Editing World tree (section)

=====Bashkir=====
According to scholarship, in the [[Bashkirs|Bashkir]] epic ''[[Ural-batyr]]'', deity Samrau is described as a celestial being married to female deities of the Sun and the Moon. He is also "The King of the Birds" and is opposed by the "dark forces" of the universe, which live in the underworld. A similarly named creature, the bird Samrigush, appears in Bashkir folktales living atop the tallest tree in the world and its enemy is a snake named Azhdakha.<ref name="cyberleninka.ru">{{cite journal|last1=Хисамитдинова|first1=Ф.г.|title=Божества верхнего мира в мифологии башкир|journal=Oriental Studies|date=2014|issue=4|pages=146–154|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/bozhestva-verhnego-mira-v-mifologii-bashkir}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Батыршин|first1=Ш.ф.|title=Образы мифических животных в русской, башкирской и китайской лингвокультурах|journal=Мир науки, культуры, образования|date=2019|volume=2|issue=75|pages=470–472|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/obrazy-mificheskih-zhivotnyh-v-russkoy-bashkirskoy-i-kitayskoy-lingvokulturah}}</ref> After the human hero kills the serpent Azhdakha, the grateful Samrigush agrees to carry him back to the world of light.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Равиловна|first1=Хусаинова Гульнур|title=Отражение мифологических воззрений в башкирской волшебной сказке|journal=Вестник Челябинского государственного университета|date=2012|volume=32|issue=286|pages=126–129|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/otrazhenie-mifologicheskih-vozzreniy-v-bashkirskoy-volshebnoy-skazke}}</ref>