Haemyts
Caucasus mythological figure
Haemyts or Khamits (Ossetian: Хæмыц, Adyghe: Хъымыщ, Kabardian: Хъымыщ, Chechen: Хамчи, Ingush: Хамча, Abkhazian: Хмышь, Abaza: Хъмыщ, Karachay-Balkar: Хымыч) 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.
Etymology
Opinion of Vasily Abaev about the Mongolian roots of the origin of the name Khamyts (as an integral part of the name "Khabichi"), as a legacy of the old Ossetian-Mongolian relations is not shared by all experts.
In the Nart saga
However, according to the plot of most of the Nart sagas Khamyts turns out to be a mediocre warrior who did not perform feats, but he possessed an extraordinary sword and the magic “Khamyts tooth”, nevertheless he was inferior to his brother Uruzmag in courage and was less responsible.
When the brothers guarded the mother's crypt from the penetration of Uastyrdzhi, Uruzmaeg was awake for the first two nights. On the third night when the turn of Khamyts came, he succumbed to the spell of singing coming from afar and left the “post”.
In the legend "Uatsamonga of the Narts" it is narrated how Khamyts drinks from the bowl of Uatsamonga. The bowl was full of all sorts of nasty and disgusting animals: snakes, frogs and lizards. They rose from Huatsamong and together with the drink rushed to the mouth of Khamyts, but he beat them with his damask mustache and they hid in the bottom of the bowl. So Khamyts drained Uatsamonga of the Narts.
Cruelty
In the legend "How the fandyr appeared" Khamyts proved himself to be an unworthy and cruel murderer.
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