The Avenger Nart

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

• The Frog-Like Water-Sprite

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).