Urartu-Religion

[Pedro Xaramillo]

Re: Urartu-Religion

Armazd, Anahit and I think Hayk were also indigenous Gods/Godesses of Armenia/Urartu, as I know Armenians like many Pagan societies made great leaders into Godlike status later on (similar to Egyptians, Celts, Aztecs, etc.)

[bell-the-cat]

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Yeah, that for the religion section, and i was hoping to have a separate article just about it's location and excavation, but the sources i have are limited.

BTW, if you are going to be editing more on that page, watch out for Dbachmann and be very careful dealing with him, he is a nasty piece of work and high up in the Wikipedia cabal.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Urartu-Religion

And the antagonism continues

I was actually serious in my last post.

I see, I'll take that into consideration.

[jgk3]

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I'll take that to mean "who gives a f***what you say - I know what I know and that's enough for me".

And the antagonism continues

I was actually serious in my last post.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Urartu-Religion

Yeah, that for the religion section, and i was hoping to have a separate article just about it's location and excavation, but the sources i have are limited.

If you do ever find a source with an English translation of the Mehr door's inscription, I'd really appreciate a copy of it, if you want to pm me. A while back I was going to write a webpage about the door, but couldn't find out anything about the actual inscription except very general stuff. The door has never been excavated (there is nothing to excavate) - the stele niches in the castle rock were excavated by Nikolai Marr (in 1916 I think).

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Urartu-Religion

I see, I'll take that into consideration.

I'll take that to mean "who gives a f***what you say - I know what I know and that's enough for me".

[ara87]

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The Meher Door inscription has been transcribed and translated, but, like you, I've never been able to locate a published version of it. Or of the Van stele inscriptions uncovered by Marr - they also detail sacrifices and Gods.

damn

Indeed.

so happy you agree

It is some more background and info about the Urartian cuneiform inscription that is on the "door" that ara87 seems to be asking about.

Yeah, that for the religion section, and i was hoping to have a separate article just about it's location and excavation, but the sources i have are limited.

[jgk3]

Re: Urartu-Religion

I see, I'll take that into consideration.

[bell-the-cat]

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My guess is that if you wish to learn more about about Mher and his role in Ancient Armenian spirituality, you can read about Mithra, they are one and the same. There is plenty of scholarship on the later in the event that you cannot find any on Mher proper.

Later on, you can look for subtle differences that may occur in the worship of Mher. I haven't embarked on this analysis yet, but I plan to.

The Armenian legend that gives "Mher's Door" its name actually has nothing directly to do with Urartian religion or the original purpose of the "door". It is some more background and info about the Urartian cuneiform inscription that is on the "door" that ara87 seems to be asking about.

[jgk3]

Re: Urartu-Religion

My guess is that if you wish to learn more about about Mher and his role in Ancient Armenian spirituality, you can read about Mithra, they are one and the same. There is plenty of scholarship on the later in the event that you cannot find any on Mher proper.

Later on, you can look for subtle differences that may occur in the worship of Mher. I haven't embarked on this analysis yet, but I plan to.