Epic

See also:

Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule - History and politics of the Central Asian epic Alpamysh.
The Archaic Epic and Its Relationship to Ritual - Article by E. S. Novik discussing the relationships between rituals and folklore texts.
Folklore Fellows in Oral Epics - Introductionary materials into the study of oral epics.
Indian Folklore Epics: Kannada - Brief introduction to the Kannada folk epics with excerpts.
The Mechanisms of Epic Plot and the Mongolian Geseriad - Article by S. Ju. Nekludov discussing changes in the plot of the Geser epic by comparing variant versions.