Astghik Israelian - The votive offerings of the 18th-20th cc. of the History Museum of Armenia (in Russ.)
13 Pages | 111-124 | Revceived on: 2021-02-12 | Reviewed on: 2021-02-19 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-03-12
Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
The ethnographic collections kept in the History Museum of Armenia contain items that shed light on certain features of the people’s traditions, beliefs and rituals. The museum has samples of votive offerings to saints which differ from the usual oblations. These are covenant gifts, which people took to sanctuaries (church, monastery, chapel, khachkar, sacred tree, a house where there was a sacred corner) to seek help from the saints, to fulfill their desires.
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