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Meaning & History
Contraction of Kurd Alæ Wærgon in which Kurd (derived from *kur- meaning "to heat", "to incandesce") and Alæ (Ossetian for "Aryan" and later "Alan") are epithets meaning "blacksmith" and "Alan" (a nomadic Iranian ethnic group), "Aryan" (an Indo-Iranian term meaning "noble") and Wærgon (from Old Ossetic *wærg meaning "wolf"), the original name of Kurdalægon. Together, the phrase means "Alan/Aryan blacksmith Wærgon". Kurdalægon is the god of blacksmiths in Ossetian mythology. He can be compared to the Roman god Vulcan.