The Slain Nart Father

Classed demigod (a Nart of the semi-divine host). WIRE-EDGE: add circassian_khimish to circassian_pataraz.parentIds and a father edge on Khimish to Pataraz (parent-to-child completion, reported in the run notes).

Domains

• heroic warfare
• marriage and kinship

Powers

• marries the water-sprite Lady Isp of the forest-folk
• fathers the avenger Pataraz

Relations

• spouse: The Frog-Like Water-Sprite

Sources

• John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Princeton UP, 2002), the tale How the Nart Khimish Married and How He Was Killed and the Ballad of Khimishuquo Pataraz.
• Georges Dumezil, Legendes sur les Nartes (Paris, 1930) (Xaemyc, father of the avenger Batraz, in the Ossetian parallel).