Influence of Manas
- Liz Williams' Nine Layers of Sky (2003) writes a modern day account of Manas as a nemesis of the Bogatyr Ilya Muromets.
- University of Manas - the name of university in the city of Bishkek.
- Manas - the name of the airport in the city of Bishkek.
- A minor planet, 3349 Manas was discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979.
- The highest award in Kyrgyzstan is the Order of Manas
- Manas - opera, composed by Abdylas Maldybaev
- Petromanas Energy Inc. - Albanian focused energy exploration company
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