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Ural-batyr
Ural-batyr or Ural-batır (, pronounced , from Ural + Turkic batır - "hero, brave man") is the most famous kubair ( epic poem) of the Bashkirs. It is telling of heroic deeds and legendary creatures, the formation of natural phenomena, and so on. It is analog many similar epics (the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, the Germanic Nibelungenlied, the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh, or the Finnish/ Karelian Kalevala). The epic poem propagates the idea of the nation's eternal life and the ability of man to vanquish evil.