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Yuxa (Latin:Yuxa Yilan,Cyrillic:Юха елан,Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰆𐰎𐰀;Turkish:Yuvha), orYuha, is alegendary creature inTurkic mythology.[1] According to popular beliefs, every 100-year-oldsnake istransformed into Yuxa. In fairy tales, Yuxa is described as a beautiful damsel who would marry men to beget offspring.
Yuxa is a legendary creature with a dragon's head, which may be said to breathe fire or possess a venomous bite, a reptilian body, two legs (sometimes none), and a barbed tail. It can turn into handsome young men and beautiful young women to seduce, protect or terrify the people around them as their whim dictates.
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