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'''Shurala''' also spelled '''Shurale''' ([[Cyrillic]]: ''Шүрәле'' or ''Шурале'', Tatar: ''Şüräle'', Turkish: ''Şürele''), is a male monster (a forest demon) in [[Bashkirs|Bashkir]]<ref>Мифы народов мира/под ред. Токарева С. А. — М., Советская энциклопедия, 1992 г. — т.2</ref> and [[Tatars|Tatar]] mythology. According to legends, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He lures victims to a thicket and tickles them to death.


Şüräle closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore such as [[Archura|Arçuri]] of the [[Chuvashes]], [[Pitsen]] (Picen) of the [[Siberian Tatars]] and Yarımtıq of the Ural [[Tatars]].


==Description==

He can shapeshift into many different forms. As a human, he looks like a peasant with glowing eyes, and his shoes are on backwards. A person who befriends Şüräle can learn the secrets of magic. Farmers and shepherds would make pacts with the leshy to protect their crops and sheep. Şüräle has many tricks, including leading peasants astray, making them sick, or tickling them to death.<ref>Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi (Page - 531)</ref> They are also known to hide the axes of woodcutters. A person gets lost in the woods when a Şüräle crosses their path. To find the way out, you have to turn your clothes inside out and wear shoes on opposite feet.


Inspired by the Tatar folklore, [[Ghabdulla Tuqay]] wrote a poem ''Şüräle''.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://kitapxane.noka.ru/authors/tuqay/shurale Şüräle], Ğabdulla Tuqay, 1907</ref> Şüräle was Tuqay's [[pseudonym]]. The first{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} Tatar ballet by [[Farit Yarullin]] had its name after ''Şüräle''.


==See also==

* [[Archura]]

* [[Äbädä]]


== References ==

{{reflist}}


==Bibliography==

* Mitolojik Varlıklar, Çulpan Zaripova [http://yayinlar.yesevi.edu.tr/files/article/129.pdf]

* Tatar Türklerinde Varlıklar, Çulpan Zaripova [http://turkoloji.cu.edu.tr/HALKBILIM/culpan_zaripova_cetin_tatar_turkleri_mitoloji.pdf] (Şürälä)


== Related links ==

*[http://www.shurale.ru/shuraleh_eng/shuraleh_eng1.htm English translation of the poem]

*[http://groups.google.fr/group/hominologie/browse_thread/thread/7116a4e598c5aac7 French translation of an article about Shurale]

*[http://www.1000kzn.ru/article/ru/58/76/ Russian translation of the poem]

*[http://tatar.yuldash.com/084.html The Myth of Shurale]

*[http://www.tatworld.ru/article.shtml?article=695&section=0&heading=0 Айгуль Габаши, «ШУРАЛЕ»], журнал «Татарский мир» № 3, 2005 {{ref-ru}}

*[http://kazancat.ru/14-pamyatniku-batyru-i-shurale-v-kazani.html Памятник Шурале в Казани] {{ref-ru}}


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