{"product_id":"tales-of-the-narts-9780691170404","title":"Tales of the Narts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Though extraordinarily rich and deeply memorable, Ossetian folklore is barely known to the Western world outside a few specialist circles. This book offers a beautiful, compelling introduction to the Narts--dynamic tales of bygone heroes and demigods that Ossetians share with other northern Caucasian peoples. May's masterful translation into English makes for gripping reading throughout. Colarusso and Salbiev perform a service to world literature by making these traditions widely accessible.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  John Colarusso, English-language Editor  Commentary xv  Tamirlan Salbiev, Ossetian-language Editor  A Short Biography of the Translator xix  Guide to the Names and Terms, translated from Skazanija iz Nartov xxi  Walter May  Introduction: The Ossetian Epic xxix  Vasily Ivanovich Abaev  Part 1 Warkhag and His Sons 1  1 The Birth of Akhshar and Akhshartag 3  2 Akhshar's Sword 4  3 The Apple of the Narts 7  4 The Beauty Zerashsha 9  5 The Death of Akhshar and Akhshartag 11  6 The Birth of Urizhmag and Khamis 14  7 How Urizhmag and Khamis Found Their Grandfather, Warkhag 16  Part 2 Urizhmag and Shatana 19  8 The Birth of Shatana 21  9 How Shatana Became Urizhmag's Wife 22  10 Urizhmag and Kharan-Khuag 25  11 Urizhmag and the One-Eyed Giant 27  12 How Urizhmag Parted from Shatana 33  13 The Nameless Son of Urizhmag 34  14 Shatana's Son 46  15 Who Won the Black Vixen? 53  16 Urizhmag and Three Inquisitive Guests 61  17 How Black Beer Was Brewed 63  18 Urizhmag's Last Campaign 64  Part 3 Shoshlan 71  19 How Shoshlan Was Born and How They Tempered Him 73  20 What Gifts the Heavenly Gods Bestowed upon Shoshlan 75  21 Shoshlan Seeks Someone Stronger than He 78  22 Shoshlan and the Goomag Man 82  23 Shoshlan in the Land of Goom 86  24 Shoshlan and Warkhag's Unknown Son 92  25 Shoshlan and the Sons of Tar 97  26 How Shoshlan Wed Kosher 110  27 How Shoshlan Slew Telberd's Three Sons 113  28 Shoshlan's Campaign 116  29 Nart Shoshlan and the Giant, Bizhgwana 118  30 Why Shirdon Became Shoshlan's Enemy 121  31 Little Arakhzau, Son of Bezenag 122  32 The Death of Arakhzau 134  33 How Shoshlan Wed Vedukha 140  34 How Shoshlan Saved Shatana from the Lake of Hell 148  35 Shoshlan and Totraz 151  36 Shoshlan in the Land of the Dead 160  37 The Death of Shoshlan 181  38 Aishana 192  39 Aishana and Shainag-Aldar 197  Part 4 Shirdon 201  40 The Birth and Marriage of Shirdon 203  41 A Nart Expedition 205  42 How the Twelve-Stringed Harp Appeared 215  43 Shirdon Again Deceives the Narts 219  44 How Shirdon Tricked the Giants 221  45 How Shirdon Held a Memorial Feast for His Ancestors 222  46 Why Shirdon Was Called a Liar 223  47 Your Cloth Is in Your Hands 225  48 Who Deceived Whom? 226  Part 5 Khamis and Batraz 229  49 Khamis and Batraz: Arkizh's Tooth 231  50 How Khamis Was Wed 234  51 The Birth of Batraz 240  52 How Batraz Was Lured Out of the Sea 241  53 The Games of Young Batraz 243  54 Batraz, Son of Khamis, and Arakhzau, Son of Bezenag 247  55 Batraz and the Giant with the Mottled Beard 249  56 How Batraz Hardened Himself 251  57 How Batraz Saved Urizhmag 253  58 How Nart Batraz Found Burazag 257  59 Batraz and Tykhyfyrt Mukara 260  60 Batraz and the Arrogant Son of the Giant Afsharon 264  61 How the One-Eyed Giant Afsharon Took Revenge upon the Narts 268  62 How Batraz Saved the Eminent Narts 269  63 Nart Uraz and the Giant Akhshualy 271  64 Batraz and the Aldar 275  65 How Batraz Stormed the Khizh Fortress 276  66 Batraz and the Narts' Bowl, Wasamonga 278  67 The Narts' Round-Dance, the Shimd 279  68 How Batraz Beat the Spirit of Fertility 289  69 Who Is Best among the Narts 290  70 The Death of Khamis 297  71 How Batraz Avenged His Father's Death 299  72 The Death of Batraz 307  Part 6 Asamazh 311  73 Asamazh and the Beauty Agunda 313  74 Nart Shidamon and the Giant Shkhuali 323  Part 7 Shauwai 329  75 The Birth of Shauwai 331  Part 8 Various Stories about the Narts 347  76 The Narts and Wadmer's Bones 349  77 Nart Shibals, the Son of Warkhtanag 352  78 Washtirji and Nart Marguz the Noseless 356  79 Nart Zili and His Sons 365  80 Alimbeg's Daughter and the Alita Family 373  81 The Beauty Wazaftau, Daughter of Adakizh 380  82 The Nart Named Solitary 386  83 Nart Zhivag, the Lazy Lout, and Agunda, Daughter of Burafarnig Borata 392  84 The Elder and the Younger Share 398  85 Nart Bzhar and His Son 403  86 How Nart Eltagan Was Wed 410  87 The Narts and the Black-Headed Giants 413  88 The Sword in the Lake 418  89 The Downfall of the Narts 421  Epitaph 425  Appendix of Names 427  Bibliography 437","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403826995543,"sku":"9780691170404","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691170404.jpg?v=1730484658","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tales-of-the-narts-9780691170404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}