Nart
nounEtymology From a North Caucasian source (see West Circassian нарт (nart) and Ossetian нарт (nart)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ("man, hero").
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Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Sciences Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).
- The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what the Greek myths are to Western civilization.2002, John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus:
- Derived terms
- Nart saga