entities: ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK
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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 |
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| ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK | Astghik | Armenian | goddess of love and water | Love Deity | love; beauty; water; stars; fertility; night; roses | A | Goddess of love, beauty, and water; companion of Vahagn. The name Astghik means "little star" in Armenian (astgh = star). Khorenatsi (I.15) describes her cult at Ashtishat (literally "city of Ashtart" — the place name derives from Astghik/Ashtart, revealing the Semitic Astarte layer beneath the Iranian-Armenian tradition). Agathangelos (§22) equates her with Aphrodite. Armenian folk tradition preserves the Vardavar festival (originally a water-pouring celebration of Astghik, later Christianized as the Feast of the Transfiguration) in which celebrants pour water on each other and release doves — the dove and rose being Astghik's symbols. She is the Armenian reception of the widespread Near Eastern love goddess (Ishtar/Inanna → Astarte → Astghik), shaped by the Iranian environment of the Armenian highlands. Russell (1987) pp. 340-380; Khorenatsi I.15; Agathangelos §22. | deity |
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