Ossetian mythology

The mythology Ossetians, a current people of the Caucasus, include a certain number of deities and beings with supernatural powers, all tinged with Christian and Muslim influences, so the names of gods often correspond to the names of saints.

These deities play a more or less important role in the epic of the semi-divine race of the Nartes. This mythology influenced or was influenced to different degrees from the legends of neighboring peoples, notably the Tatars, Circassians, Chechens and Ingush. Pagan myths and cults have survived thanks to cultic and oral traditions despite the influence of monotheisms in the region.

These stories were then transcribed in writing from the second half of the 19th century.^e century and possible comparisons with others mythologies Indo-Europeans have since been reported. The vast majority of French-speaking literature on Ossetian mythology was brought to us by the French philologist and comparatist Georges Dumézil, who recognized in this mythology a heritage of the religion of the scythians, of which the Ossetians would be the descendants.

• Ossetian Pantheon
• Legends of Christensen
• The epic of the Nartes