Religion:Dzerassae
Dzerassæ (Template:Lang-os) is a figure in Ossetian mythology best known as the daughter of the water deity Donbettyr[1] and the mother of several Nart saga heroes.[2] She was the wife of Akhsartag.[2] With him, she was the mother of the twin heroes Uryzmaeg and Haemyts.[2] She was also the mother of Syrdon (ru), with Gaetaeg (ru).[3][4] After her death, the archangel Uastyrdzhi revived her and they became lovers in her tomb. Her daughter, the Nart Satanaya, was born thereafter.[5]
She was usually depicted with golden hair, and was able to change her shape into a deer or a fish.[6] Anthropologist Kevin Tuite has noted that this makes her similar to the Svan goddess Dali, who was also golden-haired and could change into animals.[6]
The Dzerassa Planitia on Venus is named for Dzerassae.[7]
References
- ↑ Paris, Catherine (1992) (in fr). Caucasologie Et Mythologie Comparée: Actes Du Colloque International Du CNRS, IVe Colloque de Caucasologie, Sèvres, 27-29 Juin 1988. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9782877230421. https://books.google.com/books?id=nzblW0pwEOUC&q=Dzerassae&pg=PA124.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Petrosyan, Armen (2002) (in en). The Indo-european and ancient Near Eastern sources of the Armenian epic: myth and history. Institute for the Study of Man. ISBN 9780941694810. https://books.google.com/books?id=zxVmAAAAMAAJ&q=Dzerassae.
- ↑ "Cie Izidoria Les Héros: La Légende des Nartes". http://www.izidoria.org/Imgs/Mails/Izidoria_Les_Heros_Sept08.pdf.
- ↑ "Осетинская мифология". http://www.ossetia.ru/ir/culture/osetinskaya_mifologiya.html.
- ↑ Juan-Galan, Santiago (in fr). Terra Barda - Tome 1: Les Indo-européens. Editions Publibook. pp. 261. ISBN 9782748373134. https://books.google.com/books?id=CpcvkNNkioEC&q=dzerasse&pg=PA248.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tuite, Kevin (1998). "Achilles and the Caucasus". Journal of Indo-European Studies 26 (3): 27. http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/tuitekj/publications/Tuite_Achilles.pdf.
- ↑ "Dzerassa Planitia". International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1688.
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