Burastan Zulumyan (Moscow) - Tiran Chrakyan (Intra) and his Collection of Poems “Cypress Country” (in Russ.)

25 Pages | 128-153 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2023.1-128 |

Revceived on: 2022-09-01 | Reviewed on: 2022-09-05 | Accepted for printing on: 2023-03-23

Published in: 2023 N 1 (222) / Literature

Tyran Chrakyan (1875–1921) is one of the outstanding Western Armenian poets of the early twentieth century, author of the lyrical and philosophical prose poem “Inner World” (1906) and the poetic cycle “Cypress Country” published in 1908. The poetry of the “Cypress Country” collection is based on the symbolic aesthetics of the world perception. The collection consists of forty poems that are closely interrelated to the lyrical plot. The lyrical hero, as the embodiment of perfection and the link between the earth and heaven, reflects on cypresses.

Keywords Tyran Chrakyan Intra “Cypress Country” sonnets symbolism beauty perfection another world.

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Marine Sargsyan - Vahan Teryan: cultural and political figure

30 Pages | 73-103 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.1-73 |

Revceived on: 2025-03-24 | Reviewed on: 2025-03-26 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-03-27

Published in: 2025 N 1 (228) / Literary studies

Abstract / Keywords

Vahan Teryan, one of the pillars of the Armenian literature and culture of the XX century, was born on January 28, 1885 in the village of Gandza in the Akhalkalaki province (now Georgia). He received his primary education at the rural and Akhalkalaki city schools and then he continued his studies in Tiflis. From 1899 to 1906, Teryan studied at the gymnasium of the Lazarev Seminary in Moscow. From 1906 to 1912, he studied at the department of Russian Language and Russian Literature of the Historical and Philological Faculty of Moscow University and from 1913 to 1916, he was a student at the faculty of Oriental Languages at St. Petersburg University.

KeywordsVahan Teryan poetic series artistic system symbolism publicistics cultural-political concept political and state activity dialogue of cultures.

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Astghik Israelian - Sacred trees in Armenian folk beliefs

24 Pages | 170-194 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.1-170 |

Revceived on: 2024-10-22 | Reviewed on: 2024-11-01 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-03-27

Published in: 2025 N 1 (228) / Ethnography

Abstract / Keywords

Sacred trees had different meanings and therefore different purposes. It was important not only to preserve them in reality but also to ensure their existence and growth by supernatural means. Trees were thought to have magical properties: people made pilgrimages, offered sacrifices, made offerings, prayed for healing, for having descendants, and begged for help and protection from harmful natural phenomena, and so on, through various rituals. Supernatural power was attributed to the objects made of wood of sacred trees and even to the pieces of those trees, which protected people from all evil and brought success acting as amulets.

Keywordssacred trees pilgrimage prohibition healing fortune telling feast ritual symbol images.

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Tamar Hayrapetyan - Reflection of the initiation ceremony in one group of Armenian and Italian fairy tales

16 Pages | 157-173 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.2-157 |

Revceived on: 2025-02-10 | Reviewed on: 2025-02-13 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-07-11

Published in: 2025 N 2 (229) / Folklore studies

Abstract / Keywords

A comparative analysis of the Armenian “Three eggs” and Italian “Three oranges” fairy tales corresponding to number 408 of the international clas¬sifi-cation of “Types of folk tales” by the German philologist Hans-Jorg Utter, shows that the transition from one age group to another had different manifestations and symbolic codes in the folklore of different peoples, but they all considered the rite of passage into premarital maturity to be the most important, since not everyone managed to overcome it.

Keywords initiation ritual group of Armenian and Italian fairy tales Hans-Jörg Uther archaic thinking orange egg fairy tale symbol plot myth.

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Gohar Vardumyan , Karen Tokhatyan - The petroglyphs of Armenia and their environment as a sacred area (in Eng.)

20 Pages | 226-246 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.2-226 |

Revceived on: 2025-05-13 | Reviewed on: 2025-05-07 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-07-11

Published in: 2025 N 2 (229) / Cultural studies

Abstract / Keywords

In ancient Armenia there were various types of sanctuaries and sacred places. They served the purpose of worship and its various manifestations, in which the ritual, its traditions and customs were significant and important. In archaic times the petroglyph environment was also a unique sacred area. The votive elements, in various forms of expressions, are present in many scenes and compositions.

KeywordsArmenia rock carving cult worship mythology world creation magic ritual imaginary creature cosmological ideas patriarch Hayk dragon-vishap symbol.

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