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Vahagn the Dragonslayer engraving by Josef Rotter. [citation needed]Vahagn is mentioned in a number of Classical Armenian written sources. [4] For example, in the history attributed to Agathangelos, Armenian king Tiridates III evokes the triad of Aramazd, Anahit and Vahagn in a greeting to his people: "May health and prosperity come to you by the help of the gods, rich fullness from manly ...
Vahagn may have originally been the Hayasan god, Terittitunni, [38] who adopted some features of the Hurro-Urartian storm god Teshub/Teisheba. Christian folklore absorbed Vahagn's role as a storm or weather god into the archangel Gabriel. [2] Derik housed the central temple to Vahagn.
The name and, to some extent, the deity was borrowed into Armenian Վահագն Vahagn and Վռամ Vṙam, and has cognates in Buddhist Sogdian 𐫇𐫢𐫄𐫗 wšɣn w(i)šaɣn, Manichaen Parthian 𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭇𐭓𐭌 wryḥrm Wahrām, Kushan Bactrian ορλαγνο Orlagno. [8]
Vahagn is a god in Armenian mythology. Vahagn may also refer to: Vahagn (name), an Armenian male given name; Invocations to Vahakn, Op. 54, no. 1 (1945), a composition for piano and percussion by the American composer Alan Hovhaness; Symphony No. 10, "Vahaken", Op. 184 (1944, rev. 1965), by Alan Hovhaness
Vahagn (or Vahakn) (Armenian: Վահագն) is a common Armenian male given name, referring to ancient Armenian god of war and courage Vahagn – the Armenian counterpart of the Zoroastrian god of victory Verethragna, whose name in Avestan means "smiting of resistance". See Վահագն for more on the origin of the name.
According to Strabo, the "Armenians shared in the religion of the Perses and the Medes and particularly honored Anaitis". [4] The kings of Armenia were "steadfast supporters of the cult" [5] and Tiridates III, before his conversion to Christianity, "prayed officially to the triad Aramazd-Anahit-Vahagn but is said to have shown a special devotion to 'the great lady Anahit, ... the benefactress ...
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Astłik was originally the goddess creator of heaven and earth, and was later demoted to the position of "maiden". This change in the pantheon occurred as Aramazd became creator and Anahit became known as Great Lady and Mother Deity (the moon being worshipped as her personification). They form a trinity in the pantheon of Armenian deities.