The Slain Nart Father
Circassian · demigod · mythic / Nart age · Recorded classification
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-SpriteReciprocated within this batch on circassian_isp.John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (2002), How the Nart Khimish Married (Khimish takes Lady Isp the water-sprite to wife). (secondary)
Sources
- Khimish is the Circassian Nart who married the non-Nart water-sprite Lady Isp and was treacherously killed by jealous Narts for it; he is the father of the avenger Pataraz (patronymic Khimishuquo, son of Khimish), the counterpart of Ossetian Xaemyc, father of Batraz.: 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. (secondary); Georges Dumezil, Legendes sur les Nartes (Paris, 1930) (Xaemyc, father of the avenger Batraz, in the Ossetian parallel). (secondary)