Asena is the name of a female wolf in Turkic mythology. It is associated with a Göktürk ethnogenic myth "full of shamanic symbolism".^[1] Trinomial name Canis lupus arabs Schreber, 1775 Arabian wolf range Wikispecies has information related to: Canis lupus arabs Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Canis lupus arabs The Arabian wolf (Canis lupus arabs) is a subspecies of the Gray Wolf. ... Turkish mythology is the mythology of the Turkic peoples and turkic languages which are a subfamily of the Altaic language family. ... The Göktürks or Kök-Türks were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia and China. ...

The legend runs as follows. A small village in present-day Mongolia was massacred by Chinese soldiers, but one small baby was left behind. An old she-wolf with a sky-blue mane named Asena found the baby and nursed him, then the she-wolf gave birth to half-wolf, half-human cubs who were the progenitors of the Ashina clan that ruled the Göktürks and other Turkic nomadic empires.^[2] The legend has parallels with folktales of other Turkic peoples, for instance, the Wusun and Kazakhs. Ashina (also Asen or Asena), the ruling dynasty of the ancient Turks, according to Xin Tangshu they were related to the northern tribes from Xiongnu, though four theories were already established prior to the present under Zhoushu, Suishu and Youyang Zazu from as early as the 7th-century [1]. The... Nomadic Empires, sometimes also called Steppe Empires, Central or Inner Asian Empires, are the empires erected by the bow wielding, horse riding, Eurasian nomads, from Classical Antiquity (Scythia) to the Early Modern era (Dzungars). ... Wusun (烏孫) --- information about this historic people can be found in Chinese historical annals. ... Languages Kazakh (and/or languages in country of residence) Religions Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Kipchak and other Turk peoples, ancient Indo-Iranian tribes, Mongols The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар []; Russian: Казахи; the English name is transliterated from Russian) are a Turk people of the northern parts of Central...

The name of Asena figures prominently in modern Turkish nationalism. Asena inspired the name and has been used as a symbol of the Grey Wolves, the youth organization of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party. Asena was also utilized as an ultra-nationalistic symbol by the Turkish Resistance Organization. Grey Wolves (Bozkurtlar in Turkish) is the youth organization of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP), an ultra-nationalist[1] movement founded by Alparslan Türkeş in 1969. ... The Nationalist Movement Party (also translated as Nationalist Action Party) (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP)), is a far-right nationalist political party in Turkey. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

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• Romulus and Remus