Explore: Turkic Riddles

Cuman riddles, religious texts and some Italian verses. The Cuman riddles are the oldest documented material of Turkic riddles and constitute Turkic folklore

Old Siberian Turkic, generally known as East Old Turkic and often shortened to Old Turkic, was a Siberian Turkic language spoken around East Turkistan

them as "the earliest variants of riddle types that constitute a common heritage of the Turkic nations." Among the riddles in the codex are the following

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

Kurdish–Turkish conflict. Insisting that the Kurds, like the Turks, are a Turkic people, Turkish state institutions do not recognize the Kurdish language

chronograms and riddles within his poems. His qoshma (non-religious verse form) poems are also believed to have inspired later Turkic poets from Azerbaijan

generations. Koschei's life-protecting spell may be derived from traditional Turkic amulets, which were egg-shaped and often contained arrowheads (cf. the needle

Sultanate. He wrote many playful riddles, songs and legends which have become a part of popular culture in South Asia. His riddles are one of the most popular

In North Caucasian and Turkic folklore, an almas, alma or almasty, is a cryptid folk creature said to inhabit the Caucasus, Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains

and riddles, which would have a great impact on his literary life. At the gymnasium, he read Russian authors like Pushkin and Tolstoy and Turkic writers