MYTHOLOGEM "RIVER" IN THE OSSETIAN NARTA EPOS
Mythologeme, being semantically loaded element, is characterized by versatility. Analysis of semantic components and features of the myths implementation in a particular product can detect the dominant of national consciousness. Mythologeme “river” in the Ossetian “Nartiade” plays an important role, it's a part of the mythologeme “water”, and promotes the refinement of the principles of spatial organization in the epic text. The article highlighted the real and fictional hydronyms, identified some artistic techniques relating to the organization of the epic text, specified themes and motifs in which myth “river” has special functional load.