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ISSN 2223-165X

V.I. ABAEV NORTH-OSSETIAN INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITARIAN AND SOCIAL STUDIES

OF VLADIKAVKAZ SCIENCE CENTRE OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH OSSETIA-ALANIA

ИЗВЕСТИЯ СОИГСИ

Darchiev A. V. On the Question of Mythological Basis of the Ossetian Legend of Sameli // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2014. Iss. 14 (53). P.73-78. Print

Keywords: Ossetian mythology, Svanian legends, Gnostic doctrine, rabbinical Judaism, Sameli, Samaal, Samael

The article considers a little-studied character of Ossetian mythology named Sameli. The author concludes that the image of Sameli is the result of contamination of the Ossetian bound personage of the Promethean type and the main representer of Judaic demonology named Samael. A specific attention is given to the motive of zoomorphic transformation, contained in the myth.