#Armenian mythology

[metamorphesque]

In Armenian, when we want to say “damn you” or “go to hell”, we use the expressions "գրողը քեզ տանի" [groxy qez tani] or "գնա գրողի ծոցը" [gna (kori) groxi tsocy], which translate to “may the writer take you away” or “go and get lost in the writer’s embrace” in English. You might wonder, “Who is this writer-person?” and “Why is it considered a curse?”

According to traditional Armenian belief, Grox (the writer) is a spirit who records a person's deeds during their lifetime, determining the purity of their soul. This concept may be linked to Tir, the god of writing and literature in Armenian mythology. In some interpretations, it was believed that anyone whose name Tir wrote in his notebook would die. This is where the curse "may the writer take you" originates.

During the Christian era, Grox was mistakenly represented as a Christian spirit who no longer recorded human deeds but instead determined each person's fate, inscribing it on their foreheads. Over time, Grox came to be depicted as an evil spirit, sometimes identified with Satan. Thus, the curse "get lost in Grox’s embrace," which originally signified death, took on a more negative connotation. However, this was not originally characteristic of Grox in Armenian traditional beliefs.

So, if you want to get creative with your curses, instead of saying “go to hell,” you can use the phrase “get lost in the writer’s embrace”.

[allmythologies]

armenian mythology: tsovinar

tsovinar is the goddess of the sea, rain, and water. she is a fierce goddess, who forces the rain to fall from the heavens with her fury.

[meryachkins]

i've made a game ...

so. i've been making a game for a uni project. and here it is !!

a side-scroller with combined 2d and 3d graphics, where you play as an armenian girl ditsui, searching for her little sister with the help of goddess spandaramet.

you can check it out for youself :))) feel free to play and leave feedback in the comments !!

Following Spandaramet by meryajan

[wanderingmind867]

I feel like i'd enjoy a book that's written in the style of percy jackson or one of rick riordan's other books, but whose purpose is to be a basic guidebook to all the old mythologies. Because i know it would take forever for rick riordan or anyone else to write books or publish books about every different mythology, but we could at least get a guidebook or something. That would be really fun for me to read. It'd also be the easiest way for me to learn about these old mythologies.

We could cover all the big ones, and probably some of the small ones. The book could cover aztec mythology, celtic mythology, mayan mythology, japanese mythology, polynesian mythology, etc. And maybe we could even get into the more obscure ones like Inuit mythology, Etruscan mythology, Armenian mythology, Yoruba mythology, Hittite mythology, etc. There's so many different mythologies out there, and they need more coverage. How am I supposed to know the gods of france vs the gods of korea? With a book to guide me, i could finally know.

[artaxata]

Ok so… I have this little altar to Anahit. I’m still grappling with my feelings about posting this, but I need to get it out somewhere (it’s not like anyone will notice or read a long post like this anyway lol). It’s not much, as I’m disguising it as a Knick-knack situation. I don’t even know how to go about any of this. I’m in my 30s, should I be praying to a goddess? I need hope and she gives me that, even if I have to do it in private. Thankfully my family is used to incense bc my mother burns it a lot for her Christian prayer, so I can just say I like the smell of it.

The description of it makes it sound nicer than it is imo: Armenian doll, obsidian from Armenia, a wooden pomegranate from Armenia, and a silver arevakhatch for the benefactress of all Armenians. Gold colored brass incense burners (one shaped like a peacock, which is one of Anahita’s sacred animals, so I associate it with Anahit as well), a gold colored bowl, a gold colored diadem, and my gold chain and pendant for the voskemayr. The two gold-ish glass votives: one contains coins and the other contains pebbles from the beach and evil eye jewelry. For a representation of her, I found a little print/sticker of John William Godward’s “Head of a girl (priestess)” and have put it in the center. I also have 2 pins I got from the Louvre when I went, I’ve decided to have Winged Victory (Nike) as a representation of Nane, and Venus de Milo as a representation of Astkhig. After all, if I had an alter I’d think it would be nice to give a little space for my sister who I love too. And for the wooden shelf, I just thought it was neat so I put pretty things that I’ve collected on it.

I sorta want a community of people to share all this with. I dunno.

[usergreenpixel]

Okay, so I know it’s bad to have multiple stories going on but I’ve had an idea about writing a fantasy story inspired by Armenian mythology for a few months now.

Context: One of my maternal great grandmothers was Armenian and she used to babysit me when I was a newborn. My honorary great aunt is Armenian too and I learned a few recipes from her so I did get exposed to bits and pieces of the culture growing up.

Unfortunately, since USSR happened, I don’t speak any ancestral languages that are in my family (save Ukrainian but that one is very very basic) so yeah. I don’t speak Armenian at all and I’m not sure it’s my place to write that kind of story considering the complicated family history and an ethnic cocktail involved.

