Yashlaba
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The Yashlaba (Zalyk: Яшлабa), also known as Yaşlaba, Jashlaba, Yashla ba [], Tam-[], or the Soravian Bog-Khan is the ancient epic poem of the Zalyk people of Zalykia, in western Soravia. In Estmerish, the poem is variously known as Yashla, and...[a] or Yashla and the [], though the common name Yashla is now frequently used. The poem's 2,466 lines tell the story of the mythical king Yashlaba protecting his people from a group of cunning [], who are manifestations of the trickster god Gal.
Notes
^ a. Before the discovery of the Mantsin Script in 1830, the only surviving portion of the beginning of the poem was of the first two words ᡕᠠᠱᠯᠠ ᡋᠠ ("Yashla and"; found in the 1704 Eshkul Manuscript). The poem's opening line is now generally ascribed "Yashla, and his people".