Discover rare story gems from the Silk Road. The epic of Dede Korkut is known throughout Central Asia and was written down in Ottoman times during 14th<\/sup> Century, but it is still traveling the Silk Road.
Meet the wildest warrior woman of all, descended from Black Sea Amazons and find the place where Death does not exist. These are stories\u00a0of crazed desire, wild beasts, and a woman warrior who will fight to the death. Discover the only thing that will stop death – the power of stories themselves. These passionate, hilarious and unknown stories are funny, fresh, and full of contemporary relevance. Pomme has travelled to Central Asia and experienced the rich and little known heritage of the steppes of Central Asia and the captivating history of the endless Silk Road. She shares her love of nomadic culture and some of the wonderful stories that are more valuable than gold. Stories that reveal the richness of Central Asian culture and the deep value placed on storytelling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A\u00a0young man is running away from Death, and a\u00a0 warrior woman fights on horseback, in disguise! Discover rare story gems from the Silk Road. The epic of Dede Korkut is known throughout Central Asia and was written down in Ottoman times during 14th Century, but it is still traveling the Silk Road. Meet the wildest warrior woman of all, descended from Black Sea Amazons and find the place where Death does not exist. These are stories\u00a0of crazed desire, wild beasts, and a woman warrior who will fight to the death. Discover the only thing that will stop death – the power of stories themselves. These passionate, hilarious and unknown stories are funny, fresh, and full of contemporary relevance. Pomme has travelled to Central Asia and experienced the rich and little known heritage of the steppes of Central Asia and the captivating history of the endless Silk Road. She shares her love of nomadic culture and some of the wonderful stories that are more valuable than gold. Stories that reveal the richness of Central Asian culture and the deep value placed on storytelling. “Powerful storytelling by a top storyteller.” The Good Book Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[59,60,99],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performances","tag-central-asian-epic","tag-epic-of-dede-korkut","tag-storytelling-for-adults"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468,"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/2468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}