HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

HORSE IN LEGENDS AND MYTHS OF IRANIAN PEOPLES

2014. №4, pp. 77-82

Satsayev Elbrus B. - Candidate of Philological Sciences, senior research associate, V.I. Abayev North Ossetian Institute for Humanities and Social Research, 362040, Russia, Vladikavkaz, 10 Mira ave., soigsi@mail.ru

The role of horses in the development of human civilization cannot be compared with the role of any other domesticated animal. This article tells about the fire cult formed in a vast environment of Indo-Iranians inhabiting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as ceremonies, rites and myths related to horses.

Key words: иранские народы, культ коня, коневодство, боевая колесница, скифы, Авеста, Нарты, Шахнаме, иранская ономастика, Iranian peoples, fire cult, horse - breeding, military cart, the Scythians, Avesta, the Narts, Shahnameh, Iranian onomastics

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