List of world folk-epics

List of world folk-epics

World folk-epics are those epics which are not just literary masterpieces but also an integral part of the weltanschauung of a people. They were originally oral literatures, which were later written down by either single author or several writers.

List of world folk-epics

African languages

* Lianja a central African epic
* Silamaka a Western African epic
* Sundiata an African epic

American languages

* Tunkashila an American Indian epic
* Cana an American Spanish epic

Asian languages

* Alpamysh; all of Central Asia
* Annanmar Kathai the story of the brothers, a Tamil epic of the Kongu Nadu region
* Bidasari a Malay epic
* Biag ni Lam-Ang(Life of Lam-Ang) an epic of the Ilocanos of Northern Luzon,Philippines
* Darangen an epic from the Maranao people of Mindanao, Philippines
* Epic of King Gesar, a Tibetan epic, generally considered the longest in the world.
* Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest epic of the world from Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world
* Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike), a Japanese epic
* Hinilawod an epic of the Panay-Bukidnons of the Visayas, Central Philippines.
* Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic from India; known as Bharathayudha in Indonesia
* Manas an epic from Kyrgyzstan
* Klei khan Y Dam San, an epic of Ede people in Central Highland (Tay Nguyen), Vietnam.
* Book of Dede Korkut an epic from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turcomans of Iraq and other Turkic nations
* Koroglu an epic from Azerbaijan and Turkey
* Oghuz-nameh, an epic from Oghuz Turkic nations (Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey, as well as Turcomans of Iraq)
* Kutadgu Bilig an epic from Central Asia, Uighurs and other Turkic nations
* Nagarakertagama an Indonesian epic
* On Jerusalem an epic written in Greek based on the Old Testament characters of Abraham, Isaac and Joseph
*Ramayana, a Sanskrit epic from India
* Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Chinese novel
* Sepha Khun Chang Khun Phaen, a Thai epic
* Shahnama a Persian epic
* Silappadhikaram a South Indian epic
* Siri epic in Tulu language from Karnataka, India
* The Book of One Thousand and One Nights a collection of stories from mostly Persian and Arabic sources
* Journey to the West (also known as "Monkey"), a Chinese novel
* [http://aton.ttu.edu/turkishlist.asp Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative] --Texas Tech University; contains several full-text epics in their native languages and dialects

European languages

* The Aeneid, a Roman epic
* Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon epic written in Old English
* Bylina, a Russian epic. A bylina is analogous to a short saga, not an epic. Furthermore it the word for a kind of story rather than a title.
* Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire an Irish lament
* David of Sasun, Armenian national epic about war for freedom against Arabs in 9th century
* Edda, a collection of Icelandic poems
* Y Gododdin, a Welsh epic
* Iliad, a Greek epic
* Kalevala, a Finnish epic
* Kalevipoeg, an Estonian epic
* Lāčplēsis, a Latvian epic
* Nibelungenlied, a German epic poem
* Njál's saga, an Icelandic saga
* The Odyssey, an epic from Greece
* Prince Marko, a Serbian epic
* Táin Bó Cúailnge, an Irish epic
* The Tale of Igor's Campaign, a Slavic epic
* Zoraje, a Slovene epic
* Volsunga saga, a Scandinavian saga

ee also

*Epic poetry
*National epic
*National myth
*Founding myth


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