combined, 2.5 to 3 times longer than the Mahabharata. The most famous version of Manas (by the bard Sayakbay Karalaev) is estimated to have over 2 million words, which still edges out the Mahabharata 1.8 million.

Narrative

thumbThe epic follows a genealogical line through eight generations of heroes--Manas, Semetey, Seytek, Kenenim, Seyit, Asylbacha-Bekbacha, Sombilek, and Chigitey--though

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