Szélatya or Szélkirály (Old Turkic: Çel Ede or Çel Ata, "Wind Father") is the Turkic god or deity of wind.Windlegends - WindgodsMagyar Néprajzi Lexikon - szél
His female counterpart is Szélanya.
Names in various languages
Azerbaijani: Yel ata / Yel baba Uzbek: Yel Ota Tatar: Җил Әти or Җил Ата or Cil Ana Kazakh: Жел Ата Chuvash: Ҫил Атте or Ҫил Ашшӗ Bashkort: Εл Атай Sakha: Тыал Аҕа Turkmen: Ýel Ata Kyrgyz: Жел Ата Khakas: Чил Аба or Чил Ада Altay: Салкын Ада Tuvan: Салгын Ата Balkar: Джел Ата Mongolian: Салхи Эцэг Buryat: Һалхин Эсэгэ Oirat: Салькн эцк
All of them mean "wind father".
The Onoghurs also worshipped him.
Description Szelatya has long hair, silver weapons, and thunder horses. He is said to appear as a youthful and handsome man in Hungarian mythology, but as an elderly man in Turkic mythology. He has a jungle or sylvan named Silver Forest.
Family His father is Arany Atyacska (Golden Father) and his mother's name is Hajnal Anyacska (Dawn Mother). However, some accounts mention that he is the son of Kayra, the primordial god.
See also Hungarian mythology Yel iyesi Szelanya
References
Bibliography Mitológiai enciklopédia I. Főszerk. Szergej Alekszandrovics Tokarjev. A magyar kiadást szerk. Hoppál Mihály. Budapest: Gondolat. 1988. Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi (page 608)
External links Türk Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Pınar Karaca (Yel Baba) Szegeney Csizmadia Szelkiraly