Hayk (Հայկ, also transliterated as Haik) is the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation. The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large His story is told in the History attributed to Moses of Chorene (5th to 7th century). The History of Armenia attributed to Moses of Chorene is an early account of Armenia, covering the mythological origins of the Armenian people
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Etymology
It should be noted that the name of the patriarch, Հայկ Hayk, is not exactly homophonous with the name for "Armenia", Հայք Hayk‘. Nevertheless, both are usually connected to the hay- stem of the self-designation of the Armenians, Հայեր Hayer. Hayk would then be an aitiological founding figure, like e. Etiology (alternatively aetiology, aitiology) is the study of causation. g. Dan for the Danes, Seaxnēat for the Saxons, etc. Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants Seaxnēat (or Saxnōt) is the mythical founder of the Saxons. The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. The standard etymology for hay-, the self designation of the Indo-European Armenians (as opposed to the Urartians), is a derivation from Indo-European *poti-s, meaning "lords". Urartu ( Assyrian: Urarṭu Urartian: Biainili Ուրարտու was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia ( Transcaucasia) rising These Indo-European tribes may have settled Armenia in the 8th century BC, in particular in the period of the Cimmerian invasions, when Sargon II mentions a king of part of Armenia who bore the Indo-Iranian name Bagadatti ("Theodore"). See Cimmeria (Conan or Cimmeria (Poem for the fiction of Robert E Sargon II ( Akkadian Šarru-kinu "legitimate king" reigned 722 – 705 BC was an Assyrian king [1]
A connection made in Armenian historiography of the Soviet era, with Hayasa mentioned in Hittite inscriptions, is not tenable on phonological grounds. Hayasa-Azzi or Azzi-Hayasa was a confederation formed between the Kingdoms of Hayasa located South of Trabzon and Azzi, located North of Hittite or Nesili is the Extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centered on ancient Hattusas (modern [2]
In Moses of Chorene
In Moses' account, Hayk son of Torgoma gives birth to Armaneak while living in Babylon, but after the arrogant Titanid Bel makes himself king over all, Hayk emigrates to the Ararat region with an extended household of at least 300 and settles, founding a village he names Haykashen. Babylon was a City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them in an Assyrian context refers to one or another On the way he also leaves a detachment in another settlement with his grandson Kadmos. Bel sends one of his sons to entreat him to return, but he is refused. Bel then marches against him with a massive force, but Hayk is warned by Kadmos of his approach. He assembles his own army on the shore of Lake Van and tells them they must defeat and kill Bel, or die trying, rather than become his slaves. Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake
| “ | Hayk was a handsome, friendly man, with curly hair, sparkling eyes, and strong arms. He was a man of giant stature, a mighty archer and fearless warrior. Hayk and his people, from the time of their forefathers Noah and Japheth, had migrated south toward the warmer lands near Babylon. In that land there ruled a wicked giant, Bel. Bel tried to impose his tyranny upon Hayk’s people. But proud Hayk refused to submit to Bel. As soon as his son Aramaneak was born, Hayk rose up, and led his people back to the land of his forefathers, the land of Ararat. At the foot of the mountains, he built his home, Haykashen. [3] | ” |
Genealogy
