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  2. Turkish folklore - Wikipedia

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    Yunus Emre was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic who influenced Turkish culture. Like the Oghuz Book of Dede Korkut, an older and anonymous Central Asian epic, the Turkish folklore that inspired Yunus Emre in his occasional use of tekerlemeler as a poetic device had been handed down orally to him and his contemporaries. This strictly oral ...

  3. Turkish folk literature - Wikipedia

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    The tradition of folklore—folktales, jokes, legends, and the like—in the Turkish language is very rich. Perhaps the most popular figure in the tradition is the aforementioned Nasreddin (known as Nasreddin Hoca, or "teacher Nasreddin", in Turkish), who is the central character of thousands of jokes. He generally appears as a person who ...

  4. Category:Turkish folklore - Wikipedia

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    12 languages. العربية ... Turkish folk poets (14 P) T. Turkic legendary creatures (2 C, 37 P) Turkish fairy tales (8 P) Turkish handicrafts (3 P) Pages in ...

  5. List of Turkic mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    In Hungarian folklore she is referred to as the "queen of wind" too. Yel Ata – God of winds. In Hungarian folklore he is also referred to as the "king of wind". Burkut – Eagle God. The eagle god Burkut symbolizes the sun and power. Öd Tengri or Öd-Ögöd – God of time. Is seen as the personification of time in Turkic mythology.

  6. Epic of Koroghlu - Wikipedia

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    Stamp featuring Azerbaijan epic poem "Koroghlu", from the series Epic poems of USSR nations, 1989. The Epic of Koroghlu (Azerbaijani: Koroğlu dastanı, کوروجلو حماسه سی; Turkish: Köroğlu destanı; Turkmen: Görogly dessany; Uzbek: Goʻr oʻgʻli dostoni) is a heroic legend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples, mainly the Oghuz Turks.

  7. Shahmaran - Wikipedia

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    18 languages. العربية ... Folklore: Iranian folklore, Turkish folklore, Kurdish mythology: Other name(s) Shah (king) of the Snakes: Shahmaran [a] is a mythical ...

  8. Kaloghlan - Wikipedia

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    The character appears in the folklore of the Turkic peoples. [3] Aside from his presence in Anatolia, the character is also known as Taşza Bala in Kazakhstan, Keçel, Keçel Memed or Keçel Yeğen in Azerbaijan; Keçeloğlan in Kirkuk; Kelcebatır in Turkmenistan; Tazoğlan in Crimea; Tas or Tasarakay among Altai people; Keçel in Iran and as Kel Kafalı Kaz Çobanı in Georgian stories.

  9. Turkic mythology - Wikipedia

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    Turkic mythology refers to myths and legends told by the Turkic people. It features Tengrist and Shamanist strata of belief along with many other social and cultural constructs related to the nomadic and warrior way of life of Turkic and Mongol peoples in ancient times. [1] [2] [3] Turkic mythology shares numerous ideas and practices with ...