Epics from Around the World
Every culture has stories of creation, explaining how things came to be, telling of heroes, divine beings and the people. I want to learn more of different stories so I’m adding the translated versions where possible.
created by lenya
last updated August, 2026
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Turkic language epics (that I can't find in a reliable book version to export into this list) Ural Batyr, Bashqort epic Akbuzat, Bashkort epic Idegei/Idegey, Tatar epic Alpamysh, Turkic epic Alp Er Tunga, a Turkic epic Irk Bitig, Turkic legends from Dunhuang, China Kyz Zhibek, a Kazakh epic Epic of Manas, a Kyrgyz epic Book of Dede Korkut (Korkut Ata), an Oghuz epic Oğuzname, an Oghuz epic Kutadgu Bilig, a Karakhanid epic Olonkho, a Yakut epic
This is awesome! I'm doing a similar list and it's so cool how similar ours are.
