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Արևելագիտական ժողովածու = Востоковедческий сборник
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Սուրբ Սարգսի պաշտամունքի հարցի շուրջ
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Towards the worshipping of St. Sargis
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ՀՀ ԳԱԱ Արևելագիտության ինստիտուտ
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Բանասիրություն ; Ազգագրություն
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The author tries to investigate the cult of one of the most worshipped Armenian saints, Stirb Sargis (Saint Sargis). So far Surb Sargis was classified as a deity of fertility and marriage, who was at the same time a patron of winds. Howcver, the involvement of some new data allows us to enlarge his characteristics. In traditional folklore Surb Sargis reveals himself as a bifunctional god. Some features (snake-fighting, patronage of winds and hail) classify him as a Christianized version of the Thunderer, the others (connection with fertility, Vegetation, watcr, healing, bear cult, death and resurrection) are properties of another deity, the serpent, adversary of the Thunderer, killed by him (Indo-European *wel-). The Slavic Volos/Veles corresponds to this god. His Christian counterpart is Saint Nikola. If compared, Veles/Nikola and Surb Sargis are evidently analogous in their functions and related rituals. This might suggest that Surb Sargis' pagan prototype was a descendant of I E *wel-, Later he assumed some basic features of the thunder god, as main Christian saints, including Christ did.
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Երևան
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Մերձավոր և Միջին Արևելքի երկրներ և ժողովուրդներ