Date of issue: November 13, 2013

Shurala also spelled Shurale (Cyrillic: Шүрәле or Шурале, Tatar: Şüräle, Turkish: Şürele), is a male monster (a forest demon) in Bashkir and Tatar mythology. According to legends, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He lures victims to a thicket and tickles them to death. Şüräle closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore such as Arçuri of the Chuvashes, Pitsen (Picen) of the Siberian Tatars and Yarımtıq of the Ural Tatars.