Ural-batyr

Ural-batyr or Ural-batır (Bashkir: Урал батыр, pronounced, from Ural + Turkic batır - "hero, brave man") is the most famous kubair (epic poem) of the Bashkirs which – like many similar epics (the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, the Germanic Nibelungenlied, the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh, or the Finnish/Karelian Kalevala) – tells of heroic deeds and legendary creatures, the formation of natural phenomena, and so on. The epic poem propagates the idea of the nation's eternal life and the ability of man to vanquish evil.