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Escape from the Land of the Dead: Nart Sagas, Divine Comedy, and the Journey Through the Afterlife

In: Iran and the Caucasus
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Paolo Ognibene University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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10 Aug 2022
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Journeys in the afterlife are present within the literatures of many peoples, including the Ossetians. In the Tales of the Narts, the hero Soslan enters the Land of the Dead by force, and equally by force he manages to get out of it, and so he tells us what he has seen. This tale has many elements in common with and others profoundly different from Dante’s Comedy and Ardā Vīrāz nāmag.

Title:
Escape from the Land of the Dead: Nart Sagas, Divine Comedy, and the Journey Through the Afterlife
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20220301
Language:
English
Pages:
201–216
Keywords:
Nart Tales; Soslan; Journey Through the Afterlife
In:
Iran and the Caucasus
In:
Volume 26: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-384X
Print ISSN:
1609-8498
Subjects:
Central Asia, Asian Studies, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Iran & Persian Studies, General, History, Cultural History, Literature and Cultural Studies

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