Turkic Mongolian Zodiac

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The twelve-animal cycle spread west and north as well: the Mongols and the Turks use the same twelve beasts — rat, ox, tiger, rabbit (or hare), dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig — a cognate cycle that may share a common ancestor with the Chinese, or was adopted from it across the steppes. History counted in twelve animals, from the Yellow River to the Black Sea. — Central Asian tradition