Bashkir mythology

thumb|A young man is fighting with Daeva|div Ural-batyr or Oral-batır (, pronounced , from Ural + Turkic batır 'hero, brave man') is the most famous kubair (epic poem) of the Bashkirs. It is a telling of heroic deeds and legendary creatures, the formation of natural phenomena, and so on. thumb|The Ural Mountains

Tstar and Bashkir folk epic

Akbuzat (, from "blue-grey" and ат "horse") is the most famous kubair (epic poem) of the Bashkirs. It shows similarity to other epics (notably the story of Pegasus). The epic is also associated with the ice era ancient myth that involved the Shulgan-Tash Cave. It is part of the cycle of heroic legends involving the Ural-batyr and his descendants.