That being said, I’m still very much into mythology and would love to write a story based around the theme of rediscovering roots and embracing one’s heritage…

Edit: Tackling Ukrainian mythology one day could be a nice idea, but I am a Russian by nationality and my country has been stomping out other cultures for centuries now so I don’t want to appropriate Ukrainian culture or outshine Ukrainian voices.

They don’t need yet another Russian doing that. Same with Armenia and their history of being on the receiving end of genocide.

Yes, it’s my heritage, but I don’t want to take away voices. (1/4 Ukranian for a reference)

[charliescreatures]

Another beastie from Librum Prodigiosum! A Vishap dragon, this evil flying serpent comes from Armenian mythology! It is said to cause storms and eclipses, but more ominously is it known to steal children in order to replace them with its own!

[valkyries-things]

ANAHIT // ARMENIAN GODDESS OF FERTILITY & HEALING

“She 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 BCE she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd. The Armenian goddess Anahit is related to the similar Iranian 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. Artaxias I erected statues of Anahit, and promulgated orders to worship them.”

[ultimate-good-dog]

Preliminary round 13

Aralez art credit here

[briefbestiary]

Alongside storms, they either fly skyward from the earth or earthward from the sky.

[4dmc]

Greyfang Bjöorf

& Dante napping

Deviantart

[metamorphesque]

Birth of Vahagn (Vahagn the Dragon-Reaper), from History of the Armenians by Movses Khorenatsi (translated by Tathev Simonyan)

[arthurdrakoni]

Residents of Proserpina Park is a fun and entertaining edutainment audio drama that teaches listeners about creatures from World Mythology and Folklore. This is my review.

Do you love mythology and folklore? Do you enjoy learning about mythical creatures in a fun and entertaining way? Do you like audio fiction? Well, then allow me to introduce you to @proserpinapark

Residents of Proserpina Park begins with a frame story. It begins with our unarmed narrator listening to some recordings that her brother gave her. They're made by a young woman named Alina, who is investigating rumors of a mysterious secret park, known as Proserpina Park. It's part of an assignment for journalism class. Alina found more than she bargained for. Turns out, Proserpina Park is a sanctuary for all the mythical creatures from across World Mythology and Folklore. Fortunately, she's not exploring the park alone. Alina meets a guy named Sam, who is something of a park resident himself. Each episode sees Alina learn more about the various creatures who call Proserpina Park their home.

I'd argue that, in many ways, Residents of Proserpina Park is an edutainment show. It sets out to tach listeners about different mythological creatures in a fun and entertaining way. Most episodes follow roughly same format; Alina will arrive at the park, meet Sam, and then Sam will tell her about a new creature, and explain the creature's origins and mythological significance. Usually, the recordings end right before Alina and Sam go to actually see the creature in question. Though, later episodes do shake up the format a bit. Alina starts exploring the park on her own, and bringing friends along, something Sam tells her she must never do. Some creatures, particularly the ones with human-level intelligence, do also make on-screen, for lack of a better way of putting it, appearances.

You get familiar creatures such as kappa or the Jersey Devil. However, you also get lesser known and more off the beating path creatures. For example, there’s the Aralez from Armenian Mythology. They're large dogs with feathery wings, and can heal people simply by licking them. There’s also the Bulgae. They're dogs from Korean Mythology who chase the sun and moon across the sky. When one of them bites the sun, it causes an eclipse.

Season 1 was absolutely fantastic. Episodes are typically about eleven or twelve minutes, so season one is easily bingeable. And I would strongly advise you to do so as quickly as possible if you haven't already.

Have to listened to Residents of Proserpina Park? If so, what did you think?

Link to the full review on my blog as always:

https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-audio-file-residents-of-proserpina.html?m=1

[spiritualgoddess444]

I finally finished reading this book and I helped me so much to understand about Paganism. A lot of these things that I read really clicks with me and how I was more drawn to this than I am with Christianity. At the end of the book there was a quiz to give you an idea where you'll continue your journey and I found out my answers matched more to Heathenry which in my case it makes sense and I did more researches about the Armenian Paganism and found that it's also in the same category as Heathenism but it's Hetanism or Neopaganism. I highly recommend this book.

[adelethecrow]

Aralez - armenian mythical winged dog

MORE ARMENIA ON TUMBLR 💪

[meryachkins]

um hello actually i redid them for the project also i drew mihr vahagn and astghik i will post them someday i swear

( and apparently because of my obsession with virgil from dmc nane is holding some short version of yamato And I realized this only when I finished drawing. disgusting /j )

this is me again and my besties nane and anahit aka armenian goddesses of motherhood ( i have other arts of anahit and nane but these ones are for my project so i want to show them )

nane while being the goddess of motherhood is also goddess of war and wisdom. yes she is versatile ... and also she kinda look like athena

and anahit is basically The Golden Mother. she was one of the most revered deity in great armenia. and also the statue of her head is in the british museum in london. but it's too similar to aphrodite so i drew anahit differently

some historians say that nane and anahit ( and astghik but i would like to tell you about her later ) are one goddess but who knows ?

tbh i prefer to think that they are very different goddesses with very different characters