Haemyts

Haemyts
RegionCaucasus
Genealogy
ParentsAkhsartag and Dzerassae
SpouseBytsenon
ChildrenBatraz

Haemyts or Khamits (Ossetian: Хæмыц, Adyghe: Хъымыщ, Kabardian: Хъымыщ, Chechen: Хамчи, Ingush: Хамча, Abkhazian: Хмышь, Abaza: Хъмыщ, Karachay-Balkar: Хымыч)[1] is the hero of the Nart saga of the peoples of the Caucasus, son of Akhsartag and Dzerassae, the father of the hero Batraz and the twin brother of Uruzmaeg, with whom they often went on conquest campaigns together.[2]

  1. ^ Dumézil, Georges (2001). Ossetian saga and mythology. Vladikavkaz: Science. p. 44.
  2. ^ Dzadziev, Alexander (1994). Ethnography and mythology of Ossetians (in Ossetic). Vladikavkaz. pp. 1301–31. ISBN 5-7534-0537-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)