The Blood Covenant

 I was born in Jaszbereny, a Jasz ethnic settlement in central Hungary. Its main claim to fame is the Lehel Vezer Kurt (Leader Lehel's Horn), a national relic made from a large elephant tusk. According to Hungary's foundation myth, seven Central Asian tribes led by the Magyar tribe signed a blood covenant of unity before entering the country; each of the seven legendary leaders bled into a drinking horn (pic) that was shared among them.

The horn's age agrees with the timing of occupation of Hungary (around 900 AD), yet its nature is disputed. Some experts maintain that it is a Byzantine circus horn, used by circus managers to announce the start of the action. More probably, it is not a musical but a sacred drinking horn of Central Asian origin, and the carvings represent mythical animals and symbols. Specifically, it is a Scythian cult object created under Persian influence.

The Hungarian tribes's ancestral homeland is now Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, where still live remnants of the Magyars who did not join the migration. These Magyars are mixed with Mongols, while current Hungarians are Europeans with no Asiatic genes. Apparently, the first settlers of the extensive Central Asian grasslands extending to Western China (*) were Europeans. They were "recently" replaced by Mongols and Turks. By "recently" I mean after the Hungarian tribes left the area seeking a new country. Why did they decide to undertake a 3000 kilometer trek with their families can be understood by the genocidal tendencies of the Mongol newcomers.

This replacement took place mostly in several waves (Attila, Djengis, Seljuk, etc.). The arrow-shooting from galloping horseback battle tactic, originally developed by nomadic Persian pastoralists, proved irresistible (even for Roman legions). Only when Western Europeans developed the mobile light cannon and personal fire weapons the Asian tribes were defeated (by the Russians) and reduced to their current miserable state.


(*) In fact, European cattle-herding people occupied all the area till the Yellow River. They were evicted by the first Chinese Emperor. Their descendants can be found mixed in the Uyghurs (pic). If history predicts the future, the Uyghurs's fate has been already sealed.