Epic and Heroic Poetry Traditions

long narrative poems composed in Old Javanese

Works in the Puram genre reflect on different people's lifestyles, especially that of kings.

The original text was written in Vietnamese using the vernacular chữ Nôm script.

In poetry, an epic is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.

A bylina (Russian: былина, IPA: [bɨˈlʲinə]; pl. былины, byliny), also popularly known as a starina (Russian: старина), is a type of Russian oral epic poem.

In Icelandic literature, a ríma (IPA: [ˈriːma], literally "a rhyme", pl. rímur, [ˈriːmʏr̥]) is an epic poem written in any of the so-called rímnahættir ([ˈrimnaˌhaihtɪr̥], "rímur meters").

Táin Bó Cúailnge (Modern Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠaːnʲ bˠoː ˈkuəlʲɲə]; "the driving-off of the cows of Cooley"), commonly known as The Táin or less commonly as The Cattle Raid of Cooley, is an epic from Irish mythology.

Its name derives from the fact that it usually describes heroic deeds, like the medieval European gesta (lit. "deeds").

The Hamasah (Arabic: حماسة; lit. 'Valour') is a genre of Arabic poetry that "recounts chivalrous exploits in the context of military glories and victories".

Yukar (Ainu: ユカㇻ) are Ainu sagas that form a long rich tradition of oral literature.

A national epic is an epic poem or a literary work of epic scope which seeks to or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation-not necessarily a nation state, but at least an ethnic or linguistic group with aspirations to independence or autonomy.

Most of the Arabic folk epics, such as Sirat Antara, Sirat Dhat al-Himma, and Sirat Baybars, were composed in the Levant and Egypt in the 12th to 15th centuries

A Duma (Ukrainian: дума, plural dumy) is an oral epic poem which originated in Ukraine during the Cossack era.

Epic poetry genre of the Nyanga people (of the African Great Lakes)

The genre evolved from earlier epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.

is a category of Japanese literature written primarily in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods that focus on wars and conflicts, especially the civil wars that took place between 1156 and 1568.

Malay hikayats relate the adventures of heroes from kingdoms across the Malay Archipelago

an ornate form of oral history, an epic, from Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan

recites epic tales, primarily revolving around the stories of Iranian mythological kings and heroes

Powadas often glorified and celebrated deeds of popular folk figures and leaders

Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters; the entire story is usually written in metered verse.