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Ossetia"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Culture_of_South_Ossetia" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Culture of South Ossetia"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ossetian mythology</b> or <b>Alan mythology</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Ирон мифологи, Дигорон митологи</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Iron mifologi, Digoron mitologi</i></span>) is the collective term for the beliefs and practices of the <a href="/wiki/Ossetians" title="Ossetians">Ossetian people</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> region, which contains several gods and supernatural beings. The religion itself is believed to be of <a href="/wiki/Scythian_religion" title="Scythian religion">Scythian</a> origin, but contains many later elements from <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, with Ossetian gods often being identified with Christian saints. The gods play a role in the famous stories about a race of semi-divine heroes called the <a href="/wiki/Narts" class="mw-redirect" title="Narts">Narts</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deities">Deities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Deities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Hutsau or <a href="/wiki/Xucau" title="Xucau">Xucau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Хуыцау, Хуцау</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Xwycaw, Xucaw</i></span>). The chief of the gods.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uastyrdzhi" title="Uastyrdzhi">Uastyrdzhi or Wasgergi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Уастырджи, Уасгерги</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Wastyrdži, Wasgergi</i></span>), also known as Lagtydzuar or Lagdzuar, more rarely as Uastylag. Named after <a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">Saint George</a>, he is the patron of males and travellers, and the guarantor of oaths. Main patron of <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia%E2%80%93Alania" title="North Ossetia–Alania">North Ossetia–Alania</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uacilla_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uacilla (mythology)">Uacilla</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Уацилла, Уацелла, Елиа</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Wacilla, Wacella, Elia</i></span>). Named after <a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Saint Elijah</a>, also spelled <i>Watsilla</i>. God of rain, thunder and lightning. As protector of the harvest he is known as <i>Хоры Уацилла</i> (<i>Hory Uacilla</i>, "Uacilla of the wheat"). Anyone struck by lightning was considered chosen by the god and, if they survived, a sheep was sacrificed in their honour. His festival was celebrated in the summer with the sacrifice of a lamb and a bull and the drinking of specially brewed beer. On that day women baked bread in silence as a mark of reverence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004163_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004163-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safa_(mythology)" title="Safa (mythology)">Safa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Сафа</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Safa</i></span>). God of the hearth chain. The most important domestic deity for Ossetians.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donbettyr" title="Donbettyr">Donbettyr</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Донбеттыр, Донбеттæр</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Donbettyr, Donbettær</i></span>). Lord of the waters. He is named after <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a>, and is a fusion of the Ossetian <i>don</i> (meaning water) and Peter. He uses his chain to drag down those who unwarily go swimming too late to his realm at the bottom of the sea. He has many beautiful daughters, comparable to the <a href="/wiki/Rusalka" title="Rusalka">Rusalki</a> of <a href="/wiki/Slavic_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic mythology">Slavic mythology</a>. Up to the 19th century, his day was celebrated on the Saturday following <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> by young girls.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzerassae" title="Dzerassae">Dzerassae</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Дзерассæ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Dzerassæ</i></span>), one of Donbettyr's daughters, the mother of many Nart heroes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutyr" title="Tutyr">Tutyr</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Тутыр, Тотур</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Tutyr, Totur</i></span>). Named after <a href="/wiki/Theodore_of_Amasea" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodore of Amasea">Saint Theodore of Tyre</a>. Lord of the wolves.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A6lv%C3%A6ra" title="Fælværa">Fælværa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Фæлвæра</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Fælværa</i></span>). Possibly named after <a href="/wiki/Florus_and_Laurus" title="Florus and Laurus">Florus and Laurus</a>. Fælværa was the protector of sheep and his festival was celebrated before sheep-shearing in September.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004163_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004163-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He only has one eye. He is often the enemy of Tutyr.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apsat_(mythology)" title="Apsat (mythology)">Æfsati</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Æфсати</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Æfsati</i></span>). Possibly named after <a href="/wiki/Saint_Eustace" title="Saint Eustace">Saint Eustace</a>, he is a male hunting god.