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	Nart Sagas from The Caucasus By John Colarusso
		These sagas are of interest not only in their own right as a testament to the civilization of this lost world, but also because they show striking parallels with the traditions of the ancient peoples who at one time were in contact with the North Caucasus.
		In the Nart sagas heroes are almost interchangeable in their roles, and Satanaya and her last son, Sosruquo, have expanded to assume the roles of a wide range of earlier figures, especially in the Abaza and Abkhaz corpora.
		The Nart Epos: The Fountain-Head Of Circassian Mythology
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	Nart saga - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Nart sagas are a series of tales originating from the Caucasus Mountains.
		The story of Prometheus chained to Mount Kazbek in particular is similar to an element in the Nart sagas.
		Scott Littleton and Linda A. Malcor speculate that many aspects of the Arthurian legends are derived from the Nart sagas.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Nart_saga (404 words)

	John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus
		The Narts are a legendary race of heroes, whose deeds form the basis for the culture of the Caucasus.
		When the greatest Nart, Sosruquo, stole millet seeds from an ayniwzh, the ayniwzh left his field and "unharnessed his horse, came back home, had a rest, had dinner, then saddled his horse and began chasing him [Sosruquo]." (207) This directness of language and the blunt, plain dialogue provide a light-hearted tone to the sagas.
		Nart Sagas from the Caucasus sheds light on the traditions of a region that is otherwise primarily known for the ongoing war in Chechnya.
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		The Nart sagas are a series of tales originating from the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia.
		The population of the area is now mainly Muslim, and to an extent the teachings of that religion have displaced the traditional Nart saga story-telling in the region.
		The story of Prometheus chained to the mountain in particular is similar to an element in the Nart sagas.
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	John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus
		So starts the first saga of the Narts in John Colarusso's compilation of the myths and legends of the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs of the Caucasus region.
		The valor and determination of the Narts in this response to God's question about how they wanted to spend their lives is reflected in the durability of their stories.
		The Narts' traditional enemies, the ayniwzh (a race of one-eye giants) were not so practical.
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		Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs (Gebundene Ausgabe)
		The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization.
		Excerpts from the Nart sagas "The Narts were a tribe of heroes.
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		The story of Prometheus chained to Mount Kazbek in particular is similar to an element in the Nart sagas.
		Additionally, the philologist Georges Dumézil used the division of the Narts into three clans to support his Trifunctional Hypothesis that the Proto-Indo-Europeans were similarly divided into three castes—warriors, priests, and commoners.
		Scott Littleton and Linda A. Malcor speculate that many aspects of the Arthurian legends are derived from the Nart sagas.
	en.askmore.net /Nart_saga.htm (377 words)

	adige adiga adigha abzegh abzah besleney besney şapsıg shapsugh şapsug kabardey kabartay
		The nart epos is potentially the rallying cry for circassian cultural renaissance.
		Satanay, the mother of all the narts, was born of a lovely flower which still bears her name.
		The narts turned to her for council and advice in times of national calamities, and she was able to avert many disasters that could have annihilated the nart nation.
	www.circassiancanada.com /ing/06_kabardino_balkaria/04_culture/ka_the_nart_epos.htm (887 words)

	Ancient Wisdom New Millenium
		So were the Narts established on earth with fire in their eyes, with glory on their foreheads.
		Then the angry and powerful Master said to the fair sparrow with excitement: "Fly to the Nart village and tell their wicked population that Master is preparing punishment to Narts.
		The Narts said to sparrow, with laughter: "Fly to the one who sent you and tell him our answer - It is better to die together, than to live in bondage and carry on with miserable lives.
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	Nart Sagas from the Caucasus Folklore - Find Articles
		The texts have been taken from four of the ethnic groups who possess Nart sagas: the Adyges (Circassians), the Abazas, the Abkhaz and the Ubykhs; all of whom inhabited the northwest Caucasus.
		The author does not include Nart sagas from other ethnic groups among whom the sagas are strongly represented, namely the Ossetes, Balkars and Karachays, nor those weakly represented, such as the Ingush, Chechens or Svans.
		Regarding the peripheral information, there is a useful ten-page bibliography and a useful introduction, although the map showing the ethnic groups unfortunately omits one of the important source groups of the Nart sagas.
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		The Nart Sagas are arguably the most essential ingredient of Circassian Culture, to which they are what Greek mythology is to Western Civilization.
		If this selection of stories captures your interest, you might want John Colarusso's Nart Sagas from the Caucasus; you can read the introduction online ("A ship sailing across the Black Sea in the year 1780 eventually would have come upon a lush shore at the eastern end of the dark gray waters...").
		Although they seem to have been brought by the Ossetes (and J. Cassian is posting an Ossetian tale, The Death of Soslan, on his blog), they're everywhere in the Northern Caucasus.
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		And in fact, the reader is delighted to discover, the Narts do indeed have a series of stories centering around a Prometheus figure named Nasran, whom they envision chained to the Caucasus for defying God.
		This is just one of the many overlaps between the myths of the Narts and those of peoples as remote from their region as the Norse at the Western end and the Vedic Indians at the Eastern.
		In return, he simply betrothes himself to the daughter of the King of Corinth, telling her she should be grateful that he brought her to live in such a civilized country as Greece.
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	Bjedug Corpus
		The Narts are legendary heros of the Caucasus.
		The hill of Nart Baoutch (Gadagatl' 1971 v.
		The marriage of Nart Ghoutch'epl (Gadagatl' 1971 v.
	lacito.vjf.cnrs.fr /archivage/languages/Bjedug.htm (285 words)

