Şüräle
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Şüräle /shew-ra-LE/ (Cyrillic: Шүрәле), is a male monster in Tatar mythology. According to legend, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He kills his victims by bringing them to a thicket and tickling them until they die.
Şüräle corresponds to Arçuri of the Chuvashes, Pitsen (Picen) of the Siberian Tatars and Yarımtıq of the Ural Tatars.
Şüräle is a poem of Ghabdulla Tuqay.
Şüräle is also a name of the first Tatar ballet by Farit Yarullin.
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