Haemyts or Khamits (Ossetian: Хæмыц, Adyghe: Хъымыщ, Kabardian: Хъымыщ, Chechen: Хамчи, Ingush: Хамча, Abkhazian: Хмышь, Abaza: Хъмыщ, Karachay-Balkar: Хымыч)[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[4] 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.
[4] In the first main version, once on a hunt Khamyts was amazed by the dexterity and kindness of a dwarf from the Bytsenon clan and Donbettyr's nephew who met him.
[8] In eight versions of the legends, the daughter of Donbettyr appears in the form of a frog at night, throwing off her skin during the day she turns into a beauty, often she is a great needlewoman and can sew clothes for all the Narts or for Khamyts.
Syrdon easily guesses the secret of Khamyts and, in front of everyone he reproaches him with the fact that he brought his wife in his pocket for nykhas.
[15] All researchers emphasize the special prevalence in the saga especially in the cycle dedicated to Batraz and his father, the theme of blood feud.
[17] The offended Burafarnyg, whose wife (in the variants - a daughter) and seven daughters-in-law whom Khamyts seduced, did not dare to punish him himself, but turned to Sainag-aldar.
[6] As Khamyts bore Batraz in his back, Zeus in Greek mythology sewed the fetus into his thigh and also gave birth to Dionysus.
[4] A parallel also can be drawn with one of the plots about the cruelty of Khamyts: those who were at the court of Cyaxares and undeservedly insulted by him (due to unsuccessful hunting for game), in revenge decided to cut into pieces one of the boys who were in their training (the art of archery).