Armenian Legends and Festivals
by Louis A. Boettiger
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About this eBook
- Author
- Boettiger, Louis A. (Louis Angelo), 1891-1962
- Title
- Armenian legends and festivals
- Credits
- Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
- Subject
- Festivals -- Armenia (Republic)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38129
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38129
- Release Date
- November 25, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Preface
- 3.Contents
- 4.Introduction
- 5.Legends
- 6.The Geography of Armenia
- 7.Ancient Historical Legends — Section 1. The Legend of Haic — Section 2. The Legend of Ara and Semiramis — Section 3. Historical Background of the Legend of Ara and Semiramis — Section 4. The Legend of Vahakn — Section 5. The Historic Background of the Legend of Vahakn — Section 6. The Period of National Integration — Section 7. Legends of Artasches and Artavasd — Section 8. Conclusions
- 8.Legends of the Conversion to Christianity — Section 1. Pre-Christian Mythology and Religion — Section 2. Legends of Abgar, Thaddeus, and St. Bartholomew — Section 3. Legends of Rhipsime and Gregory — Section 4. The Armenian Church as a Social Force
- 9.Locality Legends — Section 1. Ararat — Section 2. Khor-Virap and Erzerum
- 10.Interpretation and Conclusions
- 11.Festivals
- 12.The Gregorian Church
- 13.Pagan Folk Festivals — Section 1. Vartavar and the Festival of Mihr — Section 2. The Day of the Dead and Vartan’s Day — Section 3. Fortune-Telling Day — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4.
- 14.Christian Folk Festivals — Section 1. Christmas, Easter, and New Year — Section 2. Special Church Ceremonies
- 15.Private Festival Occasions — Section 1. Baptism — Section 2. Betrothal — Section 3. Marriage — Section 4. Funeral
- 16.Summary — Conclusions
- 17.Bibliography
- 18.Research Publications of the University of Minnesota — Studies in the Social Sciences — Studies in the Physical Sciences and Mathematics — Studies in Engineering — Studies in the Biological Sciences — Studies in Language and Literature — Current Problems
- 19.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections
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