List of World Folk-epics - European Languages

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Aeneid, a Roman epic

Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon epic written in Old English

Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire an Irish lament

Cikli i Kreshnikëve, an Albanian epic

David of Sasun, Armenian national epic about war for freedom against Arabs in 9th century

Edda, a collection of Icelandic poems

Iliad, a Greek epic

Kalevala, a Finnish epic

Kalevipoeg, an Estonian epic

The Knight in the Panther's Skin, a Georgian epic poem

Lāčplēsis, a Latvian epic

Le Morte d'Arthur, a collection of Arthurian legends in Middle English

Mabinogion, a Welsh epic

Nibelungenlied, a German epic poem

Njál's saga, an Icelandic saga

Odyssey, a Greek epic

Os Lusíadas, a Portuguese epic

Prince Marko, a Serbian epic

Táin Bó Cúailnge, an Irish epic

The Lay of the Cid, a Spanish epic.

The Tale of Igor's Campaign, a Slavic epic

Volsunga saga, a Scandinavian saga

Zoraje, a Slovene epic

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