Assianism
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Assianism (Ossetian: Уацдин, romanized: Uatsdin)[lower-alpha 1] is a polytheistic, ethnic and folk religion derived from the traditional mythology of the Ossetians, modern descendants of the Scythians of the Alan tribes, believed to be a continuation of the ancient Scythian religion.[3] It started to be properly reorganized in a conscious way during the 1980s, as an ethnic religion among the Ossetians.[4]
Assianism | |
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Уацдин | |
Type | Ethnic religion |
Classification | Iranian Caucasian neopagan (politically) |
Scripture | Nart saga |
Theology | Polytheistic |
Polity | Ossetia |
The religion has been incorporated by some organisations, chiefly in North Ossetia–Alania within Russia, but is also present in South Ossetia,[5] and in Ukraine.[6] The Nart sagas are central to the religion, and exponents of the movement have drawn theological exegeses from them.[7]