Тorc Dalalyan - Aram Ghanalanyan (on the occasion of his 115th birthday).
5 Pages | 243-248 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2024.2-243 | Revceived on: 2024-05-21 | Reviewed on: 0001-01-01 | Accepted for printing on: 2024-07-10
Published in: 2024 N 2 (226) / Our honoured scholars
Тorc Dalalyan - General epic schemes in the Armenian and Ossetian epics
19 Pages | 137-156 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.2-137 | Revceived on: 2025-03-18 | Reviewed on: 2025-04-04 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-07-11
Published in: 2025 N 2 (229) / Folklore studies
The article addresses general epic schemes of the three Armenian epics: ethnogonic, pagan, and medieval-Christian, as well as the Ossetian “Nart” epic. These folklore monuments received their final forms in different historical eras. The formation of the ethnogonic epic “Haikian” (Haikids) was completed in the 9th–8th centuries BC, the pagan epic “Ergk Vipasanats” (“Vipasank”) was composed from the 2nd century BC – 1st century AD, while the medieval epic “Sasna Tserer” was finally formed mainly in the 9th–10th centuries.
Keywordsepic four-branch structure thunder proto-character twins triplets “mithraic” hero main dragon-fighting hero dying and resurrecting hero.