Once upon a time Ihlas, the great singer and kobyz player, was traveling from one place to another. He stopped by a single tree growing on the bank of a river

The Swan

Once upon a time in ancient times there was a tribe forced to abandon their native land because of frequent raids. There remained but one poor jigit (hero) – an orphan – with his old grandmother and his little sister. One day the jigit was hunting on the lake shore and he heard […]

Ushar’s Howl

 A long time ago there lived a very old woman. She had just one son, who earned his living hunting with a falcon. His most reliable companion was his hound Ushar. But then death somehow overtook the hunter. After having buried him, his relatives, following their custom, moved their camp to a […]