Tyushtya (IV c.) - is a Mokshan epic hero character based on Moksha legends survived mostly among Mokshas living in on the right bank of Volga and in Siberia

Siberia

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. Symbol of Moksha struggle with Russian expansion. The great leader of Moksha, Erzya and Meschera alliance.

In the Mastorava

Mastorava

Mastorava is the title of a Mordvin epic poem based on Mordvin mythology, published in 1994 by A. M. Sharonov in the Erzya language, with a Moksha language version announced....

 epic, Tyushtya is a peasant elected by people to be the king and leader of Moksha, Erzya and Meschera clans alliance and the war lord of allied army. During his rule, Mokshaland stretched from Volga to Dnieper and from the Oka

Oka

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 to the Black Sea

Black Sea

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In Mordvin mythology, Tyushtya is a Moon god, son of the Thunder god and the mortal girl Litova. He is changing his age every month, following the phases of the Moon

Lunar phase

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