Oral medieval epics in this language composed by blind singers include those about Nightingale the Robber and the gusli player Sadko. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Slavic language used to compose bylina epic poems such as ones about Ilya Muromets and Prince Vladimir.
ANSWER: Russian [or russkij jazyk]
[10h] Many bylinas feature these Slavic stock characters, whose name may derive from the Turko-Mongolic word for “hero.” Svyatogor and Alyosha Popovich are examples of these characters, similar to knights-errant from Western Europe.
ANSWER: bogatyrs
[10m] The Galician–Volhynian one of these texts is an oral poem that describes the deeds of bogatyrs. The monk Nestor is the attributed author of a history of Kievan Rus called the “primary '' one of these texts.
ANSWER: chronicle [or the Galician–Volhynian Chronicle; or the Russian Primary Chronicle]
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