[7] Through them, he is the ancestor of many of the heroes of the epic Nart saga of the north Caucasus, including Uryzmaeg, Satanaya, Xaemyts, and Batraz.
It dies, but returns to life three times, before escaping to the coast where it dives into the sea.
Donbettyr rises from the water and declares that the hare was actually his daughter and that Xaemyts must marry her.
[8] Xaemyts agrees, only to be told that his wife will appear on earth during the day in the form of a tortoise.
[8][11] When Uryzmaeg had a son, Donbettyr took it upon himself to raise the boy, deep beneath the sea.