National Epics
Submitted by 1922 on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 10:51
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- Babylonia: Gilgamesh (between -2110 and -1200)
- England: Beowulf (ca. 750)
- Estonia: Kalevipoeg (1861, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald)
- Finland: Kalevala (1849, Elias Lönnrots)
- France: La Chanson de Roland (ca. 1100)
- Germany: Nibelungen (ca. 1200)
- Georgia: The Knight in the Panther Skin (ca. 1200)
- Greece: Iliad/ Odyssey (-800, Homer)
- India: Mahabharata/ Ramayana (-500)
- Ireland: Táin Bó Cuailnge (700)
- Italy: The Divine Comedy (ca. 1308, Dante Alighieri)
- Persia: The Shahnama (The Book of Kings) (ca. 1000, Ferdowsi)
- Poland: Pan Tadeusz (1834, Adam Mickiewicz)
- Portugal: The Lusiads (1572, Luis de Camões)
- Roman Empire: Aeneas (-19, Virgil)
- Russia: The Song of Igor's Host (1185)
- Spain: The Cid (1140)
- Sweden: Frithjof's Saga (1825, Esaias Tegnér)
- Tibet: Epic of King Gesar (ca. 1200)
Author Comments:
Suggestions welcome.
This is a really nice list!
Thank you.