Ossetian Myths. From the Thunderer Wacilla and the Ominous Ruimon to the Nart Apple Tree and the Dove Maiden
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Ossetian Myths. From the Thunderer Wacilla and the Ominous Ruimon to the Nart Apple Tree and the Dove Maiden
14.99 €
Who were the Narts, and why is the memory of their exploits still alive? How did the supreme god Khutsau create the universe? Who is Uastyrdzhi, and why is he invoked at the most important moments of life in the Ossetian tradition?
This publication opens the door to Ossetian mythology—an ancient and coherent system of ideas, where the world is organized vertically into three spheres inhabited by heavenly patrons, heroes, and demonic beings. The book's pages reveal key motifs—from the creation of the universe and the sacred role of prayer to the images of patrons, hunting mythology, and the language of animals and birds through which the Ossetians explained the structure of existence.
Diana Sokaeva—Doctor of Philology, Leading Researcher, and Head of the Department of Folklore and Literature at the V.I. Abaev North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Research, VSC RAS; She was the first to systematize in detail the fairy-tale and non-fairy-tale prose of the Ossetians and studied the recurring motifs of Ossetian folklore and their ethnographic analogues.
This publication opens the door to Ossetian mythology—an ancient and coherent system of ideas, where the world is organized vertically into three spheres inhabited by heavenly patrons, heroes, and demonic beings. The book's pages reveal key motifs—from the creation of the universe and the sacred role of prayer to the images of patrons, hunting mythology, and the language of animals and birds through which the Ossetians explained the structure of existence.
Diana Sokaeva—Doctor of Philology, Leading Researcher, and Head of the Department of Folklore and Literature at the V.I. Abaev North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Research, VSC RAS; She was the first to systematize in detail the fairy-tale and non-fairy-tale prose of the Ossetians and studied the recurring motifs of Ossetian folklore and their ethnographic analogues.
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