Umai
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Umai, also known as Ymai or Mai, is the mother goddess of the Turkic Siberians. She is depicted as having sixty golden tresses, that look like the rays of the sun. She is thought to have once been identical with Ot of the Mongols.The Hindu godess Uma may also be same as Umai.
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- Cotterell, Arthur; Rachel Storm (1999). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology. New York: Lorenz Books, 466, 481. ISBN 0 7548 0091 1. “Umai is the mother goddess of the Turkic people....”
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