Ossetian epic and mythology. Dumesil Zh.

This book contains in the Russian translation of the study of the outstanding French scientist Georges Dumezil, dedicated to the Ossetian Nart epos and Ossetian mythology. Of the works about the Nart epic, only the L'Epopee Narte article, published in La Table Ronde (Paris, 132), was not included in this collection. The reader will find the main provisions of this article in other studies of Dumisil, which are included in this book. The collector is of thematic nature. Therefore, some articles and chapters from the work of the scientist are not given entirely, but in extracts. Everything that is not directly related to the Ossetian epic and mythology is lowered. Small bills are marked in brackets in brackets, larger ones are stipulated in footnotes. Bibliographic references are reproduced in the form that they are given in the original. The pointer was made by the translator.