Off With Their Heads!
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and the Nart Sagas
By
Linda A. Malcor and Elmira Gutiev
The connection between the medieval Arthurian legends and the Ossetian Nart kadags (sagas) is an increasingly accepted scientific hypothesis. While a number of important and intriguing parallels have been identified between the two cycles (G. Dumezil, J. P. Mallory, J. H. Grisward, C. Littleton and L. A. Malcor) [1;2;3…
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