The Avenger Nart
Circassian · demigod · mythic / Nart age · demigod
Adyghe Nart; counterpart of Ossetian Batraz but a distinct Circassian figure. His parents — the Nart Khimish and the water-sprite Lady Isp — are not in the corpus, so parentIds []; genealogy recorded here. Classed demigod (Nart culture-hero).
Parentage
Domains
- vengeance and justice
- heroic warfare
- liberation of the bound
Powers
- exacts blood-vengeance/wergeld for his murdered father
- frees Bearded Nasran chained to the high mountain
- wins the three magical whetstones
Relations
- companion: The Great Nart
- companion: Fire-Bringer Born of Stone
Sources
- John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Princeton UP, 2002), Pataraz cycle (tales 'How Pataraz Freed Bearded Nasran...' and 'How Khimishuquo Pataraz Won the Three Magical Whetstones').
- John Colarusso, 'Prometheus among the Circassians'; Georges Dumézil, Légendes sur les Nartes (1930) (Batraz, the storm/steel avenger-hero, son of Xæmyc/Khimish).