Tenger

Tenger
Name	Tenger
Aliases	Mongolian Gods, Turkic Gods
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Humanoid
Eyes	Black
Skin	Tan
Number of Limbs	2
Number of Fingers	5
Number of Toes	5
Origin and Status
Origin	Gods of Earth
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	Ergenekon
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, Keith Pollard
First	Thor #300 (July, 1980)
First	Thor #300 (July, 1980)

History

Origin

The Tenger originated with Tengri, the god of the Eternal Blue Sky who would become the namesake of the pantheon. He predated all things in central Asia, and coupled with Gaea to create the god Erlik. Erlik, however, became prideful and arrogant, so Tengri was forced to banish him to the underworld, where he became the god of death and evil. Tengri replaced Erlik as architect of the Earthly plane with Ulgen. The banished Erlik descended upon humanity with sin and disease, even finding a small group of worshipers during the Hyborian Age centuries before the other gods became popular.

Pre-Cataclysmic Age

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Hyborian Age

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Modern Age

To our days, the Tenger worshiped as Gods by the Altaic-speaking Mongolians and Turkic people of Central Asia (including the Khakas and Tuvans, the Siberians, the Yakuts, and Erlik is worshipped by the xenophobic Khirgiz tribe of Afghanistan, descendants of the Mongols.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Immortality: They are true immortals who cease to age upon reaching adulthood, and they cannot die by conventional means. The Tenger are immune to all terrestrial diseases and are resistant to conventional injury.
• Regenerative Healing Factor: If a Tenger is wounded, his or her godly life force will enable him or her to recover at a superhuman rate. It would take an injury of such magnitude that it incinerates a Tenger or disperses a major portion of his or her bodily moledules to cause him or her to die. Even then, it may be possible for a god of greater or equal power, or several gods acting together, to revive the deceased god before the god's life essence is beyond resurrections.
• Superhumanly Dense Flesh: Tenger flesh and bone are about three times as dense as similar human tissue, contributing to the gods' superhuman strength and weight.
• Superhuman Strength: An average male god can lift about 30 tons; an average goddess can lift about 25 tons.
• Superhuman Stamina: The gods' metabolism gives them superhuman endurance in all physical activities.
• Superhuman Durability: The skin, bone and muscle tissues of the gods are much tougher and more resistant to physical injury than the bodies of humans. The average Tenger god and goddess is capable of withstanding falls from great heights, exposure to temperature extremes, great impacts without sustaining injury.
• Magical Energy Manipulation: Many Tenger possess additional superhuman abilities that may be magical in nature.

Average Strength Level

An average god can lift approximately 30 tons; an average goddess, 25 tons.

Miscellaneous

Representatives

Asena, Ay, Erlik, Gesar, Koyash, Kuara, Tengri, Tulpar, Ulgen/Ulgan

Notes

• Hinkon was stated to be a Siberian God, although it is unknown to which pantheon worshiped in Siberia he belonged.
• The Tenger are the merger as a fictional race of gods preclusive to the Marvel Universe employing the Mongolian names of some Hindu Gods, Turkish warriors and transplanted Kafir (Afghanistan) characters.

See Also

• 2 appearance(s) of Tenger
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Tenger
• 1 mention(s) of Tenger
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Tenger
• 1 image(s) of Tenger
• 9 representative(s) of Tenger

Links and References

• Tenger (Mongolian) Gods at the Appendix