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Gender Masculine
Usage Ossetian Mythology
Meaning & History
Means "like a wolf" in Ossetian, derived from Scythian varka "wolf". His name comes from the fact that wolves were seen as a totemic symbol to the Ossetian people. This is the name of the ancestor of the Narts in the Ossetian Nart epic. He is the father of twins Akhsar and Akhsartag. Uarkhag can be compared to the Roman gods Romulus and Remus and Greek Castor and Pollux.