Zayatulak and Hyuhylu

Zayatulak and Hyuhylu (Заятүләк менән Һыуhылыу, Заятүләк белән Сусылу, Түләк, Түләк китабы) is a part-prose, part-poetry epic of the Tatar and  Bashkir people who live in Russia. It is one of the first Bashkir and Tatar epics.

The main characters are Zayatulak and Hyuhylu.

Summary
At the start of the epic, Zayatulak dives in a lake, where a mermaid named Hyuhylu lives there. The epic is completed with the death of Hyuhylu while she was waiting Zayatulak, while Zayatulak was riding a tulpar. He was needing one more day to reach Hyuhylu. Shortly after Zayatulak commits suicide in the tomb of Hyuhylu.

Geographical places named in the epic
The epic takes place in the following places in Davlekanovsky district, Bashkortostan:


 * Mount Balkan-Tau (Zayatulaktau)
 * Lake Kandrykul
 * Lake Aslikul