nartとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From a North Caucasian source (see West Circassian нарт (nart) and Ossetian нарт (nart)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ("man, hero").

名詞

Nart (plural Narts)

1. (mythology) Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).
   • 2002, John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus:

     The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what the Greek myths are to Western civilization.

派生語

• Nart saga