	Nart Sagas from the Caucasus Folklore - Find Articles
		The texts have been taken from four of the ethnic groups who possess Nart sagas: the Adyges (Circassians), the Abazas, the Abkhaz and the Ubykhs; all of whom inhabited the northwest Caucasus.
		The author does not include Nart sagas from other ethnic groups among whom the sagas are strongly represented, namely the Ossetes, Balkars and Karachays, nor those weakly represented, such as the Ingush, Chechens or Svans.
		Regarding the peripheral information, there is a useful ten-page bibliography and a useful introduction, although the map showing the ethnic groups unfortunately omits one of the important source groups of the Nart sagas.
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	Nart saga
		Satanaya (Ubykh '''''', Adyghe languageAdyghe '''''', Ossetian '''satana'''), the mother of the Narts, a fertility figure and matriarch;
		The story of Prometheus chained to Mount Elbrus in particular is similar to an element in the Nart sagas.
		These shared motifs are seen by some as indicative of an earlier proximity of the Caucasian languagesCaucasian peoples to the ancient Greeks, also shown in the myth of the Golden Fleece, in which Colchis is generally accepted to have been part of modern-day Georgia (country)Georgia or Abkhazia.
	www.territoriopc.com /eng/nart_saga.php (193 words)

	DNA Press Book Publishing - Nartea Publishing
		The Nart sagas are a series of tales originating from the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia (a former republic of the Soviet Union).
		The Narts themselves are a race of giants.
		Some motifs in the Nart sagas are shared by Greek mythology.
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	Colarusso, J., ed. and trans.: Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, ...
		and trans.: Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs.
		In these colorful tales, women, not least the beautiful temptress Satanaya, the mother of all Narts, are not only fertility figures but also pillars of authority and wisdom.
		Because these peoples were at the crossroads of Eurasia for millennia, their myths exhibit striking parallels with the lore of ancient India, classical Greece, and pagan Scandinavia.
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		Colarusso has excluded from this volume the Ossetian versions of the Nart stories, which have had a more prominent place in scholarly discussions of the mythologies and legends of the Indo-European peoples, providing instead a first real look for readers of English at the equally interesting versions from neighboring peoples.
		Sexual promiscuity amongst Nart women was tolerated, and male warriors were expected to put up with their indiscretions.
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	Nart Sagas from the Caucasus Folklore - Find Articles
		The value of many of these texts is also enhanced by being written by a linguist.
		The Adyge and Ubykh texts were translated directly from their original languages mainly by the author himself, with additional use of texts translated by Georges Dumezil.
		Most of the legends have endnotes with useful comparisons with other national versions of the Nart sagas and with external groups of legends.
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	Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs by Colarusso, John and ...
		Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs by Colarusso, John and Colarusso, John
		In one variation on a recurring theme, a shepherd, overcome with passion on observing Satanaya bathing alone, shoots a "bolt of lust" that strikes a rock--a rock that gives birth to the Achilles-like Sawseruquo, or Sosruquo.
		That is how the Narts lived their lives.
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		Doubtless many other readers will respond just as enthusiastically as I have, and recognize the importance of the Nart corpus--and Colarusso's commnentary on it--for their own research.
		This represents the first compendium in any language, to my knowledge, of Nart sagas from all of the Northwest-Caucasian-speaking peoples.
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	Myths From the Forest of Circassia
		These foothills, with their dark gorges--many of which have never been penetrated by man--are covered by dense forests of hardwoods, conifers, and undergrowth such as rhododendron, well watered by rains carried from the west off the Black Sea.
		Given the nature of their homeland and the widely dispersed Eurasian traces of tree worship (for example, the English word true ultimately derives from the same root as that for tree), these myths are not in themselves surprising.
		As god of fire and the forge Tlepsh had been very kind to the race of heroes, the Narts, inventing many useful tools and implements for them.
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		And would be so ancient as to have little explanatory value, I would think, for the Nart stories!) lt;br /gt; lt;br /gt;Unfortunately, Colarussos frequent, and usually useful, comparisons to more widely known mythologies, notably those of Greece and Scandinavia, show heavy dependence on secondary sources, by which I mean reference works, not translations.
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	Colarusso, J., ed. and trans.: Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, ...
		In ninety-two straightforward tales populated by extraordinary characters and exploits, by giants who humble haughty Narts, by horses and sorceresses, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus brings these cultures to life in a powerful epos.
		Despite a tragic history, the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs have retained the Nart sagas as a living tradition.
		The Nart sagas may also have formed a crucial component of the Arthurian cycle.
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	Webgids resultaten voor: Arts : Literature : Poetry : In Translation : Circassian
		Excerpts from the Circassian Nart epic, with brief introduction and bibliography.
		Nart Sagas Translated by Elena Kournikova - Tskhuy...
		Three Nart sagas from Ossetia (in English), along with a description of ancient Ossetian gods and traditions (in Russian).
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	Prometheus - Wikinfo
		The chaining of Prometheus to the rock was by some ancient writers compared to a crucifixion.
		The motif is believed to have been borrowed from the Nart sagas of the Caucasian peoples.
		The cloned horse Prometea and Prometheus, a moon of Saturn, are named after this Titan.
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