entities: ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD Aramazd   Armenian supreme deity / sky father High Deity sky; creator; father of gods; fertility; rain; thunder       A           Supreme deity of the pre-Christian Armenian pantheon; father of the gods. Name derived directly from Ahura Mazda (Avestan: Ahura Mazdā → Armenian: Aramazd) via regular sound change, establishing the direct Zoroastrian origin. Agathangelos (§22) equates Aramazd with Zeus: "Aramazd, who is called Zeus among the Greeks." Khorenatsi (II.12-14) describes his cult at Ani and Bagaran, where the Artaxiad kings renewed their oaths to him at the new year. His principal temple was at Ashtishat on the Euphrates. Aramazd is the creator of heaven and earth, father of Anahit, Vahagn, and Nane. He is associated with fertility and agricultural abundance — Agathangelos §22 says his cult included prayers for the fertility of the land. Unlike Ahura Mazda, who is primarily a deity of cosmic order (asha), Aramazd in Armenian sources is more prominently a sky-father and genealogical head of the divine family, reflecting Hellenistic influence. Russell (1987) pp. 78-120; Agathangelos §22; Khorenatsi II.12. deity

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