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Nartë

Nartë (definite Albanian form: Narta, Greek: Άρτα or Παλαιοάρτα Arta, Palioarta) is a community in Vlorë County. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vlorë. It is situated northwest of the city of Vlorë.

The local population are predominantly Greeks, using a distinct idiom of modern Greek. One of the local tourist attractions is the annual three-day festival. An Orthodox church lies on the center of the village.

The surrounding region has many salt marshes. Narta Lagoon, which hosts a unique ecosystem, lies north of the village.

At 1873 a Greek school was funded in the village. Greek education was expanding with the opening of a girls' school and a kindergarten in the 1912-1913 school season.

References

Nart saga

The Nart sagas (Adyghe: Нартхымэ акъыбарыхэ; Karachay-Balkar: Нарт таурухла; Ossetian: Нарты кадджытæ; Narty kaddžytæ; Chechen: Нарт Аьрштхой) are a series of tales originating from the North Caucasus. They form the basic mythology of the tribes in the area, including Abazin, Abkhaz, Circassian, Ossetian, Karachay-Balkar and Chechen-Ingush folklore.

Etymology

The term nart comes from the Ossetian name of Narts, Nartæ, which is plurale tantum of "nar". The origin of the root nar is of Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian nar for "hero", "man", descended from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. In Chechen the word nart means "giant".

Characters

Some of the characters who feature prominently in the sagas are:

  • Sosruko (Ubykh, Abkhaz and Adyghe sawsərəqʷa (Саусырыкъо), Ossetian soslan (Сослан)), a hero who sometimes also appears as a trickster;
  • Satanaya (Ubykh satanaja, Adyghe setenej (Сэтэнай), Ossetian: satana (Сатана)), the mother of the Narts, a fertility figure and matriarch;
  • Tlepsh (Adyghe and Abaza [ɬapʃʷ], Ossetian Kwyrdaləgon (Куырдалæгон)), a blacksmith deity;
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  • Places

  • Nart, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland
  • Nart, Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-east Poland
  • See also

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