Nart sagas
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The Nart sagas are a cycle of heroic epic tales from the Caucasus region, especially among the Ossetians, recounting the adventures, battles, and moral dilemmas of a legendary clan of warriors and demigods.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caucasian mythology
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epic cycle → heroic legend → mythological corpus → oral tradition → |
| centralTheme |
battles
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heroic adventures → moral dilemmas → relations between humans and gods → |
| containsMotif |
conflicts among clan members
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feats of strength → forged magical weapons → hero’s miraculous birth → quests for honor → |
| featuresCharacter |
Akhsar
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Akhshar → Batraz → Satanaya → Shatana → Soslan → Sosruqo → Syrdon → Tlepsh → Uryzmag → |
| featuresCharacterType |
craftsmen
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demigods → tricksters → warriors → |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Abkhaz people
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Caucasus → Chechen people → Circassian people → Ingush people NERFINISHED → Karachay-Balkar people → Ossetian people → |
| hasGenre |
folklore
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heroic epic → legend → myth → |
| hasLanguage |
Abkhaz language
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Chechen language → Circassian languages → Ingush language → Karachay-Balkar language → Ossetian language → |
| hasPart |
stories about the Narts
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| influenced |
Caucasian national identities
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Circassian literature → Ossetian literature → |
| mainProtagonists |
Narts
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| narrativeForm |
prose
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verse → |
| relatedTo |
Indo-European mythological traditions
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| studiedIn |
Caucasian studies
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comparative mythology → folklore studies → |
| transmissionMethod |
oral transmission
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Uatsdin
("Nart saga heroes")
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hasConcept |
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Ossetian folk religion
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relatedTo |
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Ossetians
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traditionalEpic |