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Re: Request a Book Discussion Topic on a Specific Academic Book
« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2014, 05:51:01 pm »
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Re: Request a Book Discussion Topic on a Specific Academic Book
« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2018, 05:19:47 pm »
I have just received a translation of the Nart Sagas by John Colarusso. These are tales from the northern Caucasus region. The title says Circassians and Abkhazians, but the stories within are shared by other groups like the Ossetians and Nakhs. The term “Nart” actually comes from the Iranic term for “Hero.”

It’s thought that much of the lore within can be traced back to the Ossetians, who are the last remaining Iranic language speakers north of the Caucasus region. They founded a kingdom known as “Alania” that once covered much of the region where the sagas are found today. The Ossetians are a remnant of a vast Iranic language speaking continuum that once stretched throughout modern day Russia, one that we know influenced the Proto-Slavic culture. It will be interesting to see if there are any major parallels hinting at this.

Most academic interest in them currently seems to be based on comparison with Greek mythology and, bizarrely, the Arthurian romances. That last idea seems a bit shaky to me. Allegedly, the Alanic auxiliaries brought in by the Roman Empire could have spread their legends. But considering that our record of the native traditions from Western Europe are patchy, it seems unlikely that the legends of a small group of foreigners would be well-preserved there. The Greek connection makes a lot more sense to me. Anyway, I haven’t started it yet, so we’ll see what I find.

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Re: Request a Book Discussion Topic on a Specific Academic Book
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2018, 02:13:34 am »

Hi, Zlote Jablko,

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Re: Request a Book Discussion Topic on a Specific Academic Book
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2018, 10:08:04 am »
Hi, Zlote Jablko,

The book-discussion forums are special forums, and have rules different from most of the general discussion forums - most importantly, members don't start threads themselves, but rather request that a thread be started.

I've moved your post into the request thread. Please provide the book information we require before a thread is made (quoted below, from the first post in this request thread).

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My mistake. I’ll be more careful posting in new forums.

Please refer to:

1) Nart Sagas: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Circassians and Abkhazians

2) John Colarusso

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