Asena

Asena is the name of a she-wolf associated with the myth of the origin of Göktürks, mentioned in "Wolf Tales" recorded by Chinese chroniclers. The legend of Asena tells of a boy who survived the battle; the she-wolf Asena finds the injured child and nurses it, flees her enemies by crossing the West Sea to a cave near the Kocho Mountains and the town of Toharach. Of these, Jizhi Nishidu became their leader and established the Ashina clan, which ruled Göktürk and other Turkic nomadic kingdoms.

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