LEGENDS ABOUT TSARTSIATA: EPOS OSSETIAN PEOPLE
This article analyzes the epic tales of Ossetians Tsartsiata. Tsartsiata portrayed in the folklore of the Ossetians in the prosaic and poetic form. Legends about Tsartsiata in a bright and artistic forms reflect the views of the mythological origins of the universe to the Ossetians and the origin of life on Earth, tell us about the first people and their struggle for survival of natural disasters that led to the death of tsartsiat. Separate plots tsartsiats epic at different times published in various publications in the Ossetian and Russian, but remained outside the field of view of scientists. Edition of the complete epic tales about Tsartsiata was carried out in 2007 in the Ossetian language, which did not allow the introduction of these texts in the scientific revolution. The purpose of this study: an introduction to the scientific revolution of texts epic tales about Tsartsiata representing particular interest to researchers mythology, folklore, epic works.