Folklore & Myth

Folklore and myth often originated as a people tried to understand the world around them and to understand where they came from. Folklore and myth also convey value systems that are often still embedded deep within the modern cultural identities that evolved from them.

August 25, 2017

Manas: The Kyrgyz Odysseys, Moses, and Washington

The main thing to know about Manas is that it is epic. Created, most historians believe, more than a millennia ago, it is one of the world’s longest poems at more than half a million lines. It has been written down more than sixty times from various bards, creating a different version each time. It […]

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An Oral Account of Yurt Making in Kyzyl-Too, Kyrgyzstan

Fortune Telling in Bishkek

Up Close and Personal with a Manaschi

Mad for Manas in Talas

Tengeri Shaman Center in Irkutsk

Once Upon a Time in Eastern Europe: Memoirs of a Soviet Child

The Question of Genre in Byliny and Beowulf

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