«Վահագնի երգը» և հայկական էպոսը Նոր տեսակետ հայկական էպոսի ծագման և ձևավորման վերաբերյալ

Abstract

Multiple recurrences of the sound combination erk- in the ancient Armenian hymn on the birth of Vahagn, the god of thunder and war, can be considered an anagram of the word erku (two) with an allusion to twins. Moreover, in the expression cov cirani (purple sea) one can see an anagram of Covinar, the name of the mother of the epic twins Sanasar and Baghdasar, first heroes of the epic "Daredevils of Sassoun". In this context it becomes obvious that the image of Sanasar, the elder of the twins, founder of the dynasty of heroes, directly goes back to Vahagn. The same picture of the birth of mythological twins occurs in the ancient epic “Vipasank”.