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Name Enéh
Gender Feminine
Usage Hungarian, Hungarian Mythology
Pronounced Pron. EN-AYKH (Hungarian)
Other Forms FormsEné (EN-AY)
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Meaning & History
Derived from Old Hungarian eneγ (ünő in Modern Hungarian) "hind, deer; fawn; cow-calf".
In Hungarian Mythology, Enéh first appears in Simon of Kéza's 'Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum', written in the 1280s. Enéh, whose name is recorded as ENETH in this Latin text, is the wife of MÉNRÓT and mother to HUNOR and MAGOR, the legendary forefathers of the Huns and Magyars. Enéh is thus the legendary mother of the Hungarian people. Historians Zoltán Kordé and Gyula Kristó say that her name shows, the Hungarians once regarded a hind as their totemistic ancestor, but this pagan concept was reinterpreted after their conversion to Christianity in the 11th century.
In Hungarian Mythology, Enéh first appears in Simon of Kéza's 'Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum', written in the 1280s. Enéh, whose name is recorded as ENETH in this Latin text, is the wife of MÉNRÓT and mother to HUNOR and MAGOR, the legendary forefathers of the Huns and Magyars. Enéh is thus the legendary mother of the Hungarian people. Historians Zoltán Kordé and Gyula Kristó say that her name shows, the Hungarians once regarded a hind as their totemistic ancestor, but this pagan concept was reinterpreted after their conversion to Christianity in the 11th century.