Armenian mythology

Very little is known about pre-Christian Armenian mythology, the oldest source being the legends of Xorenatsi's History of Armenia. Monsters and spirits AL- The Al is a dwarfish evil spirit that attacks pregnant women and steals newborn babies. Described as half-animal and half-man, its teeth are of iron and nails of brass or copper. It usually wears a pointed hat covered in bells, and can become invisible. Aralez - Aralezner - The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon, Aralez are dog-like…

Aralezs are dog creatures (sometimes wings), or spirits, in Armenian cultural beliefs or in the Armenian mythology, who live in the sky, or on mount Massis, according to other imaginations. They were praised with Ara the Beautiful and Shamiram in Old Armenia.

Anahit (Armenian: Անահիտ) Anahit was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. In early periods she was the goddess of war. By the 5th century BC she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd. The Armenian goddess Anahit is related to the similar Old Persian goddess Anahita. Anahit's worship, most likely borrowed from the Iranians during the Median invasion or the early Achaemenid period, was of paramount significance in Armenia. Unlike…

The Armenian Goddesses.

Vahagn...Armenian Pantheon

Vahagn Vishapaqax is Armenian mythological hero

Rubik Kocharian is a fine artist living and working in California. To date in his prolific career, he has produced over 1,000 original oil paintings and drawings. Rubik was born in 1940 in Yerevan, Armenia. His family was exiled to Siberia in 1946 during Stalin’s regime. Rubik studied under Ivan Pavlov, a Russian artist in exile. […]

Shamiram by the Body of Ara the Beautiful, 1899, by Vardges Surenyants (Armenian, 1860-1921); The National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan; "... had fed the heart on fantasies, The heart's grown brutal from the fare." W. B. Yeats' The Stare's Nest by My Window