Yashlaba

The Eshkul Manuscript, discovered near Yashkul in 1704, is the oldest known copy of the poem. This section, lines 807–836, were the longest complete and unaltered lines of the poem until the Portnov scrolls were discovered in 1907.

The Yashlaba (Zalyk: Яшлабa), also known as Yaşlaba, Jashlaba, Yashla ba Chono, Tam-chono, 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... or Yashla and the Wolves, though the common name Yashlaba 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 "Yashlaba, and his people".