Sosruko


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.

Etymology

The name etymologically came from Turkic languages: Nogai suslan- "to look menacing", suslä "menacing, gloomy". The variants Sasərqwa, Саусырыкъо, Сосрыкъуэ , Ubykh: , Digor Sosruqo, Sozyryqo, Sozuruqo.
The name Sosruko is from Circassian "sword" + "hit" + "heat" + "son"; hence literally “The son of the fiery sword hit”.