[1] The wolf Ashina (Kökböri) plays a great part in the Epic of Ergenekon which is the founding myth of all Turkic and Mongolian tribes.
According to the legend when Ötöken, the capital city of the Göktürks was attacked and all residents killed by the enemy - only one boy survived the massacre.
A sixth-century Turkic stone monument depicts a boy suckling milk from a wolf.
In Turkic folk culture, it is believed that carrying a wolf tooth in your pocket will protect you from the evil eye.
They used to put wolf teeth or skin under their pillows to protect the pregnant woman from the evil eye.