<sup id="cite_ref-goddess_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goddess-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdal%C3%A6gon" title="Kurdalægon">Kurdalægon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Куырдалæгон, Курдалæгон</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Kwyrdalægon, Kurdalægon</i></span>). The heavenly <a href="/wiki/Smith_(metalwork)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smith (metalwork)">smith</a>. A close friend of the Narts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satanaya" title="Satanaya">Satana</a> (Сатана). Mother goddess, mother of the Narts.</li> <li>Saubarag (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Саубарæг or Сау бæрæджы дзуар, Сау бæрæги дзиуарæ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Sawbaræg or Saw barædžy dzwar, Saw bærægi dziwaræ</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'"black rider"'), the god of darkness and thieves.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Huyændon Ældar (Хуыæндон Æлдар). Lord of the fish. A great magician and a spirit who behaves like an earthly chief ("ældar"). His name means "lord of the strait" according to Abaev; this is most probably the Cimmerian Bosphorus, the modern <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Kerch" class="mw-redirect" title="Strait of Kerch">Strait of Kerch</a>.</li> <li>Barastyr (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Барастыр, Барастæр</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Barastyr, Barastær</i></span>) Ossetian <a href="/wiki/Psychopomp" title="Psychopomp">psychopomp</a>. The ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Underworld" title="Underworld">underworld</a> who assigns arriving dead souls to either <a href="/wiki/Paradise" title="Paradise">paradise</a> or his own realm.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aminon" title="Aminon">Aminon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Аминон</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Aminon</i></span>). Gatekeeper of the underworld.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alardy" title="Alardy">Alardy or Alaurdi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>: <span lang="os">Аларды, Алаурди</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Alardy, Alawrdi</i></span>). Lord of <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a>, who had to be placated.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004165_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004165-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <i>uac-</i> prefix in Uastyrdzhi and Uacilla has no synchronic meaning in Ossetic, and is usually understood to mean "saint" (also applied to Tutyr, <i>Uac Tutyr</i>, perhaps <a href="/wiki/Theodore_of_Amasea" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodore of Amasea">Saint Theodore</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a>, <i>Uac Nikkola</i>). The synchronic term for "saint", however, is <i>syhdaeg</i> (cognate to Avestan <a href="/wiki/Yazata" title="Yazata">Yazata</a>). Gershevitch (1955) connects <i>uac</i> with a word for "word" (Sanskrit <i><a href="/wiki/V%C4%81c" title="Vāc">vāc</a></i>, c.f. Latin <i>vox</i>), in the sense of <a href="/wiki/Logos" title="Logos">Logos</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dream_journey_to_the_land_of_the_dead">Dream journey to the land of the dead</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dream journey to the land of the dead"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote><p>Among them there are also some old men and women who, on the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Sylvester%27s_Day" title="Saint Sylvester's Day">eve of Saint Sylvester</a>, fall into a sort of ecstasy, remaining motionless on the ground as though asleep. When they awaken, they say they’ve seen the souls of the dead, sometimes in a great <a href="/wiki/Swamp" title="Swamp">swamp</a>, alternatively, astride pigs, dogs or rams. If they see a soul gathering wheat in the fields and bringing it to the village, they detect the omen of an abundant harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />Julius Klaproth 1823</p></blockquote> <p>Kurys (Digor <i>Burku</i>) is a dream land, a meadow belonging to the dead, which can be visited by certain individuals (the <a href="/wiki/Shamanism" title="Shamanism">shaman</a>-like Kurysdzauta/Burkudzauta) in their sleep. Visitors may bring back miraculous seeds of luck and good fortune, sometimes pursued by the dead. Inexperienced souls may bring back fever and sickness instead. Gershevitch (with <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Abaev" title="Vasily Abaev">V.I. Abaev</a>) compares the name <i>Kurys</i> to the mountain <i>Kaoiris</i> in <a href="/wiki/Yasht" title="Yasht">Yasht</a> 19.6 (Avestan <i>*Karwisa</i>), which might indicate that the name is a spurious remnant of origin legends of <a href="/wiki/Airyanem_Vaejah" title="Airyanem Vaejah">Airyanem Vaejah</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Folklore">Folklore</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Folklore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ossetian folklore also includes several mythological figures, including those in the <a href="/wiki/Nart_sagas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nart sagas">Nart sagas</a>, such as the warrior heroes <a href="/wiki/Batraz" title="Batraz">Batraz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akhshar_and_Akhsartag" class="mw-redirect" title="Akhshar and Akhsartag">Akhshar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Akhshar_and_Akhsartag" class="mw-redirect" title="Akhshar and Akhsartag">Akhsartag</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks hlist"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title" style="background:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Myth" title="Myth">Mythology</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a 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mythology">Welsh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_mythology" title="Chinese mythology">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Efik_mythology" title="Efik