The Bozok — Gün Han, Ay Han, and Yıldız Han — were born to Oghuz Khan and his heavenly wife, the maiden of light who descended from a ray of sky, and they received the golden bow when their father divided the world among his sons.
Oghuz Khan was born to Kara Khan with a sky-blue face and fire in his eyes, speaking from the womb — a monstrous birth that drove his father to attempt his murder, until the heavenly child grew to overthrow and slay the very father who had rejected him.
The Üçok — Gök Han, Dağ Han, and Deniz Han — were born to Oghuz Khan and his earthly wife, the maiden he found within a great tree, and they received the silver arrows when their father divided the earth among his six sons.
Boz Kurt, a grey wolf, appeared before Oghuz Khan's army and led them through unknown lands during his world-conquest, guiding the hero-khan's campaigns as a divine pathfinder sent from the Eternal Sky.
Oghuz Khan slew his own father Kara Khan in battle, overthrowing the man who had tried to murder him as an infant and seizing sovereignty over the steppe.
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