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==Formation of Armenian mythology== |
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The pantheon of Armenian gods, initially worshipped by Proto-Armenians, inherited their essential elements from the religious beliefs and mythologies of the Proto-Indo-Europeans and peoples of the Armenian Highlands.<ref>"Armenia (Vannic)" by A.H. Sayce, p.793-4; "Armenia (Zoroastrian)", by M(ardiros). H. Ananikian, p. [https://archive.org/details/ArmenianMythology/page/12/mode/2up 13]; in [https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr01hastuoft Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics], ed. James Hastings, vol. 1, 1908</ref> Historians distinguish a significant body of Indo-European language words which were used in Armenian pagan rites. The oldest cults are believed to have worshipped a creator called Ar<ref> Herouni, Paris M. (2004). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/w36gAAAAMAAJ?hl=en Armenians and old Armenia: archaeoastronomy, linguistics, oldest history.] Tigran Metz Publishing House. p. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/w36gAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=god 127]. ISBN [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789994101016 9789994101016]. </ref> (or possibly Ara) |
The pantheon of Armenian gods, initially worshipped by Proto-Armenians, inherited their essential elements from the religious beliefs and mythologies of the Proto-Indo-Europeans and peoples of the Armenian Highlands.<ref>"Armenia (Vannic)" by A.H. Sayce, p.793-4; "Armenia (Zoroastrian)", by M(ardiros). H. Ananikian, p. [https://archive.org/details/ArmenianMythology/page/12/mode/2up 13]; in [https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr01hastuoft Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics], ed. James Hastings, vol. 1, 1908. "A careful examination of this ancient material shows among the earliest Armenians a religious and mythological development parallel to that observed among other Indo-European peoples, especially the Satem branch of the race."</ref> Historians distinguish a significant body of Indo-European language words which were used in Armenian pagan rites. The oldest cults are believed to have worshipped a creator called Ar<ref> Herouni, Paris M. (2004). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/w36gAAAAMAAJ?hl=en Armenians and old Armenia: archaeoastronomy, linguistics, oldest history.] Tigran Metz Publishing House. p. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/w36gAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=god 127]. ISBN [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789994101016 9789994101016]. </ref> (or possibly Ara) |
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Armenian mythology originated in ancient Indo-European traditions, specifically Proto-Armenian, and gradually incorporated Hurro-Urartian, Mesopotamian, Iranian, and Greek beliefs and deities.[1]
Formation of Armenian mythology
The pantheon of Armenian gods, initially worshipped by Proto-Armenians, inherited their essential elements from the religious beliefs and mythologies of the Proto-Indo-Europeans and peoples of the Armenian Highlands.[2] Historians distinguish a significant body of Indo-European language words which were used in Armenian pagan rites. The oldest cults are believed to have worshipped a creator called Ar[3] (or possibly Ara)
- ↑ "Armenia (Vannic)" by A.H. Sayce, p.793-4; "Armenia (Zoroastrian)", by M(ardiros). H. Ananikian, p.794-802; in Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, ed. James Hastings, vol. 1, 1908
- ↑ "Armenia (Vannic)" by A.H. Sayce, p.793-4; "Armenia (Zoroastrian)", by M(ardiros). H. Ananikian, p. 13; in Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, ed. James Hastings, vol. 1, 1908. "A careful examination of this ancient material shows among the earliest Armenians a religious and mythological development parallel to that observed among other Indo-European peoples, especially the Satem branch of the race."
- ↑ Herouni, Paris M. (2004). Armenians and old Armenia: archaeoastronomy, linguistics, oldest history. Tigran Metz Publishing House. p. 127. ISBN 9789994101016.