mythology">Efik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_mythology" title="Egyptian mythology">Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_mythology" title="English mythology">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_mythology" title="Estonian mythology">Estonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruscan_religion" title="Etruscan religion">Etruscan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_mythology" title="Finnish mythology">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythology_in_France" title="Mythology in France">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_mythology" title="Georgian mythology">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germanic_mythology" title="Germanic mythology">Germanic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frankish_paganism" title="Frankish paganism">Frankish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Germanic_mythology" title="Continental Germanic mythology">Continental Germanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology">Norse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_paganism" title="Anglo-Saxon paganism">Anglo-Saxon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_paganism" title="Gothic paganism">Gothic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guanches#Religion_and_mythology" title="Guanches">Guanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Hindu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hittite_mythology_and_religion" title="Hittite mythology and religion">Hittite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_mythology" title="Hungarian mythology">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythology_of_Indonesia" title="Mythology of Indonesia">Indonesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythology_of_Italy" title="Mythology of Italy">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_mythology" title="Japanese mythology">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongo_religion" title="Kongo religion">Kongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_mythology" title="Korean mythology">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lugbara_mythology" title="Lugbara mythology">Lugbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology" title="Lusitanian mythology">Lusitanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maasai_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Maasai mythology">Maasai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_mythology" title="Malagasy mythology">Malagasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_mythology" title="Māori mythology">Māori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mbuti_mythology" title="Mbuti mythology">Mbuti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meitei_mythology" title="Meitei mythology">Meitei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanesian_mythology" title="Melanesian mythology">Melanesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_mythology" title="Mesopotamian mythology">Mesopotamian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesian_mythology" title="Micronesian mythology">Micronesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_mythology" title="Mongol mythology">Mongol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American mythology">Native American</a> <ul><li>Algonquian <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abenaki_mythology" title="Abenaki mythology">Abenaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackfoot_mythology" title="Blackfoot mythology">Blackfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenape_mythology" title="Lenape mythology">Lenape</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aztec_mythology" title="Aztec mythology">Aztec</a></li> <li>Californian <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miwok_mythology" title="Miwok mythology">Miwok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohlone_mythology" title="Ohlone mythology">Ohlone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chan%C3%A1_mythology" title="Chaná mythology">Chaná</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilote_mythology" title="Chilote mythology">Chilote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choctaw_mythology" title="Choctaw mythology">Choctaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_mythology" title="Creek mythology">Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guarani_mythology" title="Guarani mythology">Guarani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haida_mythology" title="Haida mythology">Haida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inca_mythology" title="Inca mythology">Inca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inuit_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Inuit mythology">Inuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iroquois_mythology" title="Iroquois mythology">Iroquois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_mythology" title="Maya mythology">Maya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muisca_mythology" title="Muisca mythology">Muisca</a></li> <li>Pacific Northwest <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw_mythology" title="Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology">Kwakwakaʼwakw</a></li></ul></li> <li>Plains Indians <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ho-Chunk_mythology" title="Ho-Chunk mythology">Ho-Chunk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakota_mythology" title="Lakota mythology">Lakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_mythology" title="Pawnee mythology">Pawnee</a></li></ul></li> <li>Puebloan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hopi_mythology" title="Hopi mythology">Hopi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuni_mythology" title="Zuni mythology">Zuni</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selk%27nam_mythology" title="Selk'nam mythology">Selk'nam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talamancan_mythology" title="Talamancan