Nart sagas

E91502
Caucasian mythology epic cycle heroic legend mythological corpus oral tradition

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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Nart sagas canonical 6
Nart epics 1
Nart mythology 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caucasian mythology ⓘ
epic cycle ⓘ
heroic legend ⓘ
mythological corpus ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
centralTheme battles ⓘ
heroic adventures ⓘ
moral dilemmas ⓘ
relations between humans and gods ⓘ
containsMotif conflicts among clan members ⓘ
feats of strength ⓘ
forged magical weapons ⓘ
hero’s miraculous birth ⓘ
quests for honor ⓘ
featuresCharacter Akhsar ⓘ
Akhsar ⓘ
surface form: Akhshar

Batraz ⓘ
Satanaya ⓘ
Shatana ⓘ
Soslan ⓘ
Sosruqo ⓘ
Syrdon ⓘ
Tlepsh ⓘ
Uryzmag ⓘ
featuresCharacterType craftsmen ⓘ
demigods ⓘ
tricksters ⓘ
warriors ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Abkhazians ⓘ
surface form: Abkhaz people

Caucasus ⓘ
Chechens ⓘ
surface form: Chechen people

Circassians ⓘ
surface form: Circassian people

Ingush people ⓘ
Karachay-Balkar ⓘ
surface form: Karachay-Balkar people

Ossetians ⓘ
surface form: Ossetian people
hasGenre folklore ⓘ
heroic epic ⓘ
legend ⓘ
myth ⓘ
hasLanguage Abkhaz language ⓘ
Chechen language ⓘ
Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Circassian languages

Ingush ⓘ
surface form: Ingush language

Karachay-Balkar ⓘ
surface form: Karachay-Balkar language

Ossetian language ⓘ
hasPart stories about the Narts ⓘ
influenced Caucasian national identities ⓘ
Circassian literature ⓘ
Ossetian literature ⓘ
mainProtagonists Narts ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
verse ⓘ
relatedTo Indo-European mythological traditions ⓘ
studiedIn Caucasian studies ⓘ
comparative mythology ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
transmissionMethod oral transmission ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ossetians → traditionalEpic → Nart sagas ⓘ
Ossetian folk religion → relatedTo → Nart sagas ⓘ
Uatsdin → hasConcept → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart saga heroes
Kurdalægon → partOf → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart saga
Kurdalægon → appearsIn → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart epics
Narts → partOf → Nart sagas ⓘ
Narts → relatedWork → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart sagas of the Ossetians
Narts → relatedWork → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart sagas of the Circassians
Narts → relatedWork → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart sagas of the Abkhazians
Narts → relatedWork → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart sagas of the Karachay-Balkars
Soslan → partOf → Nart sagas ⓘ
Soslan → appearsIn → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian Nart legends
Sosruqo → associatedWith → Nart sagas ⓘ
Sosruqo → belongsToTradition → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart tradition
Batraz → partOf → Nart sagas ⓘ
Ossetian literature → hasMythologicalBasis → Nart sagas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nart mythology