Turkic mythology
The 11th-century Dede-Korkut book contains twelve sagas of the Oghuz. Among them are tribal myths, heroic sagas and heartbreaking love stories. It dates from the early Islamic period of the Turks, when the Tengris elements were still predominant in Turkish culture. It is believed that even most of these stories date from the pre-Islamic period and were later embellished with Islamic elements.