Before Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion in 301 A.D. they had their own pantheon of gods, demons and heroes; back when Mount Ararat was home to more things than just the contested resting place of Noah's Ark.
Sometimes equated with Thor or Maui, this great-grandson of Hayk is described as a monstrously ugly hero and is said to have sunk an entire enemy fleet by throwing boulders at it.
Fertility goddess and consort of Vahagn, she is associated with Inanna and Venus.
My saint and savior. Back when Myspace was still a thing I named my attempts at duduk-jazz fusion after her. Here she is riding around on Lake Sevan because Armenia is a rather far distance to anything that remotely resembles the ocean.
I had some difficulty coming up with a dragon that was more Zoroastrian than, say, Chinese, since Vishap is depicted as a winged snake, “with a combination of elements from different animals.”
Curious creature; a winged dog who haunts battlefields and has the ability to bring the dead back to life by licking their wounds clean.
Holy of holies. One of the first places I was taken to visit during my Peace Corps training . This “Heathen Temple” as my tour guide called Garni is now being used in Hetanosutiwn ceremonies, Armenia’s Neopagan movement.
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