v_public_wisdom_knowledge_beings: 4
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| rowid | entity_id | canonical_name | tradition | category | primary_domains | short_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | ENT_ARM_TIR | Tir | Armenian | Wisdom Deity | writing; wisdom; arts; dreams; scribal craft; knowledge; records | Deity of writing, wisdom, and the arts; scribe of Aramazd and reader of souls. Agathangelos (§22) explicitly equates Tir with Hermes: "Tir, whom they call the scribe of Aramazd, who is called Hermes by the Greeks and Apollo by others; he who is the interpreter of dreams and the teacher of the arts of writing, who records human deeds." His temple was at Artashat, the Artaxiad capital. Tir's function as recorder of human deeds and interpreter of dreams reflects Iranian Tishtrya (the star Sirius, deity of rain and fate) and Mesopotamian scribal deities; his identification with Hermes-Mercury reflects the Hellenistic layer. The name Tir may derive from Avestan Tishtrya or from a Parthian intermediary. His dual identification with Hermes and Apollo in Agathangelos reflects the breadth of his scribal-artistic-prophetic domain. Russell (1987) pp. 380-440; Agathangelos §22. |