Epic of Gesar of Ling
The great Tibetan epic of King Gesar, the longest living epic in the world with over one million verses and 120 volumes. The story recounts the miraculous birth of Gesar, son of deities sent to earth to vanquish demons, depose the powerful, and aid the weak. He has a despised childhood where he appears as an ugly, snotty child called Joru before winning a horse race at age 12 to become king and marry the beautiful 'Brugmo. Mounted on his celestial steed Kyang Go Karkar, he wages campaigns against demon kings, retrieves his kidnapped wife from the King of Hor, and in his eighties descends to He