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The Ossetians (/ ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə n z / oss-EE-shənz or / ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ən z / oss-ET-ee-ənz; [26] Ossetic: ир, ирæттæ / дигорӕ, дигорӕнттӕ, romanized: ir, irættæ / digoræ, digorænttæ), [27] also known as Ossetes (/ ˈ ɒ s iː t s / OSS-eets), [28] Ossets (/ ˈ ɒ s ɪ t s / OSS-its), [29] and Alans (/ ˈ æ l ə n z / AL-ənz), are an Iranian [30] [31] [32 ...
Ossetia (/ ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ə / ⓘ o-SET-ee-ə, less common: / ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə / ⓘ o-SEE-shə; Ossetian: Ирыстон or Ир, romanized: Iryston or Ir, pronounced) is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians.
The Ossetian Wikipedia (Ossetian: Ирон Википеди) is the Ossetian-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia.It was created on 28 February 2005. [2] [3] With approximately 20,000 articles, it is currently the 132nd-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles. [4]
The culture of Ossetia includes a range of rituals, customs and language distinctions specific to the region of Ossetia in the Caucasus, divided between Russia and Georgia, and inhabited primarily by the Ossetians, an Iranian ethnic group. The Ossetian culture combines traces of ancient Iranian, Scythian, and Caucasian traditions.
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Ossetian national mythology traces the Ossetians’ ancestry to the first Iranian people to reach the Caucasus region, the ancient Scythians, who arrived to the North Caucasus by the 8th century B.C.E. Others claim that Ossetians are descended from the Sarmatians, who arrived to the region five centuries later. [1]
God of the hearth chain. The most important domestic deity for Ossetians. Donbettyr (Ossetian: Донбеттыр, Донбеттæр, romanized: Donbettyr, Donbettær). Lord of the waters. He is named after Saint Peter, and is a fusion of the Ossetian don (meaning water) and Peter. He uses his chain to drag down those who unwarily go swimming ...
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