Abkhazian Folktales: (with Grammatical Introduction, Translation, Notes, and Vocabulary)

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Lincom Europa, 2005 - Abkhaz language - 326 pages

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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