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Who are Erintsen Mergen and Engke Bolod Khan in Mongolian epic stories?
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In Mongolian epic stories, known as üligers, Erintsen Mergen and Engke Bolod Khan are legendary heroes.1
These orally transmitted tales are highly stylized, often spanning thousands of lines, and are recited from memory by bards. The narratives typically feature these heroes engaging in adventures and battling the manggus, a many-headed monster that serves as the villain and is always defeated by the hero in the end.1