ORIENTAL STUDIES IN ARMENIA VOLUME 3 Արևելագիտությունը Հայաստանում, հատոր 3 | Page 50

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Bobokhyan Arsen
(Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography)
EVIDENCE OF KHORENATSI TOWARDS THE SACRED LANDSCAPE OF
PAGHAT AND THE PROBLEM OF VISHAPAKARS
In the work “History of the Saint Hripsimians” by Movses Khorenatsi
details on spreading of Christianity in Armenia have been kept, where the
author, among others, tells how the Christians, passing by the mountain
Kangvar (Agravakar) of the province Andzevatsik in Vaspurakan (South-East
from the Lake Van), reached the peak of the mountain Paghat, where the
sanctuary of Aramazd and Astghik was situated: here the pagans a cult called
“Paghat” as well as various feasts used to realize. Towards the southern slope
of the mountain, among rich water sources, in the neighborhood of the place
called But there were a house of fire, a source of water and a cave with two
vishaps ( dragons): during rites sacrifices of young boys and virgin girls were
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