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Kurdalægon ((オセット語:Куырдалӕгон)〔Digorian: ''Курдалæгон'', ''Курд-Алӕ-Уӕргон''〕) is the heavenly god 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. == Etymology == Ossetian is a contraction of , 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". Linguist Vasily Abaev compares it to the name of Roman god Vulcan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurdalægon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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