Armenian mythology
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Armenian mythology is the mythology of the Armenian people of the Armenian highlands. Over the centuries Armenian mythology has incorporated figures and stories from Urartian, Caucasian, Mespotamian,
A bronze head of Aphrodite from Satala sometimes identified as Anahit
Side view of the Temple of Garni
Aralez on the battlefield
Shamiram stares at the corpse of Ara the Beautiful (painting by Vardges Sureniants, 1899).
Vahagn
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Vahagn or Vahakn, also known as Vahagn Vishapakagh, is a warrior god in the Zoroastrian-influenced Armenian mythology. Scholars consider him to be either the thunder, or sun and fire god of the pre-Ch
Armenian mythology
…Hellenistic age (3rd to 1st centuries BCE), ancient Armenian deities were identified with ancient Greek deities: Aramazd with Zeus, Anahit with Artemis, Vahagn with Heracles, Astłik with Aphrodite, Nane with Athena, Mihr with Hephaestus, Tir with Apollo. After the adoption of Christianity in the 4th century…
Statue of Vahagn choking a dragon in Yerevan by Karlen Nurijanyan (1964)
A copper coin of Tigranes the Great with the reverse showing a naked standing muscular Heracles–Vahagn/Verethraghna
The birth of Vahagn, a modern illustration by Zabelle C. Boyajian (1916).