Eurasian Studies Balkans, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia Studies Notebooks

Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Armenia, Caucasus and Central Asia
Chapter | A proposito di viaggi insoliti, mostri mangia-luna ed altre curiosità ossete

A proposito di viaggi insoliti, mostri mangia-luna ed altre curiosità ossete

Abstract

The article examines some specific episodes of the Ossetic folklore with special reference to the travels in the kingdom of the dead, the eat-moon monsters and the modernity of some behaviours of Satàna, heroine of the Narts.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: March 7, 2017 | Accepted: May 18, 2017 | Published Feb. 19, 2018 | Language: it

Keywords OssetiaOssetic folkloreNart eposTravelsOssetic literature


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