Emese | |
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Spouse | Ügyek or Előd |
Issue | Álmos |
House | House of Dentumoger |
Father | Eunedubelianus |
Emese (fl. 9th century CE) was the daughter of Duke Eunedubelianus (Hungarian: Őnedbelia) of Dentumoger, the consort of the noblest Scythian (i.e. from Dentumoger, Scythia) prince Ügyek,[1] and the mother of High Prince Álmos in Hungarian historical mythology; thus, she was the ancestress of the Hungarian royal house of Árpád,[2] the dynasty which founded the Hungarian Kingdom. Due to a lack of reliable source material, it is difficult to separate the legends concerning Emese from her actual role as an historical person.
According to tradition, she is the mother of the Magyar royal dynasty, which sprang from one of the seven original Magyar tribes. Hence, she has been credited as "the mother of all ethnic Hungarians".[3][4][5]
Princess Emese, consort of a Scythian king, dreamed that a turul according to different versions, a hawk or an eagle impregnated her by divine command
Emese [...] the ancient mother of the Hungarian royal house of Árpád
Looking for the roots of Hungarian nation, nineteenth-century romantic-nationalist authors selected the figure of Emese, declaring her the mother of all ethnic Hungarians.
Emese: magyar mondai személy. Anonymusnál Álmos fejedelem édesanyja. Alakjához füzödik a nevezetes monda, mely szerint álmában turul szállt rá, mintegy teherbe ejtve. A név anyácskát jelent[...]
Gli avvenimenti della discendenza dinastica dei magiari vengono collocati nella regione di Levédia (la parte settentrionale di Etelköz) dalla mitologia ungherese, e sono riportati in tutte le cronache medievali. Secendo la leggenda Emese, la donna magiara più morigerata, ebbe una visione in sogno: venne fecondata da un uccello leggendario sceso dal cielo, chiamato turul, e così divenne la progenitrice dei sovrani potenti della dinastia magiara. Avendo avuto questa visione in sogno chiamò suo figlio Álmos, nome che deriva dalla parola ungherese álom, sogno. [The events of the dynastic lineage of the Magyars are placed in the region of Levédia (the northern part of Etelköz) in Hungarian mythology, and are reported in all medieval chronicles. According to the legend, Emese, the most moderate Magyar woman, had a vision in a dream: she was impregnated by a legendary bird that came down from the sky, called turul , and thus became the progenitor of the powerful rulers of the Magyar dynasty. Having had this vision in a dream, she named her son Álmos, a name that derives from the Hungarian word álom, dream.]