[2] The saga tells that the two brothers grew up by leaps and bounds, so much so that at a very young age armed with a bow and arrow they shot birds with such accuracy that the fame of the two sons of Warhag spread.
While Akhsar was sleeping, his brother Akhsartag saw three doves (or foxes)[4] fly in and he managed to hit one, but they ran away leaving a trail of blood.
Dzerassae despaired for a long time until Uastyrdzhi arrived on a three-legged horse, to whom the widow explained what had happened and asked to bury two brothers.
[7] Mythologist Aleksandra Barkova finds an obvious similarity in a comparative analysis of the Ossetian tale about brothers with the Mayan myth about the twins.
[9] The Kabardian tale “Two Friends”[10] should be added to the analogies, in which almost complete plot coincidence with the French novel about Amis et Amiles is found.