Epic Poetry Literature

This category is for oral and semiliterary epics. For literary epics, see Arts/Literature/Poetry/Forms/Epic_and_Narrative/. An epic or epos is a long poem or cycle of poems narrating the deeds of heroes, or a nation's history.

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• - Brief introduction to the Mongolian epic tradition from the Data Bank on Traditional/Folk Performing Arts in Asia and the Pacific.
  
• - Article by S. Ju. Nekludov discussing changes in the plot of the Geser epic by comparing variant versions.
  
• - Brief introduction to the Kannada folk epics with excerpts.
  
• - Introductionary materials into the study of oral epics.
  
• - Article by E. S. Novik discussing the relationships between rituals and folklore texts.
  
• - Introduction and text of an oral epic in the Rajasthani language.
  
  

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