Abkhazian Folktales: (with Grammatical Introduction, Translation, Notes, and Vocabulary) |
Contents
Grammatical Sketch | 1 |
Texts | 51 |
How God created the world | 72 |
How the Abkhazians acquired Abkhazia | 88 |
How the Abkhazians found themselves in Abkhazia | 97 |
God and the Tsan Dwarf | 113 |
The Tsans | 116 |
Sorrow | 124 |
Dzəzlan Dzyzlan Old Sovereign of the Water | 164 |
The origin of Lake Ritsa | 174 |
The Prophet Nǝħw Noah | 189 |
The birth of Abrskİǝl Abrskİyl | 209 |
How Abrskjyl slew the ogre | 215 |
The cloven rock | 220 |
How the prophets captured Abrskiyl | 232 |
How they set out to save Abrskiyl | 257 |
The power of love | 128 |
The woman who used to curse the Prince of the Dead | 135 |
The man who used to swear by the Prince of the Dead | 143 |
How they imprisoned the Prince of the Dead | 151 |
God and the Devil | 158 |
The Prince of Abkhazia | 266 |
Amiran a poem by VazhaPshavela | 277 |
Alphabetical Order of Standard Orthography | 283 |
Vocabulary | 285 |
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