Dzerassae

Dzerassae (Ossetian: Дзерассæ) is a figure in Ossetian mythology best known as the daughter of the water deity Donbettyr and the mother of several Nart saga heroes.[1] She was the wife of Aexsaertaeg.[1] With him, she was the mother of the twin heroes Uryzmaeg and Xaemyts.[1] She was also the mother of Syrdon, with Gaetaeg.[2][3] After her death, the archangel Uastyrdji revived her and they became lovers in her tomb. Her daughter, the Nart Satanaya, was born thereafter.[4]

She was usually depicted with golden hair, and was able to change her shape into a deer or a fish.[5] 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.[5]

The Dzerassa Planitia on Venus is named for Dzerassae.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Petrosyan, Armen (2002). The Indo-european and ancient Near Eastern sources of the Armenian epic: myth and history. Institute for the Study of Man.
  2. ↑ "Cie Izidoria Les Héros: La Légende des Nartes" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Осетинская мифология". www.ossetia.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  4. ↑ Juan-Galan, Santiago. Terra Barda - Tome 1: Les Indo-européens (in French). Editions Publibook. p. 261. ISBN 9782748373134.
  5. 1 2 Tuite, Kevin (1998). "Achilles and the Caucasus" (PDF). Journal of Indo-European Studies. 26 (3): 27.
  6. ↑ "Dzerassa Planitia". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

Further reading

  • "Nart sagas concerning Dzerassae - Russian". zilahar.narod.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-22. </ref>


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