Aldar kose

Aldar kose, (native name ) is a Kazakh folk fairy tale and name of main character. He is collective image of the sly but very kind man. In fairy tales it is a swindler, cheating the greedy rich, evil Khans and helping the poor and weak people. The "Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan" refers to him as a "creative liar". 
In theatre and film.
A play "Aldar-Kose", a folk-comedy by Shakhmet Khusainov, was published in the early 1940s. In 1964 a Soviet film simply entitled "Aldar-Kose" was produced by Sh. Aimanov. In Turkmenistan a children's film, "Prikluchenia Aldar-Kose" ("The Adventures of Aldar Kose"), was released in 1970.