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Nart sagas from the Caucasus : myths and legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs / assembled, translated, and annotated by John Colarusso with the assistance of B. George Hewitt ... [and others].
LIBRA GR276 .M95 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Caucasus.
- Tales.
- Ubykhs.
- Abkhazians.
- Circassians.
- Caucasus.
- Mythology, Caucasian.
- Circassians--Folklore.
- Abkhazians--Folklore.
- Ubykhs--Folklore.
- Abkhazo-Adyghian languages.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 552 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Reading this book was an exciting intellectual experience. These tales are extremely rich and thought-provoking. 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [543]-552).
- ISBN:
- 0691026475
- OCLC:
- 47755841
- Online:
- Publisher description
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