Glorious death???

[erdene]

Was death seen as glorious to the nomadic soldiers as it was to the likes of Samurais and Muslim soldiers???

Would nomadic armies rather retreat and fight another day than die on the battlefield for honour and glory.

I read somewhere that Mongol soldiers, at one of their battles with Mameluks, dismounted to fight off a Mameluk charge, could this have also shown their willingness to fight to the last???

Is there any mention anywhere that the 'Eternal Blue Sky' will look after the soldiers after their death?

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

The Ancient Turks such as the Xiongnu and Blue Turks considered dying in the battlefields as a glorious style of death. It was considered a pity if you died in your bed. But of course they also did not like wasting them fo nothing; they ran away if needed and they were not ashamed of it - they were practical people, not like the Japanese samurai

[BAWIR$AQ]

True. Steppe people were practical soldiers, not mindless kamikazes.

[Saran]

Glorious death for the steppe nomads is fighting till their last blood drop drips and die with a pillow (Remember that Tataars!) ;D

[temur]

Hi sister! I agree with you to this point

saran said:

Glorious death for the steppe nomads is fighting till their last blood drop drips and die with a pillow (Remember that Tataars!) ;D

[Atabeg]

Well I understand fighting untill you die

but what the hell is with the Japanese harkiri thing thats just the easy way out to me

[Bor Chono]

Harakiri is very strange & stupid way to die. ;D