relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id 2334,ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK,syncretized_with,ENT_APHRODITE,high,"Agathangelos §22 explicitly equates Astghik with Aphrodite. Khorenatsi I.15 describes her Vardavar festival — a water-pouring and dove-releasing celebration — features directly parallel to Aphrodite's cult symbols (dove, water, love). The Ashtishat place name (""city of Ashtart"") reveals the deeper Semitic Astarte layer that underlies the Armenian Aphrodite equation.",SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY,reviewed,PER_ARM_PAGAN 2335,ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK,paired_with,ENT_ARM_VAHAGN,medium,"Armenian tradition pairs Astghik with Vahagn as the goddess of love with the warrior deity, parallel to Aphrodite-Ares pairings in Greek mythology. Khorenatsi I.15 situates Astghik's cult at the same Ashtishat complex as Vahagn. The pairing is consistently attested in Armenian folk tradition and the festival calendar. Russell (1987) pp. 355-360. Confidence medium: the pairing is traditional but less explicitly stated than the Aphrodite equation.",SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY,reviewed,PER_ARM_PAGAN