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...
Arabia, Persia, and the Subcontinent Oral tradition dating back to the 7th century Illustrated manuscript commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, c. 1562Urdu version by Ghalib Lakhnavi, 1855Expanded by Abdullah Bilgirami, 1871 Ghalib Lakhnavi The Adventures of...
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