Tartary Tartary: Tartarus “Hell on Earth”; Tartar: Chinese term, ‘Ta-Ta’ ‘dirty’ or ‘barbarian’. Tatar became Tartar, meaning ‘People from Hell’, a reference to Tartarus, the ancient Greek version of Hell.  Khazaria ‘Serpent People’; Ukraine ‘Kievan Rus’ and Russia ‘Rus’. Tatar was suggestive of Tartarus, a Hell-like realm in Greek mythology. Tartarian … Continue reading Tartary