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The Tale of the Heike, Japanese epic war tale; The Brus by John Barbour ; La Spagna (Italian) attributed to Sostegno di Zanobi (c. 1350–1360) Mocedades de Rodrigo (Old Spanish) (c. 1360) Siege of Jerusalem (c. 1370–1380, Middle English) Troilus and Criseyde (Middle English) by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1380) Mabinogi (Middle Welsh)
Tolkien's long-awaited prose translation (edited by his son Christopher) was published in 2014 as Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary. The book includes Tolkien's own retelling of the story of Beowulf in his tale Sellic Spell, but not his incomplete and unpublished verse translation.
Ilya Muromets – Kievan Rus', heroic knight from the Russian bylinas. Merlin – Britain, the greatest Mage to have ever existed, it's unknown if he was real and if he was an alchemist or a priest. Nai Khanom Tom – Thailand, master of Muay Thai. Nasreddin Hodja – Seljuk Empire, Muslim philosopher and wise man.
A long poem often functions to tell a "tale of the tribe," or a story that encompasses a whole culture's values and history. Ezra Pound coined the phrase, referring to his own long poem The Cantos. The long poem's length and scope can contain concerns of a magnitude that a shorter poem cannot address.
Roxane and Christian are secretly married by a Capuchin. Outside, Cyrano meets de Guiche. Cyrano, his face concealed, impersonates a madman, with a tale of a trip to the Moon. De Guiche is fascinated, and delays his journey to hear more. When Cyrano finally reveals his face, de Guiche suggests Cyrano should write a book.
The Ulster Cycle consists of heroic legends relating to the Ulaid, the most important of which is the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge ("Cattle Raid of Cooley"). [2] The Fenian Cycle focuses on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn and his warrior band the Fianna, including the lengthy Acallam na Senórach ("Tales of the Elders").
As a result, Ichiro will be added to the list of greats who came close to being unanimous selections — a list that includes Ken Griffey Jr. (3 votes shy), Ty Cobb (4), Tom Seaver (5), Nolan Ryan ...
Strictly speaking, the Four Branches of the Mabinogi are the main sequence of related tales, but seven others include a classic hero quest, "Culhwch and Olwen"; a historic legend, complete with glimpses of a far off age, in "Lludd and Llefelys"; and other tales portraying a very different King Arthur from the later popular versions.