It is important to note, that the name for the imagined "turanian people" came into existence and spread due to the works of Max Müller in Hungary, and it became a popular hypothesis in the second half of the 19th century.
Another theory is that the curse was created as legend during the 1850s in the aftermath of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and reflected the overwhelming pessimism of this repressive decade.
A poem written in 1832 by the great 19th century Romantic poet, Mihály Vörösmarty, explains the origin of the curse as the bloody wars fought for the territory of Hungary in ancient times: The Curse “Men!” said the Pannon god of bane in olden times “I bestow to you a happy land; you should fight for, if you want her.” So great, brave nations fought dauntlessly for her, And the Magyar won a bloody victory at last.
így szólott Pannon vészistene hajdan, "Boldog földet adok, víjatok érte, ha kell."
Ah de viszály maradott a népek lelkein: a föld Boldoggá nem tud lenni ez átok alatt.