Hotots
Hotots are in Armenian folklore, evil spirits who live in the rivers and swamps. When they appear, they are covered with mire. They entice men…
Month: December 2017
Habërmani
Habërmani : An Armenian sorcerer prince disguises himself as a snake and hides in a pile of firewood that an old man has gathered and…
Hayk
Hayk In Armenian folklore, hero who freed his people from the tyranny of King Bel of Babylonia. Hayk was a handsome giant with fine limbs,…
Aramazd
Aramazd is in Armenian mythology, a supreme god, derived in part from the Persian good god, Ahura Mazda. Aramazd was the giver of prosperity, abundance,…
Aram
Aram is in Armenian folklore, a hero who conquered Barshamina, the giant. Barshamina ruled a great land, which Aram conquered; Aram made himself king and…
Ara
Ara is in Armenian mythology, a handsome hero who died in battle and was restored to life. An evil queen, Semiramis, heard how handsome Ara…
Masnavi
Masnavi, The (Mathnawi, Mathnwi-iMa’nawi, Mesnevi) (couplets) Persian mystical poem in 27,000 couplets, divided into six books, written in the 13th century by Rumi, a Sufi…
The Gulistan
Gulistan, The (rose garden) A collection of didactic fables in rhymed prose with interspersed verses by the Persian poet Sadi, written in 1258. The Gulistan…
Dervish and the King, The
Moral fable by the Persian mystic poet Sadi, in The Gulistan (chapter 1, story 28). A solitary dervish (holy man) was sitting in a corner…