O Tyushte» v zapisi I.I.Dubasova / Е.А.Fedoseeva // Filologicheskie issledovaniya. 2003 – 2004: mezhvuzovskiy sbornik nauchnykh trudov. – Saranosh, 2005. – p. 209 – 217.
• Fedoseeva, Е.А. «Tyushtya» V.К.Radaeva v i folklornom prostranstvakh sovremennogo eposa / Е.А.Федосеева // HUMANITIES. Zhurnal gumanitarnykh issledovaniy: electronnoye izdaniye – 2007. – № 5-6 (January – June)

External links[]

• Mastorava epic