# Aisyt

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**Ajyyhyt** (**Aysyt**, **Ajsyt** or **Ajyhyt**; sah: Айыыһыт; Turkish: *Ayzıt*) is a Turkic goddess of the [Yakut](/source/Yakuts) people from the [Lena River](/source/Lena_River) region of [Siberia](/source/Siberia) and is an important figure in [Turkic mythology](/source/Turkic_mythology). The name means "birthgiver" and she may also be called the "mother of cradles".[1] Her full name is given as **Айыыһыт Хотун**, meaning "birth-giving nourishing mother".[citation needed] Aisyt brings the soul from heaven at the birth of a baby and records each one in the Golden Book of Fate. She is the daughter of [Yer Tanrı](/source/Yer_Tanr%C4%B1).

## Role

Ajysyt was responsible for conducting the [soul](/source/Soul_(spirit)) of a newborn child to its birth and attended every birth. Women would [channel](/source/Channeling_(as_a_medium)) Ajysyt, believing that doing so would relieve them of pain during childbirth.[1] She kept a golden book in which she recorded each one. She is said to have lived on a mountain top in a house with seven stories,[1] from which she controlled the fate of the world.

## Versions

The Yakut revere a variety of *ayıı* (sah: Айыы). The primary manifestation, *Ņelbey Ayııhıt* (sah: Ньэлбэй Айыыһыт), is responsible for the birth of children. *Cöhögöy Toyon* (sah: Дьөһөгөй Тойон) governs the reproduction of horses, *İhegey İeyiexsit* (sah: Иhэгэй Иэйиэхсит) is responsible for oxen, and Noruluya manages dogs and foxes.[2]

When referring to the deity for the births of male animals, such as stallions or bulls, the word **ayııhıt** is understood to be male. However, when relating to the birth of a mare or cow, the word is feminine.[3]

## Legends

One legend recalls how she appeared from the roots of the [cosmic tree](/source/Cosmic_tree) (alternatively the [world pillar](/source/World_pillar) of *Ürüñ Aar Toyon* (sah: Үрүҥ Аар Тойон) to a pale young man; the tree stood beside a lake of milk. By [suckling](/source/Suckling) the youth she caused his strength to increase a hundredfold.[citation needed]

## Contemporary representation

Ajysyt is a featured figure on [Judy Chicago](/source/Judy_Chicago)'s installation piece *[The Dinner Party](/source/The_Dinner_Party)*, being represented as one of the 999 names on the *[Heritage Floor](/source/List_of_women_in_the_Heritage_Floor).*[4]

## References

1. Julie Loar (1 December 2010). [*Goddesses for Every Day: Exploring the Wisdom and Power of the Divine Feminine Around the World*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OturV0aQa-IC&pg=RA1-PA8). New World Library. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-57731-950-4. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

1. E. M. Meletinskii (ed.) (1990). *Mefologicheskii slovar'*. Sovetskaya entsiklopediya.

1. Michael Jordan (2004). [*Dictionary of gods and goddesses*](https://books.google.com/books?id=aqDC5bwx4_wC&pg=PA10). Infobase Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8160-5923-2. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

1. ["Ajysyt"](http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/heritage_floor/ajysyt.php). *Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Ajysyt*. [Brooklyn Museum](/source/Brooklyn_Museum). 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

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