Note 4 — ITS EPICS, FOLK-SONGS, AND MEDIAEVAL POETRY

One of the most famous Armenian goddesses was Anahit, who answered to the Greek Artemis and the Roman Diana. She was a “pure and spotless goddess,” and, as a daughter of Aramazd, was “mother of chastity,” as well as the benefactress of the whole human race; “through her the Armenian land exists, from her it draws its life; she is the glory of our nation and its protectress”4; and for her the ancient Armenians felt intense love and adoration.