Tamerlan Salbiev
- ŠỊRDON
ŠỊRDON (SIRDON), one of the most popular characters of the Ossetian Nart sagas, whose name became a household one, used…
- ŠATANÄ AND UỊRỊZMÄG
ŠATANÄ AND UỊRỊZMÄG, the famous couple of the Ossetian Nart epics, comprised of a sister and brother who came through…
- ŠAFA
ŠAFA, the patron of the fireplace and hearth chain in the traditional Ossetian religious-mythological system. Because Šafa is believed to be the…
- K’OSTA, XETÄGKATỊ
K’OSTA, XETÄGKATỊ (Rus. Konstantin Levanovich Khetagurov; b. Nar, 15 October 1859; d. Laba, 1 April 1906; Figure 1), prominent Ossetian…
- ŠOŠLAN
ŠOŠLAN, SOSLAN (ŠOZỊRỊQO, ŠOZRUQO), one of the most prominent figures of the Ossetian Nart epics, known also in other national variants, such…
- KUỊRDALÄGON
KUỊRDALÄGON (KURD-ALÄGON/ALÄUGON, KURD-ALÄ-UÄRGON), a heavenly patron of blacksmiths in the Ossetian religious-mythological system. According to the texts of “devotion of the…
- UACILLA
UACILLA (UACELLA, UACELIA), popular patron of thunderstorms and crops in the Ossetian religious-mythological system, in honor of whom important celebrations…
- UASTYRDŽI
i. In Mythology Uaštịrdži is unmistakably identified in Ossetian solar myth by his specific epithets such as “golden” or “golden…
- XUỊCAU
XUỊCAU (XUCAU), God in the Ossetian religious-mythological system. In general, Xuịcau is characterized as an abstract figure lacking anthropomorphic features, as deus otiosus, far…
- ХÄMỊC
ХÄMỊC (XÄMIC), one of the prominent figures of the Ossetian Nart epics, son of Äxšärtäg, grandson of Uärxäg, twin-brother of…
- DONBETTỊR
DONBETTỊR (DONBETTÄR), a mythological overlord of the Water Kingdom in Ossetian religious and epic tradition. Donbettịr’s name is often used…
- BATRADZ
BATRADZ (BATRAZ, BATỊRADZ), name of the one of the main characters of the Nart epics (see NARTỊ KADDŽỊTÄ); the son…
- ÄFŠATI
ÄFŠATI, patron of wild animals, especially of deer, mountain goats, and hogs, in the Ossetian religious-mythological system, to whom the…