BASHKIR FOLK ART

BASHKIR FOLK ART, a systematized, scientific edition of Bashkir folklore translated into Russian (ref. Bashkort Khalyk Izhady). Prepared by the Institute of History, Language and Literature team of folklorists under the guidance of N.T.Zaripov between 1987— 2010. Comprises 12 volumes. Each volume has an introductory article, commentaries to the samples of folklore with a brief descrip­ tion of their existing variants, information about the original storytellers, a glossary, an index of epic characters, etc.