• The tradition of folklore—folktales, jokes, legends, and the like—in the Turkish language is very rich, and is incorporated into everyday life and events...
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    Likely owing to the enduring Ottoman Turkish influence in the Balkans and parts of South-Eastern Europe, many non-Turkish peoples like Romanians, Bosniaks...
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  • (Zoroastrianism) Akuma (Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Christianity) Al Ana (Turkish folklore) Ala (Slavic mythology) Alal (Chaldean mythology) Alastor (Christian...
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  • In North Caucasian folklore, an almas, alma or almasty, is a cryptid folk creature said to inhabit the Caucasus, Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains of Central...
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    Shahmaran (category Turkish folklore)
    creature, half-woman and half-snake, originating in Indo-Iranian and Turkic folklores. The name Shāhmārān comes from the Persian words Shāh (شاه), and mārān...
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    Turkish folk dances are the folk dances of Turkey. Facing three seas, straddling important trade routes, Turkey has a complex, sophisticated culture,...
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    Doerfer, Gerhard; Hesche, Wolfram (1998). Türkische Folklore-Texte aus Chorasan [Turkish Folklore Texts from Chorosan] (in German). Otto Harrassowitz...
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  • Mongolian: Гал, Qal; Oirat: Һал; Russian: Алы) is a class of demon in the folklore of the Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, and Armenia. Als are demons of childbirth...
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  • folklore may include any of the following: Arab folklore Armenian folklore Assyrian/Syriac folklore Iranian folklore Jewish folklore Qatari folklore Turkish...
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    Giantess (category Articles containing Turkish-language text)
    the folklore of Britain and Ireland, particularly Scotland and Wales. A notable giantess in Irish mythology is Bébinn.[citation needed] In Turkish folklore...
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