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Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians
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Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians Hardcover - 2016

by John Colarusso (Editor); Tamirlan Salbiev (Editor); Walter May (Translator)


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"Tales of the Narts is a valuable addition to hero-literature and folklore. Passages read like Breughel in oral form, with fantasies and moral lessons combined--even with humor. These are simply great, entertaining, multi-textured stories, and exotic without being too obscure or arcane. Colarusso is an indisputably major voice in this field."--Dean A. Miller, University of Rochester

"Tales of the Narts is a remarkable book and a major contribution. It will be of value to readers in mythology, legends, and folklore, but will also be welcomed by non-specialists who enjoy reading exciting myths and legends about gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines. We simply have not had such a large collection of Ossetian literature in English in one volume before. As the most important figure in the field and North America's greatest authority on Caucasian languages, Colarusso brings invaluable linguistic expertise."--Victor H. Mair, University of Pennsylvania

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  • Title Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians
  • Author John Colarusso (Editor); Tamirlan Salbiev (Editor); Walter May (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Date 2016
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780691170404 / 0691170401
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.4 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects Tales - Caucasus, Mythology, Caucasian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015042349
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.209

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About the author

John Colarusso is professor of anthropology and modern languages and linguistics at McMaster University and one of the world's most distinguished scholars of comparative linguistics. He is the author of The Northwest Caucasian Languages: A Phonological Survey and A Grammar of the Kabardian Language. He is also the editor of Nart Sagas: Ancient Myths and Legends from the Circassians and Abkhazians (Princeton). Tamirlan Salbiev is professor of English at North Ossetian State University and an expert of Old English.
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