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The Nart sagas (Abkhaz: Нарҭаа ражәабжьқәа; Nartaa raƶuabƶkua; Adyghe: Нарт тхыдэжъхэр, romanized: Nart txıdəĵxər; Ossetian: Нарты кадджытæ, Нарти кадæнгитæ, romanized: Narty kaddžytæ, Narti kadængitæ) are a series of tales originating from the North Caucasus. They form much of the basic mythology of the ethnic groups in the area, including Abazin, Abkhaz, Circassian, Ossetian and to some extent Chechen-Ingush folklore.
figure who appears in many cycles of the Nartsagas of the North Caucasus. Satanaya is the mother of the Narts, a fertility figure who is also an authority...
Nart or NART may refer to: National Adult Reading Test North American Racing Team Nartsagas, Caucasian myths Nart, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central...
Abkhazian: Хмышь, Abaza: Хъмыщ, Karachay-Balkar: Хымыч) is the hero of the Nartsaga of the peoples of the Caucasus, son of Akhsartag and Dzerassae, the father...
Uryzmaeg is the hero of the Nartsaga of the peoples of the Caucasus, son of Akhsartag and Dzerassae. Akhsartag descended to the bottom of the sea after...
progenitor of the heroes of the Ossetian Nartsaga, the father of the twins Akhsar and Akhsartag. In old age, the Nart Warhag and his wife Sainagon had two...
within Russia, but is also present in South Ossetia, and in Ukraine. The Nartsagas are central to the religion, and exponents of the movement have drawn...
the Nartsagas, which tell stories of a race of ancient heroes called the Narts. These sagas include such figures as Satanaya, the mother of the Narts, Sosruquo...
Maharashtra, India Satanaya, aka Satana, a mythological figure from the Nartsaga of the Northern Caucasus Tura Satana (born 1935), Japanese-American actress...
smallpox and measles on children. In the Nartsaga, Alardy appears episodically in different cycles. He protects the Narts from skin diseases or sends them....
creature and gatekeeper of the underworld in Ossetian mythology. In the Nartsaga, on the orders of Barastyr, who is both a judge and a jailer for some...
Akhshar and Akhsartag - one of the main characters and progenitors of the Nartsaga Marassa Jumeaux - The divine, children twins in Vodou. Ibeji - Twins of...
character in many cycles of the Nartsagas of the Caucasus. Sosruko is a powerful but devious man who is the smallest of the Narts; as a character, he is sometimes...
appears (as a blacksmith and also a powerful leader) in some cycles of the Nartsagas of the Caucasus, in which his Ossetian counterpart is the smith Kurdalægon...
the Nartsagas. The Narts were the central figures of the folklore of peoples of the North Caucasus. Batraz (Батрадз, or Батраз) in the Ossetian Nart sagas...
various peoples of the Caucasus region. Examples include: North Caucasus: Nartsaga Ossetian mythology Vainakh mythology, covers Chechen and Ingush mythology...
believed to come into the possession of the dead kinsman or kinswoman. Nartsaga Ossetian mythology Germanic mythology Caucasian neopaganism Celtic mythology...
himself, who had forgotten to sacrifice to Tutyr. In the Nartsaga Tutyr is a friend of the Narts, whom he repeatedly helped. For example, Sosruko was hardened...
nationalism. The system was initially shaped around the laws of the Narts in the nartsaga, originally orally transmitted, which has heavily contributed to...
mythological figures, including those in the Nartsagas, such as the warrior heroes Batraz, Akhshar and Akhsartag. Nartsaga Ætsæg Din Scythian mythology Arys-Djanaïéva...
as the daughter of the water deity Donbettyr and the mother of several Nartsaga heroes. She was the wife of Akhsartag. With him, she was the mother of...
to suppress the Narts. Because they had no fire, the Narts ate raw food and cold milk, and had no agriculture. For a long time the Narts led a miserable...
substantial portion of the oral literature, along with some cycles of the Nartsaga, was transcribed. Tevfik Esenç also eventually learned to write Ubykh...
nymphs. Through them, he is the ancestor of many of the heroes of the epic Nartsaga of the north Caucasus, including Uryzmaeg, Satanaya, Xaemyts, and Batraz...