Cotys-Kotys-Kotuz-Qutuz-A-Name-with-a-Long-Heritage

Huhu!

here we go again.

This week I have learned (in Twitter from Nuray Bilgili) that the word KOTUZ means YAK.
Ancient Turks used his antler and tail as divine signs.



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Our subject today is but the name Kotuz/Qutuz/Kotys/Cotys, all have the same sound.

Firstly Kotuz/Kutuz

A Mameluke Turkish King of Egypt




He is the commander and king who stopped and destroyed the strong Mongolian Army.
Yes his name was Kotuz/Qutuz.

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Second one(s) are older and they have also a royal name, too.

When we look at the list of Thracian Kings, we see 9 Kotys.

A line of kings whose name was Cotys

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They were the (the first one was called 'barbarian') Kings whose name are the same like our Asian 'Kotuz' (Turkish word for Yak).

There are many of them. It is possible that the Thracians have Middle Asian Turkish origins. Ok, wikipedia and the other authorities say 'they were Indo-European' but there is definitely no evidence for that.
They could be of Turkish origin as well, too.

Look at the YAK on this Coin of Kotys!

Google Search Thrace Kotys

More info about Kotys, the King:

https://www.academia.edu/35373715/THE_PERSONALITY_OF_KOTYS_IN_THE_ANCIENT_LITERARY_TRADITION




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Third Kotys (Cotys) is a Thracian Deity.
It could be said that there is maybe the word KUT in it, too, meaning the divine energy.

But back to Kotys (Cotys), Ancient Greek Κότυς.

Wikipedia says:

"The name Kotys is believed to have meant "war, slaughter", akin to Old Norse Höðr "war, slaughter".^[4] "

I don't think, it could be true. She has not much to do with war, she was maybe a huntress goddess. She was well known with her orgiastic ceremonies, especially at night. She was for sure from Thrace like the KOTYS Kings are from Thrace, too.
The sexual ceremonies she celebrated were called Cotyttia where I can find the word KUT more meaningful, because KUT has to do with "Celebration" (Turkish word Kutla-mak). Ut of Kut-ut could be the old Turkish plural affix, dann meaning the ceremonies.

Greek vase painting depicting a goddess, probably either Bendis or Kotys, adorned in Thracian garb approaching a seated Apollo. Red-figure bell-shaped krater by the Bendis Painter, c. 380–370 BCE

UPDATE AUGUST 2021:

COTYS: A Thracian female deity whose etymology is not clear! * Old Koduz means widow or a woman! It is attested on the Memorial Stone of Tonyukuk! I drop a link where you can read a text about both Kotuz/Koduz 

https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/653441

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Three characters from history and three regions  from geography!

Kutuz, Kotys, Cotys <=> Egypt, Thrace, Middle Asia, where we can always found Turks and Turkish cultures.

Uzunbacak Adem


Source: Wikipedia (Pics & Screenshots).