Tales of the Narts by Colarusso, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface - John Colarusso Commentary - Tamirlan Salbiev A Short Biography of the Translator Guide to the Names and Terms - translated from Skazanija iz Nartov Walter May Introduction - The Ossetian Epic “Tales of the Narts” Vasily Ivanovich Abaev

1 Cycles, Subjects, Heroes 2 Genetic and Surrounding Ties 3 Myths and History in the Sagas of the Narts

Part 1 - Warkhag and his sons

1 The Birth of Akhshar and Akhshartag 2 Akhshar’s Sword 3 The Apple of the Narts 4 The Beauty Zerashsha 5 The Death of Akhshar and Akhshartag 6 The Birth of Urizhmag and Khamis 7 How Urizhmag and Khamis Found Their Grandfather, Warkhag

Part 2 - Urizhmag and Shatana

8 The Birth of Shatana 9 How Shatana Became Urizhmag’s Wife 10 Urizhmag and Kharan-Khuag 11 Urizhmag and the One-Eyed Giant 12 How Urizhmag Parted from Shatana 13 The Nameless Son of Urizhmag 14 Shatana’s Son 15 Who Won the Black Vixen? 16 Urizhmag and Three Inquisitive Guests 17 How Black Beer Was Brewed 18 Urizhmag’s Last Campaign

Part 3 - Shoshlan

19 How Shoshlan Was Born, and How They Tempered Him 20 What Gifts the Heavenly Gods Bestowed upon Shoshlan 21 Shoshlan Seeks Someone Stronger than He 22 Shoshlan and the Goomag Man 23 Shoshlan in the Land of Goom 24 Shoshlan and Warkhag’s Unknown Son 25 Shoshlan and the Sons of Tar 26 How Shoshlan Wed Kosher 27 How Shoshlan Slew Telberd’s Three Sons 28 Shoshlan’s Campaign 29 Nart Shoshlan and the Giant Bizhgwana 30 Why Shirdon Became Shoshlan’s Enemy 31 Little Arakhzau, Son of Bezenag 32 The Death of Arakhzau 33 How Shoshlan Wed Vedukha 34 How Shoshlan Saved Shatana from the Lake of Hell 35 Shoshlan and Totraz 36 Shoshlan in the Land of the Dead 37 The Death of Shoshlan 38 Aishana 39 Aishana and Shainag-Aldar

Part 4 - Shirdon

40 The Birth and Marriage of Shirdon 41 A Nart Expedition 42 How the Twelve-Stringed Harp Appeared 43 Shirdon Again Deceives the Narts 44 How Shirdon Tricked the Giants 45 How Shirdon Held a Memorial Feast for His Ancestors 46 Why Shirdon Was Called a Liar 47 Your Cloth Is in Your Hands 48 Who Deceived Whom?

Part 5 - Khamis and Batraz

49 Khamis and Batraz: Arkizh’s Tooth 50 How Khamis Was Wed 51 The Birth of Batraz 52 How Batraz Was Lured Out of the Sea 53 The Games of Young Batraz 54 Batraz, Son of Khamis, and Arakhzau, Son of Bezenag 55 Batraz and the Giant with the Mottled Beard 56 How Batraz Hardened Himself 57 How Batraz Saved Urizhmag 58 How Nart Batraz Found Burazag 59 Batraz and Tykhyfyrt Mukara 60 Batraz and the Arrogant Son of the Giant Afsharon 61 How the One-Eyed Giant Afsharon Took Revenge upon the Narts 62 How Batraz Saved the Eminent Narts 63 Nart Uraz and the Giant Akhshualy 64 Batraz and the Aldar 65 How Batraz Stormed the Khizh Fortress 66 Batraz and the Narts’ Bowl, Wasamonga 67 The Narts’ Round-Dance, the Shimd 68 How Batraz Beat the Spirit of Fertility 69 Who Is Best among the Narts? 70 The Death of Khamis 71 How Batraz Avenged His Father’s Death 72 The Death of Batraz

Part 6 - Asamazh

73 Asamazh and the Beauty Agunda 74 Nart Shidamon and the Giant Shkhuali

Part 7 - Shauwai

75 The Birth oF Shauwai

Part 8 - Various Stories about the Narts

76 The Narts and Wadmer’s Bones 77 Nart Shibals, the Son of Warkhtanag 78 Washtirji and Nart Marguz the Noseless 79 Nart Zili and His Son 80 Alimbeg’s Daughter and the Alita Family 81 The Beauty Wazaftau, Daughter of Adakizh 82 The Nart Named Solitary 83 Nart Zhivag, the Lazy Lout, and Agunda, Daughter of Burafarnig Borata 84 The Elder and the Younger Share 85 Nart Bzhar and His Son 86 How Nart Eltagan Was Wed 87 The Narts and the Black-Headed Giants 88 The Sword in the Lake A Variant of “The Death of Batraz” (Tale 72) 89 The Downfall of the Narts

Translator’s Epitaph Appendix of Names - Phonemicization by Tamirlan Salbiev Etymologies by John Colarusso

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