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{{short description|Benevolent spirits in Yakutmythology}}
'''Aiy''' ([[Sakha language|Sakha]]: Айыы, ''Ayıı'') are benevolent spirits in [[Yakuts|Yakut]] [[mythology]]. They are creators of the world and of the fabulous land of the Yakut [[Olonkho]]s. In Sakha belief Urung Ai Toyon, creator of the world, is the greatest of them.<ref>Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi {{in lang|tr}}</ref> According to mythology, the Aiy live in the Upper World. It is believed that the Aiy will not accept blood [[sacrifice]] and therefore they are presented "victims" of [[vegetable]] and [[dairy product]]s.
Aiy symbols are required for the ''Ysyakh'' (spring feast) and regulated by the government of the [[Sakha Republic]].<ref>ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО РЕСПУБЛИКИ САХА (ЯКУТИЯ). ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ от 3 июня 2009 г. № 241 [http://yakutialaw.ru/2009-god/postanovlenie-ot-3-iyunya-2009-g.-n-241.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003757/http://yakutialaw.ru/2009-god/postanovlenie-ot-3-iyunya-2009-g.-n-241.html |date=2016-03-05 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.oxfordu.net/seoul/chapter5/index.html Christianity and Shamanism in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)]
* [http://zaimka.ru/religion/shamans.shtml Shamans - Якутская мифология и шаманы, Алексеев Н. А.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205117/http://zaimka.ru/religion/shamans.shtml |date=2015-06-10 }} {{in lang|ru}}
==See also==
* [[Abasy]]
[[Category:Turkic deities]]
[[Category:Yakut mythology]]
[[Category:Sakha Republic]]
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