World folk-epics are those epics which are not just literary masterpieces but also an integral part of the worldview of a people. They were originally oral literatures, which were later written down by either single author or several writers. African languages Bayajidda, a West African epic Eri, a West African epic Kebra Nagast, an Ethiopian epic Lianja, a Central African epic Mwindo, a Central African epic Oduduwa, a West African epic Silamaka, a West African epic Epic of Sundiata, a West African epic American languages La Araucana, an American Spanish epic Popol Vuh, a Maya K'ich'e epic Diné Bahaneʼ, a Navajo epic Southwest Asian languages Bahman Nama, a Persian epic about the story of Bahman son of Isfandyar Banu Goshasp Nama, a Persian epic about the daughter of Rustam Kush Nama, a Persian epic recounting the story of Kush the Tusked and Abtin. Taghribat Bani Hilal, an Arabic epic recounting the journeys and conquests of the Bani Hilal tribe The Daredevils of Sassoun or Davit of Sassoun. an Armenian folk epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin, a Georgian epic poem Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest epic of the world from Mesopotamia Faramarz Nama, a story about the Persian hero Faramarz Garshasp Nama, a Persian epic about the hero Garshasp Shahnameh, the Persian "Book of Kings" by Ferdowsi, national epic of Greater Iran and world's longest epic poetry written by one poet The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of stories from mostly Persian and Arabic sources The Hebrew Bible East and Central Asian Languages Epic of King Gesar, a Tibetan epic, generally considered the longest in the world Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike), a Japanese epic Jewang ungi, a Korean epic King Dongmyeong, a Korean epic Irk Bitig, a book about Turkic legends from Dunhuang, China Alpamysh, a Turkic epic from Central Asia Alp Er Tunga an ancient epic from Turkic people Manas, a Turkic epic from East Asia Book of Dede Korkut (Korkut Ata), an epic from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and other Turkic nations Oghuz-nameh, an epic from Oghuz Turkic nations (Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey, as well as Turcomans of Iraq) Kutadgu Bilig, an epic from Central Asia, Uighurs and other Turkic nations Journey to the West (also known as "Monkey"), a Chinese novel Mupamipa, an epic of the Lahu ethnic group of China Olonkho, an epic from the Sakha