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Scytho-Alano-Ossetica
From Scythian Saddle to Ossetic Word
Series: - Iran and the Caucasus Monographs, Volume: 7
The present volume brings together a carefully curated collection of scholarly essays that offer a multidimensional portrait of Ossetian cultural continuity from antiquity to the present. It presents original research by leading experts in the fields of Ossetology, Caucasian history, mythology, and ethnography. Each contribution provides a rigorous examination of particular elementsâlinguistic, mythological, archaeological, ritualistic, or historicalâthat illuminate the complex interplay between antiquity and modernity in Ossetian society.
The articles included in this volume, appeared in Russian from the late 19th century to the present day, essentially represent landmark publications on the Scytho-Alano-Ossetian problematics. The volume, in essence, reflects the development of this field of Iranian Studies over nearly a century and a half.
The articles included in this volume, appeared in Russian from the late 19th century to the present day, essentially represent landmark publications on the Scytho-Alano-Ossetian problematics. The volume, in essence, reflects the development of this field of Iranian Studies over nearly a century and a half.
Garnik S. Asatrian is Professor of Iranian Studies and Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian-Armenian University who has authored numerous monographs and scholarly articles on Iranian linguistics, Kurdish studies, and related fields. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Iran and the Caucasus and its accompanying monograph series, both published by Brill, which serve as leading platforms for research on the Irano-Caucasian world.
David Buyaner, PhD. (1972), Freie Universität Berlin, is Researcher in the Institute of Iranian Studies at that university. He has published numerous articles on Iranian etymology, including the series of papers Beiträge zur Erklärung der mittelpersischen Rechts- und Religionsterminologie (ZDMG) und Iranica mutuata (I&C), as well as the monograph Penitential Sections of the Xorde Avesta (patits) (Harrassowitz, 2016).
Aleksey Chibirov is Director of the Federal Scientific Center âVladikavkaz Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciencesâ and a leading researcher at its Center for ScythianâAlan Studies. A Candidate of Historical Sciences, he specializes in GeorgianâSouth Ossetian relations and Alano-Ossetic studies. Chibirov has held senior academic and editorial roles, including establishing the journal NARTAMONGÃ (The Journal of Alano-Ossetic Studies: Epic, Mythology and Language).
Contributors
Vasily I. Abaev, Garnik S. Asatrian, Paolo Ognibene, David Buyaner, Alexey Chibirov, Ludwig Chibirov, Anzor Darchiev, Yuri Dzitstsojty, Yuri Gagloity, Konstantin Kochiev, Zalina Kusaeva, Vsevolod Miller, Boris Mysykkaty, and Ðlan Twallagov
David Buyaner, PhD. (1972), Freie Universität Berlin, is Researcher in the Institute of Iranian Studies at that university. He has published numerous articles on Iranian etymology, including the series of papers Beiträge zur Erklärung der mittelpersischen Rechts- und Religionsterminologie (ZDMG) und Iranica mutuata (I&C), as well as the monograph Penitential Sections of the Xorde Avesta (patits) (Harrassowitz, 2016).
Aleksey Chibirov is Director of the Federal Scientific Center âVladikavkaz Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciencesâ and a leading researcher at its Center for ScythianâAlan Studies. A Candidate of Historical Sciences, he specializes in GeorgianâSouth Ossetian relations and Alano-Ossetic studies. Chibirov has held senior academic and editorial roles, including establishing the journal NARTAMONGÃ (The Journal of Alano-Ossetic Studies: Epic, Mythology and Language).
Contributors
Vasily I. Abaev, Garnik S. Asatrian, Paolo Ognibene, David Buyaner, Alexey Chibirov, Ludwig Chibirov, Anzor Darchiev, Yuri Dzitstsojty, Yuri Gagloity, Konstantin Kochiev, Zalina Kusaeva, Vsevolod Miller, Boris Mysykkaty, and Ðlan Twallagov
Preface
âGarnik S. Asatrian
Abbreviations
âIntroduction: the Northern Iranian Element â on the Iranian Linguistic, Religious, and Cultural Continuity North of the Caucasus and the Black Sea
âPaolo Ognibene
1 Features of Antiquity in Folk Legends and Everyday Life of the Ossetians
âVsevolod Miller
2 Scythians and Ossetians
âVasily I. Abaev
3 Tri-functional Division in Ossetian Ethnic Culture
âYuri Gagloity
â4âTo the Etymology of the South Ossetian Toponym Kâwydar âYuri Dzitstsojty
5 Ossetian Issue in the Commentaries on Herodotusâ Report about Exampaeus and the Cauldron of Ariant
âKonstantin Kochiev
6 Christianity and the Alans of the North Caucasus
âÐlan Twallagov
7 The Scythian World and the Nart Epic
âLudwig Chibirov
8 Semiotics of the Mirror in Folklore and Ethnographic Traditions of the Ossetians
âZalina Kusaeva
â9âSacral Archaics of Ossetian Kuvd in the Context of the System of Ancient Techniques of Religious Ecstasy
âAlexey Chibirov
10 Wastyrgyâs Three-Legged Horse in Religious and Mythological Beliefs of the Ossetians
âAnzor Darchiev
11 Noose in the Ethno-cultural Tradition of the Alans-Ossetians
âBoris Mysykkaty
Bibliography
Index
âGarnik S. Asatrian
Abbreviations
âIntroduction: the Northern Iranian Element â on the Iranian Linguistic, Religious, and Cultural Continuity North of the Caucasus and the Black Sea
âPaolo Ognibene
1 Features of Antiquity in Folk Legends and Everyday Life of the Ossetians
âVsevolod Miller
2 Scythians and Ossetians
âVasily I. Abaev
3 Tri-functional Division in Ossetian Ethnic Culture
âYuri Gagloity
â4âTo the Etymology of the South Ossetian Toponym Kâwydar âYuri Dzitstsojty
5 Ossetian Issue in the Commentaries on Herodotusâ Report about Exampaeus and the Cauldron of Ariant
âKonstantin Kochiev
6 Christianity and the Alans of the North Caucasus
âÐlan Twallagov
7 The Scythian World and the Nart Epic
âLudwig Chibirov
8 Semiotics of the Mirror in Folklore and Ethnographic Traditions of the Ossetians
âZalina Kusaeva
â9âSacral Archaics of Ossetian Kuvd in the Context of the System of Ancient Techniques of Religious Ecstasy
âAlexey Chibirov
10 Wastyrgyâs Three-Legged Horse in Religious and Mythological Beliefs of the Ossetians
âAnzor Darchiev
11 Noose in the Ethno-cultural Tradition of the Alans-Ossetians
âBoris Mysykkaty
Bibliography
Index
Intended for university libraries, academic departments, research institutes, scholars, and students, as well as general readers interested in ScythianâAlanian and Ossetian language and culture, the history and society of Ossetia, linguistics, Iranian and Indo-European etymology, and the wider cultural heritage of the Northern Caucasus.