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Kurdalægon (Ossetian: Куырдалӕгон^[1]) is the heavenly deity of the blacksmiths in Ossetian mythology. His epithet is the heavenly one; he shows the dead man's horse, thus helping him on his journey to the other side. He is a close friend of the Narts.

It's important to note that despite being associated with other blacksmith deities in different Indo-European mythologies (like Vulcan) he doesn't have the status of a god. Ossetian mythology is considered to be monotheistic, with only Xwytsau being considered God, and all the others (called zædtæ and dæwdžytæ) being considered a deities of a lower class.

Etymology

Ossetian Kwyrdalægon is a contraction of Kurd Alæ Wærgon, where Kurd and Alæ are epithets, meaning "blacksmith" and "Alan/Aryan", respectively, and Wærgon is original name of Kurdalægon. The whole phrase means "Alan/Aryan Blacksmith Wærgon". Kurd originates from *kur-ta- or *kur-tar-, which is agent noun of *kur- "to heat", "to incandesce". Ossetian alæ originates from arya-, and originally meant "Aryan", and later "Alan".

Original name Wærgon is derived from Old Ossetic *wærg "wolf" (see Warg). Linguist Vasily Abaev compares it to the name of Roman god Vulcan.

See also

• Tlepsh


• Vulcan


• Kaveh the blacksmith

Notes

References

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  Abaev, V.I. Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Ossetian language
  


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