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DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2021.13.6.002
ETHNIC AND CULTURAL INFLUENCE OF THE ANCESTORS OF OSSETIANS ON THE FORMATION OF MYTHOLOGICAL, EPIC AND CULTURAL SYSTEMS OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONS
Bessolova, Elena B.
Kavkaz Forum. 2021. Issue 6.
Abstract:
Historical events of distant times are reflected in the bizarre refraction of the
legends about the Ossetian Narts and the traditions and legends of the Celts. Any
legend, each kadæg is based in one way or another on the real life of the people,
depicts folk life and knowledge, religious ideas, social, moral relations, and
philosophical views. This encyclopedic expression of the uniqueness of customs,
mores, philosophical, aesthetic and moral-ethical views is the basis of both the
Irish and Ossetian epic heritage.
The article attempts to determine the ethno-cultural influence of the ancestors
of the Ossetians on the formation of mythological, epic and cultural systems of
the peoples of Europe; identify compliance arising in the era of Indo-European
cultural community, in Celtic and Scythian-Ossetian mythology.
On the basis of archaic Nart Ossetian and Celtic legends and legends the
author identifies common elements in the culture of common Indo-European
society, as well as a set of common motifs in the two legends – Celtic and
Ossetian.
The publication complements the elaboration of the issue of Celtic-Scythian-
Ossetian mythological and folklore convergence by J. Dumezil, J. Grisvard and
a number of other scientists. The idea advanced is that the religious ideas of the
peoples of the Indo-European language family contained similar provisions,
attitudes and preconditions that originated in a common source of mythological
concepts and were based on the same mythological basis. The legends about
the Ossetian Narts and the legends and traditions of the Celts are rooted in their
inclusion in parallel and identical systems, systems of organizing a homogeneous
epic world that contributed to the preservation of ancient elements.
Keywords: Narts, Celts, correspondences, mythology, epic world
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