Ցլի եւ օձավիշապի աստղային-եղանակային կոդերը հին հայոց աշխարհայեացքում
| dc.contributor.author | Գագիկ Մարտոյեան | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-08-31T06:04:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-08-31T06:04:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Basing their work on Balto-Slavic Bilin epic tales, prominent Russian philologists V.V. Ivanov and V.VI. Toporov reconstructed the myth of the duel between the bull-shaped God of Thunder and the Serpent. In the battle the Serpent is defeated and disappears into underground waters. Ivanov and Toporov claim that in Middle Eastern versions of this myth, the winner may be the Serpent. Besides, the Sun may also prevail over the Serpent. Armenian beliefs have preserved two types of snake images. One of them is the horned Zagrosh, which is defeated by the bull Tavros. In the other version, the Snake fights the Ox and eats it. Armenian beliefs have two types of oxen: Black and Red. During the spring of the Palm Sunday holiday, in the Armenian tradition Black Ox is promised a rope around its neck that will choke it, while the Red Ox is promised a rope with a button. In the epic poem of Daredevils of Sasun, the White devil (symbol of winter), sits on the Black Ox and, moving around the world, ruins it. The Elder Mher (Mithra, the sun) kills them both, thereby driving away winter and bringing the spring and the New Year. At the same time, the Serpent also takes part in the victory over the ox. In the universe they are embodied in the constellations of the Taurus and the Serpent. In spring, when the Sun leaves Taurus, the latter disappears below the horizon. At the same time, the Snake appears on the horizon. Thus, while simultaneously “killing” Taurus, both the Sun and the Snake bring the long-awaited spring. During this period, the Snake is perceived as a good beginning, but during summer it is perceived as harmful. In the middle of summer, the snake is in its culminating position in the sky and blocks the paths of heavenly waters (rains), generating heat and drought. During autumn, when the Sun enters and leaves the constellation of the Serpent, the latter disappears below the horizon. One gets the impression that in the autumn both the Sun and Taurus simultaneously triumph over the Snake. Thus, Taurus and the Snake remain above the horizon in turn for 6 months, thereby becoming the harbingers of spring (Snake) and winter (Taurus). Popular beliefs considered large fish to be snakes, naming one of them Leviathan and the other Legeon. Legeon revolves around Mount Ghafar – Ghoja (the personification of the domed, mountain-like sky) for 6 months and brings with it spring and autumn showers and floods. This series of weather changes is depicted on the stone stellae (Vishap) which have a sacrificed bull carved on them. From its mouth spring waters flow strongly. Below the carving of the bull, sometimes silhouettes of spring birds, of storks and cranes, can be seen. They both symbolize the Gemini constellation, into which the Sun enters in the spring, after killing the Taurus and gaining the final victory over winter. In the mountains Vishaps also look like huge stone fish, which are derived from the image of the Serpent. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Մարտոյեան, Գ., «Ցլի եւ օձավիշապի աստղային-եղանակային կոդերը հին հայոց աշխարհայեացքում», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2024, 44/2, Պէյրութ, էջ 21-46 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.62811/har.artc.km.2024.2 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1580 | |
| dc.title | Ցլի եւ օձավիշապի աստղային-եղանակային կոդերը հին հայոց աշխարհայեացքում |
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