Villerías, Guadalupe

Villerías, Guadalupe

Mexico 1724       José Antonio de Villerías y Roelas,       Guadalupe       According to traditional accounts, the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe traces its origins to a frosty December day in 1531. On Tepeyac, a hill just north of...
Epic of Köroghlu

Epic of Köroghlu

Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan Transcribed: c. 18th century CE     Anonymous, The Epic of Köroğlu     Benden selam olsun Bolu Beyi’neÇıkıp şu dağlara yaslanmalıdırOk vızıltısı, kalkan sesindenDağlar seda...
Kotliarevs’kyi, Eneïda

Kotliarevs’kyi, Eneïda

Ukraine 1798 Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi, Eneïda   Introduction commissioned. ​ Contributor NameUniversity Affiliation Works Cited (if applicable) Resources...
Escóiquiz, México Conquistada

Escóiquiz, México Conquistada

New Spain / Mexico First published in 1798     Juan Escóiquiz, México Conquistada: Poema Heroyco     México conquistada [Mexico Conquered] is a 26-Book epic whose full title and publication information help to account for the celebratory light in which the...
Manas

Manas

Kyrgyzstan A fragment (in Persian) is dated to the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century, but an earlier version may have existed; the first written version of the epic is from the mid-19th century. Anonymous, Manas “…for us, Kirgiz, the dastan remains a...