Editing Bashkirs (section)

===Epic poems and mythology===
The Bashkirs have a rich [[folklore]] referencing the genesis and early history of the people. Through the works of their [[Oral tradition|oral folk art]], the views of ancient Bashkirs on [[nature]], their wisdom, psychology, and moral ideals are preserved. The genre composition of the Bashkir oral tradition is diverse: [[Epic poetry|epic and fairy tales]], [[legend]]s and traditions, riddles, songs (ritual, epic or lyrical), etc.

The Bashkir poems, like the epic creations of other peoples, find origin in the ancient [[Turkic mythology]], in fact the Bashkir epic tale culture can be considered a more developed and expanded version of old Turkic epic culture. Majority of the poems of Bashkir mythology have been written down and published as books at the beginning of the 20th century, these poems compose a great part of the literature of the Bashkir people and are important examples of further-developed Turkic culture.

Some of these poems became important on a continental level, for example the epic poem the "[[Ural-batyr|Ural Batyr]]", which tells the tale of the legendary hero Ural, is the origin of the name of the [[Ural Mountains|Ural mountains]]. Other poems constitute a great part of the Bashkir national identity, other tales apart from the Ural Batyr include "[[Akbuzat|Aqbuzat]]", "{{lang|ba-Latn|Qara yurga}}", "{{lang|ba-Latn|Aqhaq qola}}", "{{lang|ba-Latn|Kongur buga}}", and "{{lang|ba-Latn|Uzaq Tuzaq}}".