Satanaya
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Satanaya (Adyghe setenej; Ubykh satanaja; Ossetian satana) is a mythological figure who appears in many cycles of the Nart sagas of the Caucasus.
Satanaya is the mother of the Narts, a fertility figure who is also an authority over her children. She is often cast in the light of a "wise woman" or matriarch, which mirrors the relative freedom of women in Northwest Caucasian societies generally. Satanaya can be compared to the Greek Demeter, with whom she shares many traits.
In Ossetian tradition, she is the daughter of Uastyrdzhi (St. George).
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