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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Z is for Zong Belegt Baatar (Epics from A to Z)

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Zong Belegt Baatar is a Mongol short heroic epic. "Short" in this case means under 500 lines (in chanted or sung oral poetry), and...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Y is for the lost epic of Yi (Epics from A to Z)

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Stories, much like people, have a life cycle. Epics are created, told, and when people cease telling them, they slowly break apart and disap...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

X is for Xi You Ji - also known as Journey to the West (Epics from A to Z)

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Come on, guys. Everybody knows the Monkey King, right?... Right?... Origins Journey to the West is one of the three great Chinese epics....
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Monday, April 27, 2015

W is for Wagadu (Epics from A to Z)

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“ Four times Wagadu rose. A great city, gleaming in the light of day. Four times Wagadu fell. And disappeared from human sight. Once through...
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

V is for the Vetala Tales (Epics from A to Z)

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(I was going to do the Völsunga saga , but we have had enough Vikings already) Origins All right, so the Vetala Tales   ( V etālapañcaviṃ...
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Friday, April 24, 2015

U is for the Ulster Cycle (Epics from A to Z)

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The Ulster Cycle is one of the four cycles of Irish epics, centered around the heroes of Ulster (surprise). The most well known part of the ...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

T is for Thidrek of Bern (Epics from A to Z)

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If you like Norse sagas, King Arthur legends, and Alternate Universe fan fiction, then you will like this epic. Origins The group of lege...
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