Names from Turkish Folk Astronomy

Would you like names from Turkish Folk Astronomy?
Here’s a somewhat complete list from me

Planets
• [name_u]Mercury[/name_u] - Dilek & Tilek
• [name_f]Venus[/name_f] - Sevit & Çolpan
• [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m] - Erendiz
• Uranus - Talay
• [name_u]Neptune[/name_u] - Altay

Zodiac signs
• [name_f]Aquarius[/name_f] - Saka, [name_m]Seve[/name_m], Dolca & Tanha
• [name_m]Aries[/name_m] - Elbis
• [name_m]Leo[/name_m] - Aslan, Arslan & Tunga
• Sagittarius - Oktar

Old zodiac signs of Turkic peoples
• Toruk
• Sezgek
• Gondaray
• Uslu
• Kutas
• Tusanak
• Tutar
• Pirsiuay
• Balauz

I absolutely love some of these - Sevit, Erendiz, [name_m]Seve[/name_m] and Aslan are my favourites. I like the sound of Oktar but the associations with [name_m]Adnan[/name_m] Oktar make my stomach crawl somewhat. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you know of any elemental names? Particularly pertaining to water x

Thank you for posting these! I love it when you share new names with us. :slight_smile:

I would love to post elemental names! But unfortunately I have my midterm exams soon, I can only post them after the exams.

I’m preparing for university finals so I relate to the stress aha good luck!

Erendiz is more usable than [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m], imo. And to be honest I kinda stole Aslan from your signature. I first knew it from [name_f]Narnia[/name_f] years ago, but never seriously considered using it before. :slight_smile:

Maybe Erendiz and Aslan. I also like Evren. There are many more Turkish names with similar meanings that I like, but I’ve no idea how to pronounce them.