{"id":56968,"date":"2020-04-01T11:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T07:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/armenian-national-epic\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T16:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T12:51:07","slug":"armenian-national-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/armenian-national-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian national epic"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The epic is a great treasury of the life and spiritual strength of the Armenian people and an indisputable proof of its greatness before the world.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Hovhannes Tumanyan<\/em><\/p>\n

National epic describes the origin, development and history of the country or ethnos. It also helps to convey the episodes of self-determination and self-knowledge of the people, as well as the history of the emergence of numerous national symbols.<\/p>\n

The national epic \u201cDaredevils of Sassoun\u201d or \u201cDavid of Sassoun\u201d occupies a special place in Armenian culture. It was born in Sassoun, one of the most beautiful corners of the Armenian highland. Sassoun is the tenth gavar of the Aghdznik province in Greater Armenia, which stretched over the Armenian Taurus Mountains. Sassoun is a mountainous region where the famous mountain peaks Tsovasar<\/a><\/span> and Maratuk are located. The inhabitants of Sassoun worshiped their homeland and land and were distinguished by their inherent perseverance.<\/p>\n

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David of Sassoun<\/p><\/div>\n

The Armenian national epic was transmitted through storytellers in the form of various stories. For example, Garegin Srvandztiants wrote down one of the versions of the epic that he heard from Tarontsi Krpo, and published it in 1874 under the title \u201cDavid of Sassoun or Mher\u2019s door\u201d. Then, in 1889, Manuk Abeghyan writes and publishes another version called \u201cDavid and Mher\u201d.<\/p>\n

In 1939, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the epic, based on 60 stories, a consolidated text was compiled (authors – Manuk Abeghyan, Gevorg Abov, Aram Ghanalanyan). This text gives a complete, clear idea of the epic.<\/p>\n\n