Caucasus

Plural Caucasus myth, epic, folklore, and sacred storytelling, now entered through distinct Ossetian and Kartvelian source rooms without collapsing their languages or peoples.

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  • GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Caucasus shelf.
  • Introduction to Caucasus TraditionsA source-critical introduction to the Caucasus shelf as a plural mountain archive currently entered through Ossetian Nart and folk tales, with attention to oral tradition, shrine religion, Christianity, Islam, source transmission, and the limits of the present holdings.
  • Reader's Guide to CaucasusA deliberately incomplete map of the Caucasus shelf through Ossetian Nart and folk narrative, a three-part Kartvelian anthology, one Armenian collection, and the imperial routes that carried them into English.