Armenian [mythology]

Myths, legends, heroes, and gods of Armenia and Africa.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ananikean, M. H. (Martiros H.), 1875-1924
Other Authors: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Cooper Square Publishers, 1964 [©1925]
Series:Mythology of all races ; v. 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • Armenian. The religious development
  • Chief deities
  • Iranian deities
  • Semitic deities
  • Vahagn, the "eighth" god
  • Nature worship and nature myths, 1 : sun, moon, and stars
  • Nature worship and nature myths, 2 : fire
  • Nature worship and nature myths, 3 : water
  • Nature worship and nature myths, 4 : trees, plants and mountains
  • Heroes
  • The world of spirits and monsters
  • Cosmogony, death and eschatology.
  • African. 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.