Turkic folklore

thumb|Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz thumb|Ashugh Jivani (center, playing the kamani) with instrumentalists right|200px|thumbnail|Soviet Union|Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to [[Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary]]

demon of childbirth in certain Asian folk traditions

ancient female spirit in Caucasian folklore

thumb|302x302px|Burning the exhumed body of a person believed to be a vampire – Vampire, aut. R. de Moraine, 1864 thumb|Fight with an upiór – Maciej Sieńczyk Upiór is a demonic being from Slavic and Turkic folklore, a prototype of the vampire. It is suggested that the () belief spread across the Eurasian steppes through the migrations of the Kipchak-Cuman people, after having its origins in the regions surrounding the Volga (İtil) River and the Pontic steppes. The modern word "vampire" derives from the Old Slavic and Turkic form "" (), with the addition of the sound "v-" before a large nasal v

thumb | right | Keloglan figure and books at Kartal Fairy Tale Museum. Keloğlan (Turkish: 'bald boy') is a fictional character that appears in Turkic and Altai mythology, fairy tales and similar folkloric narratives.

Russian folk-literature hero

Turkish mythological substance

female water sprite in Turkish mythology

Payna or Paynaqan is a winter feast and festival Turkic Tengrism and Altai folklore. Arranged for the goddess that called Payna. So this is a blessing, fertility and abundance ceremony.