Ossetian folk religion

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Caucasian traditional religion ethnic religion folk religion indigenous religion polytheistic religion

Ossetian folk religion is an indigenous polytheistic belief system of the Ossetian people, centered on a pantheon of deities, ancestor veneration, and rituals closely tied to the Caucasus mountains and traditional Ossetian culture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ossetian mythology 3
Ossetian folk religion canonical 2
Ossetian pantheon 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caucasian traditional religion ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
centralFigure Uatsdin ⓘ
surface form: Uastyrdzhi
coexistsWith Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Islam ⓘ
experienced partial Christianization ⓘ
partial Islamization ⓘ
hasConcept clan patron spirits ⓘ
family patron spirits ⓘ
heroic ancestors ⓘ
hasContinuity modern Ossetian neo-pagan movements ⓘ
hasCoreBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
cult of sacred places ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
hasDeity Donbettyr ⓘ
Fælværa ⓘ
Kurdalægon ⓘ
Safa ⓘ
Uacilla ⓘ
Uatsdin ⓘ
surface form: Uastyrdzhi

Uatsdin ⓘ
surface form: Uatsilla

Æfsati ⓘ
hasFestival Uacilla festival ⓘ
Uastyrdzhi festival ⓘ
reverence of the dead days ⓘ
hasGeographicRegion Caucasus ⓘ
North Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: North Ossetia–Alania

South Ossetia ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod pre-Christian era in Ossetia ⓘ
hasMoralCode respect for elders and ancestors ⓘ
respect for oaths and hospitality ⓘ
hasRitual animal sacrifice ⓘ
communal feasts ⓘ
libation of beer or spirits ⓘ
oath taking before sacred sites ⓘ
hasRitualObject ritual beer ⓘ
ritual pies ⓘ
hasSacredPlaceType family hearth ⓘ
holy groves ⓘ
mountain sanctuaries ⓘ
village shrines ⓘ
hasSupremeDeity Xwytsau ⓘ
influencedBy Iranian paganism ⓘ
Sarmatian religion ⓘ
Scythian religion ⓘ
practicedBy Ossetians ⓘ
relatedTo Nart sagas ⓘ
usesLanguage Ossetian language ⓘ
surface form: Ossetian

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ossetians → religion → Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
Ossetia → religion → Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
Donbettyr → partOf → Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian pantheon
Uastyrdzhi festival → religiousTradition → Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian religion
Uacilla festival → mythologicalContext → Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian mythology
Batraz → partOf → Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian mythology
Uryzmag → associatedWith → Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian mythology