Moses gives Hayk's genealogy as: Japhet, Gomer, Tiras, Torgom, and his descendants as Armaneak, Aramais, Gegham, Harma, Aram, Ara Keghetzig. Japheth (ˈdʒeɪfɪθ Hebrew. יפת Greek Ιάφεθ, Iapheth, Latin Iafeth or Iapetus Arabic يافث Gomer ( גֹּמֶר, Standard Hebrew Gómer, Tiberian Hebrew Gōmer, go'mer) is the eldest son of Japheth, and father Tiras was according to and Chronicles 1 the last-named son of Japheth who is otherwise unmentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Togarmah ( Armenian: Thorgom, Թորգոմ Georgian: Thargamos, თარგამოს third son of Gomer, and grandson of Ara the Beautiful or Ara the Handsome (Արա Գեղեցիկ - Ara Geghetsik in Armenian) according to legend was an Armenian king who [4] Hayk was also the founder of the Haykazuni dynasty. Some other Armenian princely houses - Khorkhoruni, Bznuni, Syuni, Vahevuni, Manavazian, Arran etc. - trace their genealogy back to Hayk. According to Juansher Hayk ". . was prince of the seven brothers and stood in service to the giant Nimrod (Nebrovt') who first ruled the entire world as king. [5]"
Defeat of Bel
Hayk then discovers Bel's host in a mountain pass (that Moses locates at the site of Dastakert), with Bel himself in the vanguard. For the village in Azerbaijan see Dostagir. Dastakert (Դաստակերտ also Dastakern and Dastakyurd) is a town in the
In the Battle of Dyutsaznamart, near Julamerk southeast of Lake Van, dated to August 11, 2492 BC by Mikayel Chamchian[6], Hayk slays Bel with a lucky arrow, sending his force into disarray. Hakkâri is a city in the far southeast of Turkey. The name Hakkâri comes from the Aramaic Akkare (ܐܟܪ̈ܐ meaning 'farmers' Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. It represents a period of time in which Imperialism, or the desire to conquer grew to prominence Mikayel Chamchian (Միքայել Չամչյան Mik῾ayel Č῾amč῾yan; 1738–1823 was an Armenian Mekhitarist monk and historian who in 1784-1788 published
He establishes the castle of Haykaberd at the battle site and the town of Haykashen in the Armenian province of Taron (modern-day Turkey). Taron (Տարոն was a canton of the Duruperan province of Greater Armenia, now in the Muş Province, Turkey He names the region of the battle Hayk‘ "Armenia", and the site of the battle Hayoc’ Jor Հայոց Ձոր "gorge of the Armenians". [7] But the hill where Bel with his warriors fell Hayk called Gerezmank. [8] Hayk embalmed the corpse of Bel and ordered it to be taken to Hark and to be buried in a high place in the view of his wives and sons.
Comparative mythology
- Further information: culture hero
The figure slain by Hayk's arrow is variously given as Bel or Nimrod. A culture hero is a Mythological Hero specific to some group ( cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, etc Nimrod ( was a Mesopotamian Monarch mentioned in the Jewish Tanakh, and who figures in many legends and folktales Hayk is also the name of the Orion constellation in the Armenian translation of the Bible. Orion (ɒˈraɪən a Constellation often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation one of the largest and perhaps the best-known and most conspicuous Just as Hayk fled from Babylon because of Bel, whom he eventually killed, so Zeus had escaped to the mountains of the Caucasus, later to return to Sicily and hurl fatal arrows into the bodies of his titanic foes. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology
References
- ^ International Standard Bible Encyclopedia; the ISBE uses the outdated terms "Aryan" for "Indo-European" and "Turanian" for "Urartian".
- ^ Eduard L. Danielian, "The Historical Background to the Armenian State Political Doctrine," 279-286 in Nicholas Wade, Armenian Perspectives (Surrey, UK, 1997) 279, citing E. Forrer, "Hajassa-Azzi," Caucasia, 9 (1931), and P. Kretschmer, "Der nationale Name der Armenier Haik," Anzeiger der Acad. der Wiss. in Wien, phil. -his. Klasse (1932), n. 1-7
- ^ (Khorenatsi, History\\ I. 10-12)
- ^ History 1. The History of Armenia attributed to Moses of Chorene is an early account of Armenia, covering the mythological origins of the Armenian people 5 [1]
- ^ The Georgian Chronicle
- ^ Razmik Panossian, The Armenians: From Kings And Priests to Merchants And Commissars, Columbia University Press (2006), ISBN 978-0231139267, p. 106.
- ^ History 1. The History of Armenia attributed to Moses of Chorene is an early account of Armenia, covering the mythological origins of the Armenian people 11; a district to the southeast of Lake Van, see Hubschmann, AON, p. 343
- ^ Gerezmank: the nom. pl, Gerezmans being acc. pl. , "tombs"
- P. Kretschmer. "Der nationale Name der Armenier Haik"
- Vahan Kurkjian, "History of Armenia," Michigan, 1968[2]
See also
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