Şüräle or Shurale (

Tatar Tatar may refer to: Peoples * Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" * Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia * Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...

and Bashkir: Шүрәле, Şüräle) is a forest spirit in

Turkic mythology Turkic mythology refers to myths and legends told by the Turkic people. It features Tengrism, Tengrist and Shamanism in Central Asia, Shamanist strata of belief along with many other social and cultural constructs related to the nomadic and wa ...

(especially

and Bashkir). According to legends, Shurali lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He lures victims into the thickets and can tickle them to death. Shurali closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore such as Arçuri of the Chuvash,

Pitsen Pitsen is a forest creature in the Siberian Tatars' mythology. Pitsen's role is contradictory. It could bring luck, but also troubles, leading humans to the wilderness. Shapeshifting is common for Pitsen: he may look like an elder with a staff an ...

(Picen) of the

Siberian Tatars Siberian Tatars () are the Indigenous peoples of Siberia, indigenous Turkic languages, Turkic-speaking population of the forests and steppes of southern Western Siberia, originating in areas stretching from somewhat east of the Ural Mountains to ...

and Yarımtıq of the Ural

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

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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 Leshy or Leshi, ; literally, ' efrom the forest'. is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. A similar deity called ''Svyatibor'' ('' ...

to protect their crops and sheep. Şüräle has many tricks, including leading peasants astray, making them sick, or tickling them to death. 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.

In modern culture

Inspired by the Tatar folklore, Ghabdulla Tuqay wrote a poem '. The first Tatar ballet by Farit Yarullin ' was based on the poem. In 1987

Soyuzmultfilm Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Unioncartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm, ''Unionchildcartoon'') is a Russian animation studio, produ ...

released an animated film ' about a superstitious lad with ''shurale'' only in his imagination and the poem is hinted only in the first cadres which show a portrait of Tuqay. In 2014 Tatarmultfilm studio released a Tatar-language animated film ''Шүрәле'' which includes an episode how a woodcutter tricked shurale. In 2020 ShayanTV released Tatar-language plasticine-animated film Шүрәле.Шурале пластилиновый мультфильм , Шүрәле пластилиннан мультфильм , ШаянТВ
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* Mitolojik Varlıklar, Çulpan Zaripov

* Tatar Türklerinde Varlıklar, Çulpan Zaripov

(Şürälä)

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In modern culture

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