- Astghik
Symbolized by skylight and wife or lover of
Vahagn , "Astghik", [cite web|title= Armenian Mythology from the Tour Armenia site|url=http://www.tacentral.com/mythology.asp?story_no=2| format = HTML] or "Astlik", [cite web|title= Encyclopedia Mythica about Astlik|url=http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/astlik.html| format = HTML] is theArmenia ngoddess oflove ,beauty , and water. The so called "Vartavar " festival, in mid June, is still the honorable celebration of her in Armenia were releasing doves and sprinkling water on each others are common.With the sun god
Aramazd and the moonFact|date=October 2007 goddessAnahit she forms anastral trinity . She is similar to the GreekAphrodite and theMesopotamian Ishtar .Her name means "star " (Armenian: "‘astgh’") a genuine Armenian word, which through the Indo-European origin ‘ster’ iscognate to Sanskrit and Avestan "star", Pahlavi "star", Persian "sitara´", Pashto "storai", Latin and Italian "stella", French "astre", Spanish "astro", German "stern", English "star", etc. hence, the name is not believed to be related to Semitic "Ishtar ".References
ee also
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Aramazd
*Anahit
*Vahagn
*Haik
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