Süräle
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Bashkirs
The Bashkirs are a Turkic people indigenous to Bashkortostan extending on both parts of the Ural mountains, on the place where Europe meets Asia. Groups of Bashkirs also live in the republic of Tatarstan, Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Tyumen, Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, Samara and Saratov Oblasts of...
and Tatar
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
mythology. According to legends, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He lures victims to a thicket and tickles them to death.
Şüräle closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore such as Arçuri of the Chuvashes, Pitsen
Pitsen
Pitsen 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 Tatars
Siberian Tatars
Siberian Tatars refers to the indigenous Siberian population of the forests and steppes of South Siberia stretching from somewhat east of the Ural Mountains to the Yenisey river...
and Yarımtıq of the Ural Tatars
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
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Inspired by the Tatar folklore, Ghabdulla Tuqay wrote a poem Şüräle. Şüräle was Tuqay's pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
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The first Tatar ballet by Farit Yarullin
Färit Yarullin
Yarullin 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...
had its name after Şüräle.