page_title: Sosruko
hierarchical_section_title: Sosruko
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Фонтан "Сослан на чаше Уацамонга", Владикавказ, Северная Осетия
context_page_description: Sosruko, Sosruquo, or Sosriqwa is a central character in many cycles of the Nart sagas of the Caucasus.
  Sosruko is a powerful but devious man who is the smallest of the Narts; as a character, he is sometimes cast in the light of the trickster god, comparable to the Scandinavian Loki, Georgian Amirani, or the Ancient Greek Prometheus. It is possible that at least in the latter case, Sosruku served as a direct inspiration.
  In Circassian mythology, it was the Nart Sosriqwe, minion of the gods and his doting mother, Lady Satanaya, who stole fire from the giant.
context_section_description: Sosruko, Sosruquo, or Sosriqwa (Ossetian: Сослан, Soslan; Kabardian: Сосрыкъуэ, Sosryqwa; Karachay-Balkar: Сосурукъ/Сосуркъа, Sosuruq/Sosurqa) is a central character in many cycles of the Nart sagas of the Caucasus.
  Sosruko is a powerful but devious man who is the smallest of the Narts; as a character, he is sometimes cast in the light of the trickster god, comparable to the Scandinavian Loki (who finds a closer parallel in the Nart Syrdon, however), Georgian Amirani, or the Ancient Greek Prometheus. It is possible that at least in the latter case, Sosruku served as a direct inspiration.
  In Circassian mythology, it was the Nart Sosriqwe, minion of the gods and his doting mother, Lady Satanaya, who stole fire from the giant.
caption: Dancing Soslan, Vladikavkaz
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