mythology">Talamancan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossetian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papuan_mythology" title="Papuan mythology">Papuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_mythology" title="Persian mythology">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_mythology" title="Philippine mythology">Philippine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_mythology" title="Polynesian mythology">Polynesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology" title="Proto-Indo-European mythology">Proto-Indo-European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Uralic_religion" title="Proto-Uralic religion">Proto-Uralic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanian mythology">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_shamanism" title="Sámi shamanism">Sámi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic mythology">Slavic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_mythology" title="Somali mythology">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talysh_mythology" title="Talysh mythology">Talysh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_folk_religion" title="Tai folk religion">Tai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thai_folklore" title="Thai folklore">Thai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_mythology" title="Tibetan mythology">Tibetan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkic_mythology" title="Turkic mythology">Turkic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_mythology" title="Vietnamese mythology">Vietnamese</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_creation_myths" title="List of creation myths">Creations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_legendary_creatures" title="Lists of legendary creatures">Creatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_deities" title="Lists of deities">Deities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fictional_feral_children" title="List of fictional feral children">Feral children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_flood_myths" title="List of flood myths">Floods</a></li> <li>Heroes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_culture_heroes" title="List of culture heroes">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_folk_heroes" title="List of folk heroes">Folk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mythological_objects" title="List of mythological objects">Objects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mythological_pairs" title="List of mythological pairs">Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mythological_places" title="List of mythological places">Places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mythology_books_and_sources" title="List of mythology books and sources">Sources</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Related concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">Deity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">Legendary creature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_by_type" title="List of legendary creatures by type">Type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legendary_progenitor" title="Legendary progenitor">Legendary progenitor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twins_in_mythology" title="Twins in mythology">Twins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_hero" title="Culture hero">Culture hero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_hero" title="Folk hero">Folk hero</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">See also</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparative_mythology" title="Comparative mythology">Comparative mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparative_religion" title="Comparative religion">Comparative religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euhemerism" title="Euhemerism">Euhemerism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore">Folklore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_world_folk-epics" title="List of world folk-epics">Epics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_mythology" title="Lower mythology">Lower mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudo-mythology" title="Pseudo-mythology">Pseudo-mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_and_mythology" title="Religion and mythology">Religion and mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">Symbolism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">Theology</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Mythology" title="Template:Mythology"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Mythology" title="Template talk:Mythology"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Mythology" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Mythology"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nart_saga" title="Nart saga">Nart saga</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assianism" title="Assianism">Ætsæg Din</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scythian_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Scythian mythology">Scythian mythology</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004163-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004163_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArys-Djanaïéva2004163_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFArys-Djanaïéva2004">Arys-Djanaïéva 2004</a>, p. 163.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-goddess-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-goddess_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Caucasian+hunting-divinity%2C+male+and+female%3A+traces+of+the+hunting-goddess+in+Ossetic+folklore&rft.btitle=The+Concept+of+the+Goddess&rft.pages=167-168&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=9781134641529&rft.aulast=Chaudhri&rft.aufirst=Anna&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://myths.kulichki.ru/enc/item/f00/s30/a003039.shtml"><i>Сау бараджи дзуар</i></a> (in Russian)</cite><span 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Klaproth, Julius <i>Voyage au Mont Caucase et en Géorgie</i>, 2 vols, Paris, 1823 vol. II pp. 223 ff.