Zayatulak and Hyuhylu [1] ( Bashkir: Заятүләк менән Һыуhылыу, Tatar: Заятүләк белән Сусылу, Түләк, Түләк китабы) is a part-prose, part-poetry epic of the Tatar and Bashkir people who live in Russia. It is one of the first Bashkir and Tatar epics. [2][ need quotation to verify] [3] [4] [5]
The main characters are Zayatulak and Hyuhylu.
At the start of the epic, Zayatulak dives in a lake, where a mermaid named Hyuhylu lives there. The epic is completed with the death of Hyuhylu while she was waiting Zayatulak, while Zayatulak was riding a tulpar. He was needing one more day to reach Hyuhylu. Shortly after Zayatulak commits suicide in the tomb of Hyuhylu.
The epic takes place in the following places in Davlekanovsky district, Bashkortostan:
Zayatulak and Hyuhylu [1] ( Bashkir: Заятүләк менән Һыуhылыу, Tatar: Заятүләк белән Сусылу, Түләк, Түләк китабы) is a part-prose, part-poetry epic of the Tatar and Bashkir people who live in Russia. It is one of the first Bashkir and Tatar epics. [2][ need quotation to verify] [3] [4] [5]
The main characters are Zayatulak and Hyuhylu.
At the start of the epic, Zayatulak dives in a lake, where a mermaid named Hyuhylu lives there. The epic is completed with the death of Hyuhylu while she was waiting Zayatulak, while Zayatulak was riding a tulpar. He was needing one more day to reach Hyuhylu. Shortly after Zayatulak commits suicide in the tomb of Hyuhylu.
The epic takes place in the following places in Davlekanovsky district, Bashkortostan: