Una-nana (U-nana) is a character in Chechen and Ingush mythology, the goddess of death and disease. She appeared to people in the image of a tall woman with a bag thrown over her shoulder. There are diseases in it. U-nana infects everyone who causes her even a little trouble. Dissatisfied with everything in the world, she never in her life smiled [1] [2] [3] .
| Una nana | |
|---|---|
| U-nana | |
| goddess of death and disease | |
| Mythology | vainakh |
| Floor | female |
| Occupation | sends an infection to everyone who causes her even a little trouble |
| Attributes | illness bag thrown over his shoulder |
Content
- 1 Legends and traditions
- 1.1 Una-nana and the Ingush
- 1.2 Myalhists and U-nana
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
Legends and Traditions
Una Nana and the Ingush
Once she was angry with the Ingush and decided to destroy them all. She sent cholera to them and destroyed everyone, leaving only a boy in one house and a girl in another. From them modern Ingushs also originate [4] .
Myalhists and U-nana
U-nana spread the disease. Myalhystins prayed in Doge. People from five villages gathered there for prayer. Once people gathered, prepared a lot of food and drink, and prayed for rain. When they were eating, one tall woman came up to them with a bag thrown over her shoulder. People did not know who she was. They put fat meat in front of her.
“The meat is too fat, I can’t eat it,” said the stranger.
They put lean meat in front of her.
- This meat is lean and seems spoiled, I can’t eat it.
Mixed fat with skinny and put in front of her. She began to eat with appetite and after eating said three prayers. It rained three times. Then she became in the middle of Doge. It was U-nana: she put her hand in her bag, took a handful of illness, and threw it away. All the people in Doga, where the diseases fell, died. In my memory, the Doge village became deserted, empty. U-nana decided that the worshipers did not accept her very well, and therefore sent diseases to them [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Malsagov A.O. Tales and legends of the Ingush and Chechens / A.I. Aliyev. - Moscow: Science, 1983.
- ↑ Dakhkilgov I.A. Ingush Nart epic. - Nalchik, 2012.
- ↑ Takazov F.M. Essays on the demonology of the peoples of the North Caucasus .. - Vladikavkaz: North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Research. IN AND. Abaev VSC RAS and the Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-A, 2008.
- ↑ Dalgat B.K. The primitive religion of the Ingush and Chechens. - Science, 2004.
Literature
- Malsagov A.O. Tales and legends of the Ingush and Chechens / A.I. Aliyev. - Moscow: Science, 1983.
- Dakhkilgov I.A. Ingush Nart epic. - Nalchik, 2012.
- Takazov F.M. Essays on the demonology of the peoples of the North Caucasus .. - Vladikavkaz: North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Research. V. I. Abaeva VSC of the RAS and the Government of North Ossetia-Alania, 2008.
- Dalgat B.K. The primitive religion of the Ingush and Chechens. - Science, 2004.