Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Armenia, Caucasus and Central Asia
Chapter | Ti proteggo, ti punisco. L’agire imprevedibile dei santi e degli spiriti osseti
Ti proteggo, ti punisco. L’agire imprevedibile dei santi e degli spiriti osseti
Abstract
Many spirits of the traditional Ossetian religion had a double role: on the one hand they protected, on the other they punished in case of transgression. Unfortunately these spirits were highly unpredictable. In many cases the punishment for a transgression was a disease: in fact, in the mountain villages no one believed that a disease could be transmitted from person to person: the idea of contagion was absent.
Submitted: March 2, 2020 | Accepted: June 11, 2020 | Published Oct. 22, 2020 | Language: it
Keywords Wacilla • Wastyrǵi • Ossetians • Alardy • Nart epos
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