Dzerassæ (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. She was the wife of Akhsartag. With him, she was the mother of the twin heroes Uryzmaeg and Haemyts. She was also the mother of Syrdon [ru], with Gaetaeg [ru]. After her death, the archangel Uastyrdzhi revived her and they became lovers in her tomb. Her daughter, the Nart Satanaya, was born thereafter.
She was usually depicted with golden hair, and was able to change her shape into a deer or a fish. 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.
The Dzerassa Planitia on Venus is named for Dzerassae.
References
- Paris, Catherine (1992). Caucasologie Et Mythologie Comparée: Actes Du Colloque International Du CNRS, IVe Colloque de Caucasologie, Sèvres, 27-29 Juin 1988 (in French). Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9782877230421.
- ^ Petrosyan, Armen (2002). The Indo-european and ancient Near Eastern sources of the Armenian epic: myth and history. Institute for the Study of Man. ISBN 9780941694810.
- "Cie Izidoria Les Héros: La Légende des Nartes" (PDF).
- "Осетинская мифология". www.ossetia.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- Juan-Galan, Santiago. Terra Barda - Tome 1: Les Indo-européens (in French). Editions Publibook. p. 261. ISBN 9782748373134.
- ^ Tuite, Kevin (1998). "Achilles and the Caucasus" (PDF). Journal of Indo-European Studies. 26 (3): 27.
- "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.
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