Description
Product ID: | 9780691169149 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Nart Sagas |
Subtitle: | Ancient Myths and Legends of the Circassians and Abkhazians |
Page Count: | 456 |
Subjects: | Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore, myths & legends, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection of these fascinating myths preserved among four related peoples whose ancient cultures today survive by a thread. In ninety-two straightforward tales populated by extraordinary char |
Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-06-07 |