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Slovak literature
The oldest linguistic monuments in Slovakia come from the Great Moravian times. Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius, invited to the lands of Western Slavs by prince Rościsław in 853 r., they created the first Slavic writing and translated the gospel …
Austrian literature
One of Austria's most outstanding medieval works is the Song of the Nibelungen, written around 1200 r. by an unknown poet. This epic poem tells a colorful story of passion, fidelity and revenge, taking place at the Burgundian court in Worms. The theme of this epic remained …
Whirling dervishes
The great Turkish poet and mystic Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi was born in September 1207 r. in the city of Balkh (in northern Afghanistan). The nickname "Mevlana” his disciples gave him, and it means more or less "our great master” (arab ), to Rumi …
Nasreddin Hocy's fairy tales
Nasreddin Hoca is that for Turks, who is Julian Tuwim for us, that's just that, that he lived a long time ago, in the thirteenth century. He was a comprehensively educated dervish. He is considered a folk philosopher in Turkey, and his humorous anecdotes …
Literature
Turkish literature was influenced by Iranian influence, but its origins go back to time, before the Seljuks took Anatolia, that is, the period, when they were in Central Asia. Iranian influences meant the use of Persian and Arabic. Court literature of the Seljuk era had its center …