Şüräle , is a male monster (a forest demon) in
TatarTatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. They numbered 10 million in the late 20th Century, which includes all subgroups of Tatar people, such as...
mythology. According to legend, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He kills his victims by luring them to a thicket and then tickling them until they die.
Şüräle closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore, such as Arçuri of the Chuvashes,
PitsenPitsen is a forest creature in West Siberian Tatars' mythology.Pitsen's role is contradictory. It could bring luck, but also troubles, leading humans to wilderness....
(Picen) of the
Siberian TatarsThe Siberian Tatars are a sub-group of the Tatars, sometimes considered a separate ethnic group. They speak Siberian Tatar, which is a dialect of Tatar. Their ancestry was partly from Turkic, Ugric, Mongolic and Samoyedic tribes, but their main ancestors were the Kypchaks...
and Yarımtıq of the Ural
TatarsTatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. They numbered 10 million in the late 20th Century, which includes all subgroups of Tatar people, such as...
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The great Tatar poet Ghabdulla Tuqay, inspired by the Tatar folklore, wrote a poem
Şüräle which became one of the most popular and beloved poems in the whole Tatar literature.
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Şüräle , is a male monster (a forest demon) in
TatarTatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. They numbered 10 million in the late 20th Century, which includes all subgroups of Tatar people, such as...
mythology. According to legend, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He kills his victims by luring them to a thicket and then tickling them until they die.
Şüräle closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore, such as Arçuri of the Chuvashes,
PitsenPitsen is a forest creature in West Siberian Tatars' mythology.Pitsen's role is contradictory. It could bring luck, but also troubles, leading humans to wilderness....
(Picen) of the
Siberian TatarsThe Siberian Tatars are a sub-group of the Tatars, sometimes considered a separate ethnic group. They speak Siberian Tatar, which is a dialect of Tatar. Their ancestry was partly from Turkic, Ugric, Mongolic and Samoyedic tribes, but their main ancestors were the Kypchaks...
and Yarımtıq of the Ural
TatarsTatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. They numbered 10 million in the late 20th Century, which includes all subgroups of Tatar people, such as...
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The great Tatar poet Ghabdulla Tuqay, inspired by the Tatar folklore, wrote a poem
Şüräle which became one of the most popular and beloved poems in the whole Tatar literature. Moreover, Şüräle was Tuqay's
pseudonymA pseudonym is a fictitious name used by a person, or sometimes, a group.Pseudonyms are often used to hide an individual's real identity, as with writers' pen names, graffiti artists, resistance fighters' or terrorists' noms de guerre and computer hackers' handles. Actors, musicians, and other...
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Şüräle is also the name of the first Tatar ballet by
Farit YarullinYarullin Färit Zahidulla ulı aka Färit Yarullin; Tatar Cyrillic: Яруллин Фәрит Заһидулла улы; , Yarullin Farid Zagidullovich; 1914-1943) was a Tatar composer, the creator of the first Tatar ballet, Şüräle. His works include chamber music, romances, songs and arrangement of folk music...
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