Armenian Pantheon

The pantheon Armenian has many gods and goddesses: AL, ANAHIT, ARA, ARALEZ, ARAMAZD, AREV, ASKH, AKHBOUR, ASTGHIK, DEVS, HAIK, KICHERMOUT, LOUSSOUNGA, NHANG, NAR, PAHAPAN HRESHTAK, PERIS, PIATEK, SHAHAPET, VAHAGN, ZATIK

armenian pantheon

Armenian Pantheon

AL

Monster half man half beast that attacked pregnant women and newborns.

ANAHIT

Goddess of fertility and births.

ARA GEGHETSIK

Legendary hero, Ara the beautiful opposed Queen Semiramis

ARALEZ

Winged dogs that came to lick soldiers' wounds and bring them back to life.

ARAMAZD

Father of all gods and goddesses, the creator of heaven and earth, Aramazd is responsible for the fertility of the earth.

AREV

sun god

ASKH

God of the stars and stars.

AKHBOUR

God of water.

ASTGHIK

Goddess of Water, Love and Beauty.


DEVS

Benevolent (Aralez, Uruakan), evil (Alk, Ays, Cival, Visap) or simply neutral (Kajik) spirits.


HAIK

Legendary hero who fought Bel, the giant of Babylon.


KICHERMOUT

Deity of darkness in some Armenian tales.


LOUSSOUNGA

Moon god.


NHANG

Monster that lived in streams. He was able to change into a seal or a woman to attract to him the men he emptied of their blood.

NAR

Goddess of water.


PAHAPAN HRESHTAK

Kind of guardian angel.

PERIS or BARIGS

Good or bad spirits who played a big part in the tales and the mythology.

PIATEK

Large wingless griffin-like mammal.


SHAHAPET

Spirit who appeared in the form of a serpent and guarded uninhabited places.


VAHAGN

This dragon slayer is the equivalent of Heracles.


ZATIK

God of Vegetation