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
• 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
• 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

See also

• Epic poetry
• National epic
• National myth
• Founding myth

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