This week I’m covering two tales from the Nart Sagas, a collection of stories from the North Caucasus I introduced in the previous and first article of Litera Obscura. More specifically, the cycle I’m covering here revolves around Urizhmag, a fairly standard hero archetype but with a sensitive side that you’ll get your first glimpses of in the latter part of this article. The numbers you’ll see after direct quotations refer to pages in
Hi, I find the the information you write about very interesting and fascinating not only because it’s my culture and language but also Narts tales were my childhood favorite book and I still have it in my home library . Thank you for you interest in Ossetian history. Good luck 👍
You’ve got me Googling the Caucasus now. I’m wondering if they had an ancient equivalent to Homer or if these stories survived mostly through oral tradition.
Hi, I find the the information you write about very interesting and fascinating not only because it’s my culture and language but also Narts tales were my childhood favorite book and I still have it in my home library . Thank you for you interest in Ossetian history. Good luck 👍
You’ve got me Googling the Caucasus now. I’m wondering if they had an ancient equivalent to Homer or if these stories survived mostly through oral tradition.