Hungarian Neopaganism, or the Hungarian Native Faith, is a modern Pagan new religious movement aimed at representing an ethnic religion of the Hungarians, inspired by Taltosism, ancient mythology and
Ritual performed at the Temple of the Seven Images of the Mother of God.
A modern taltos performing a ritual with his drum, in front of a fire.
Gateway of the Noetic Taltos School.
Gathering of a Hungarian Native Faith group for the performance of a ritual. The two leading figures hold ritual spears with strips of cloth of the colours of the flag of Hungary tied near the tips.
Tengrism
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Tengrism is a belief system originating in the Eurasian steppes, based on shamanism and animism, and commonly centered on the titular sky god Tengri. According to some scholars, adherents of Tengrism
Hungarian Neopaganism (movement)
…as the force responsible for the disenchantment of the world. Those taltoses who espouse Turanist theories sometimes declare explicit affiliation with Tengrism, the Turkic ethnic religion. This is the case of Zoltán Sólyomfi. These taltoses are generally characterised by their use of the Turkic name Tengri…
Peak of Khan Tengri at sunset
Estimated extent of Tengriist populations across Eurasia (c. 600 CE)
The earliest known depiction of a Siberian shaman, drawn by the Dutch explorer Nicolaes Witsen, who wrote an account of his travels among Samoyedic- and Tungusic-speaking peoples in 1692. Witsen labeled the illustration as a "Priest of the Devil", giving this figure clawed feet to express what he thought were demonic qualities.
Russian postcard based on a photo taken in 1908 by S. I. Borisov, showing a female shaman, of probable Khakas ethnicity.