Գագիկ Մարտոյեան2025-10-312025-10-312003Մարտոյեան, Գ., «Աստղային երկնքի արտացոլումը միհրական երեք արեւների առասպելոյթում», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2003, Պէյրութ, էջ 59-126https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/891The world famous folk-tale of the three brothers originates from the myth of the three Mithra-Suns. The youngest brother in this folk-tale represents the Sun of the dark world of afterlife. The entrance to this postmortal world embodies the Constellation of the Crab where the Summer solstice axis was found some 4000 years ago. The Sun travels in this folk-tale through the seven constellations of the Zodiac and scores victories over the Hydra, Scorpio and Serpent ciphers of Zodiac, which embody the universal forces of chaos and destruction. The Mithra-Sun returns to the World of Light at the Capricorn cipher of the Zodiac, coinciding with the Winter solstice. The Mithra-Sun also cures the blindness of the god of Time in Fishes, the twelfth constellation of the Zodiac. The Mithra-Sun is hence the god, which corrects Time and the calendar. He kills the Serpent, which steals time units from the fruit of the tree of life and the Moon, which was used in old times to measure Time. Gagik Martoyan argues that the three main gods in Urartian mythology - Khaldi, Teisheba and Shivini reflect the different positions of these three Sums. They constitute the threefold embodiment of Mithra in the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Khaldi is the Sun that dies and comes back to life at the solstice points. Teisheba covers the time and space between the Zodiac signs of the Bull and Capricorn (April-December), while Shivini is the god of early Spring, corresponding to the Constellation of Aries in March. The Khaldi Sun is undoubtedly the most powerful among these three gods.