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Gin04" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Ginzburg" title="Carlo Ginzburg">Ginzburg, Carlo</a> (2004). <i>Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath</i>. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ecstasies%3A+Deciphering+the+Witches%27+Sabbath&rft.place=Chicago&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Ginzburg&rft.aufirst=Carlo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArys-Djanaïéva2004" class="citation cs2">Arys-Djanaïéva, Lora (2004), <i>Parlons ossète</i>, Paris: Harmattan</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Parlons+oss%C3%A8te&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Harmattan&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Arys-Djana%C3%AF%C3%A9va&rft.aufirst=Lora&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDumézil1965" class="citation cs2">Dumézil, Georges, ed. (1965), <i>Le Livre des héros: légendes sur les Nartes</i>, Paris: Gallimard</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Le+Livre+des+h%C3%A9ros%3A+l%C3%A9gendes+sur+les+Nartes&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Gallimard&rft.date=1965&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFoltz2019" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Foltz" title="Richard Foltz">Foltz, Richard</a> (2019). "Scythian Neo-Paganism in the Caucasus: The Ossetian Uatsdin as a 'Nature Religion'," <i>Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture</i>". Vol. 13, no. 3. pp. 314–332.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Scythian+Neo-Paganism+in+the+Caucasus%3A+The+Ossetian+Uatsdin+as+a+%27Nature+Religion%27%2C%22+Journal+for+the+Study+of+Religion%2C+Nature%2C+and+Culture&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=314-332&rft.date=2019&rft.aulast=Foltz&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGershevitch1955" class="citation cs2">Gershevitch, Ilya (1955), "Word and Spirit in Ossetic", <i>Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies</i>, <b>17</b> (3): 478–489, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0041977X0011239X">10.1017/S0041977X0011239X</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+of+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies&rft.atitle=Word+and+Spirit+in+Ossetic&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=478-489&rft.date=1955&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0041977X0011239X&rft.aulast=Gershevitch&rft.aufirst=Ilya&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFМиллер" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Vsevolod_Miller" title="Vsevolod Miller">Миллер, Всеволод</a>, <i>Осетинские этюды</i> [<i>Ossetian Studies</i>] (in Russian)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%B4%D1%8B&rft.aulast=%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80&rft.aufirst=%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span> , published in 3 volumes <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>Осетинские тексты</i>, vol. I, 1881</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B&rft.date=1881&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span> , folklore texts</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>Исследования</i>, vol. II, 1882</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%98%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F&rft.date=1882&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span> , phonetics and grammar of Ossetian; religious beliefs</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>Исследования</i>, vol. III, 1887</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%98%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F&rft.date=1887&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span> , history and ethnography, proverbs</li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHübschmann1887" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Hübschmann, H. (1887), "Ossetische Nominalbildung", <i>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft</i> (in German), <b>41</b> (2), Harrassowitz Verlag: 319–346, <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43361867">43361867</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Zeitschrift+der+Deutschen+Morgenl%C3%A4ndischen+Gesellschaft&rft.atitle=Ossetische+Nominalbildung&rft.volume=41&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=319-346&rft.date=1887&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F43361867%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=H%C3%BCbschmann&rft.aufirst=H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span> , based on Miller's 1881 work</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDumézil1976" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Dumézil, Georges, ed. (1976), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sorinradu_1976"><i>Осетинский Эпос И Мифология</i></a> [<i>Ossetian Epics and Mythology</i>] (in Russian)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%AD%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81+%D0%98+%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F&rft.date=1976&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsorinradu_1976&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFДзадзиевКараевДзуцев1994" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Дзадзиев, Александр Борисович; Караев, Солтан Михайлович; Дзуцев, Хасан Владимирович, eds. (1994), <i>Этнография и мифология осетин</i> [<i>Ossetian ethnography and mythology</i>] (dictionary) (in Russian)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%AD%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%B8+%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD&rft.date=1994&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetian+mythology" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetian_mythology&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFМелетинский1990" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Мелетинский, Е. 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