Мифы Армении

by Mardiros Harootioon Ananikian

Профессор М.А. Ананикян вводит читателей в сложную систему взаимодействия культур, ведь мифология армян связана общими корнями со многими древними мировыми культурами. Персия, Греция, Рим - мощное воздействие самых ярких мировых мифов, сходные архетипы богов и героев не стерли яростной самобытности армянского народа. Мифология армян, принимая в себя множество чужеродных элементов, смогла сплавить их в своем тигле и придать им неповторимые черты особенного свойства. Автор рассказывает о священных древних городах, храмах, полузабытых преданиях и легендах, соотнося этот пестрый узор с четкой канвой исторических событий, на фоне которых совершались тектонические культурные сдвиги.

Genres: Mythology, Nonfiction, Fairy Tales

190 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Suren Oganessian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is informative in some ways, but flawed in others. No where else have I ever read that the Armenians "invaded and conquered Urartu" for instance. I don't know where the author gets that idea from, as most archaeologists agree the Urartians and Armenians were mainly one and the same. The author also doesn't give ancient Armenians enough credit sometimes, claiming that nearly every Armenian deity was borrowed from another culture.

But, the question you may ask youself when you buy this book is, how many other books on Armenian pagan mythology are there to choose from? Not too many sadly, especially not in English. I would just take everything the author says with a grain of salt though.

[T. Isajanyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, could be better. But I admit to having the book as a main source of reference for my own novels, despite really wishing there were more details and just more, overall

[Regina Hunter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very difficult to read the names of deities that you know in English, in Russian they use different sounds so the names are completly different.