The Great Nart

Adyghe Nart; counterpart of Ossetian Wyryzmæg but a distinct Circassian figure. His MOTHER is Lady Meghazash (not in corpus → parentIds []); Setenaya is his WIFE, not his mother — wired as a spouse relation. Classed demigod (Nart culture-hero); the Narts are a semi-divine race.

Domains

• leadership and kingship
• heroic warfare

Powers

• leads and counsels the assembly of the Narts
• escapes giants and enemies by guile, often guided by Setenaya
• leads the host as the Great Nart, eldest and foremost of the heroes

Epithets

• Нарт Уэзырмэс Adyghe · Nart Wəzyrmɛs · titlethe Great NartJ. Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Princeton, 2002) (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: Mother of the NartsSetenaya, the Nart matriarch, is Warzameg's wife and counsellor.John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (2002), Warzameg-and-Setenaya cycle (Setenaya is the wife of Warzameg); the existing circassian_setenaya record names her 'wife of Warzameg'. (secondary)
• companion: The Avenger NartFellow members of the Nart host. Reciprocated within this batch on circassian_pataraz.John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (2002) (Warzameg and Pataraz among the four great Narts of the host). (secondary)
• companion: Fire-Bringer Born of StoneComrades in the Nart host.John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (2002) (Sosruquo and Warzameg among the four great Narts). (secondary)

Sources

• Warzameg (Wseraseg/Worzameg), the 'Great Nart,' is the senior leader of the Circassian Nart host and the husband of the matriarch Setenaya; he is a son of Lady Meghazash and the Circassian counterpart of Ossetian Wyryzmæg/Urizhmag.: John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus (Princeton UP, 2002), Warzameg cycle and 'How Warzameg and Yimis Came to Be'. (secondary); Georges Dumézil, Légendes sur les Nartes (1930) (the elder Nart hero Wyryzmæg, husband of Satana). (secondary)