In Turkish mythology, Asena was one of the ten sons that were birthed by a mythical female wolf.

After a gruesome battle, the only survivor was a young boy. A she-wolf had found this boy and nursed him back to health. He then impregnates the she-wolf soon after. The wolf had given birth to ten half-wolf, half-human boys. One of these boys had become the leader and founded the Ashina clan. The Ashina clan ruled the Göktürks and other Turkish nomadic empires.