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...
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...
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...
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...
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