Nart Sagas from the Caucasus : : Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs / / ed. by John Colarusso.
The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection of these fascinating myths preserved among four related peoples whose ancient cultures today survive by a thread. In ninety-two straightforward tal...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (576 p.) :; 2 maps. 8 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- A Selection of the Circassian Nart Corpus
- The Abaza Nart Corpus
- A Selection of the Abkhaz Corpus
- The Ubykh Nart Corpus
- Appendix: Specimen Texts
- Bibliography