High gods and heaven -- Myths of origins -- Mythos of the origin of death -- The ancestral spirits -- Legends of the spirit-world -- Heroes -- Nature myths -- Tales of demons and ogres -- The little people -- Totemism and animal stories -- Hare and jackal stories -- Tortoise stories -- Spider stories -- Stories of witchcraft and werewolves -- Recent and imported myths.\"@, Armenian. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Not until the fifth century did there develop both a Christian literature for Armenians in the Armenian languages, and the beginnings of a literary tradition in several genres which provided a coherent argument against the old religion of Zoroastrianism and made for the creation of Armenia as a Christian nation. I don't know where the author gets that idea from, as most archaeologists agree the Urartians and Armenians were mainly one and the same.
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Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. We have only rare segments of these songs and poems, segments which bear witness of a great spiritual wealth and the power of creation of this people and these alone are sufficient reason enough for recreating the temples of the old Armenian gods. Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. Before being the first kingdom to convert to and accept Christianity as its religion in the year of 301 AD, Armenians were pagan and believed in a multitude of gods and goddesses.
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Armenian Myths and Legends: The History of the Mythology and Folk Tales from Armenia looks at the stories that came from Armenia in ancient times, including their influences from other cultures. Preserving Armenia's rich literary tradition from a multitude of viewpoints has been the aim of this three-volume work. There's something great about a paperback book: They're perfect book club choices, you can throw them in your bag and go, and they've been out in... Armenian mythology was strongly influenced by Zoroastrianism, with deities such as Aramazd, Mihr or Anahit, as well as Assyrian traditions, such as Barsamin, but there are fragmentary traces of native traditions, such as Hayk or Vahagn and Astghik. 2010), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2018. Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select.