Şüräle

Şüräle or Shurale (Tatar and Bashkir: Шүрәле, Şüräle) is a forest spirit in Turkic mythology (especially Tatar and Bashkir). According to legends, Shurali lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He lures victims into the thickets and can tickle them to death.

Shurali closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore such as Arçuri of the Chuvash, Pitsen (Picen) of the Siberian Tatars and Yarımtıq of the Ural Tatars.

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