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Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Colarusso)

Princeton University Press

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Colarusso)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nart-sagas-from-the-caucasus-colarusso.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Colarusso). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nart-sagas-from-the-caucasus-colarusso

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-nart-sagas-from-the-caucasus-colarusso,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Colarusso)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nart-sagas-from-the-caucasus-colarusso},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

John Colarusso's annotated English translation of the Circassian, Abkhaz and Ubykh Nart sagas, Princeton University Press, 2002.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Reliability tier 1: a peer reviewed university press monograph by the field's leading specialist in Northwest Caucasian languages and oral tradition, translating and annotating the Circassian, Abkhaz and Ubykh Nart corpus directly from fieldwork and published native-language collections.

Notes

Colarusso's Nart Sagas from the Caucasus, consulted 2026-08-15. Translates and annotates the Circassian, Abazin, Abkhaz and Ubykh branches of the Nart epic cycle with a scholarly introduction on shared motifs (the stone-born hero, the fire theft, the chained titan) across the eight Caucasus peoples who preserve the cycle.

Citation

Author

John Colarusso

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication Year

2002

Source Type

Critical translation with scholarly introduction

Sources

Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Colarusso)

John Colarusso, Princeton University Press, 2002Publisher and jacket copy, Princeton University Press

Claims Backed By This Source (41 claims)

This source backs 41 claims across the atlas. As facts: 26 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 7 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Deities, 20 claims: 14 well-attested, 4 connected, 2 general references.
Other Writings, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
Religions, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
Pantheons, 2 claims: 1 connected, 1 general references.
Regions, 2 claims: 1 connected, 1 general references.