Tir was in charge of recording good and evil deeds and then conducting souls to the afterlife. ![]() The fact that he was worshipped offers an interesting argument to support the idea that the Armenians had a written culture before the 5th century creation of the Armenian alphabet, a hundred years after the coming of Christianity.Īlthough a lot of the ancient Armenian culture was swept aside with the dominance of the new religion, there is still some pagan influence felt today, a reflection of which can be found in that very god, Tir, referred to as the “Writer” or “Grogh” (“Krogh” in Western Armenian). One particular member of the temple of ancient Armenians was the god of writing, Tir (Dir in Western Armenian pronunciation). As one would expect, natural phenomena were worshipped, such as the sun and moon, or mountains and rivers, while more abstract concepts were deified as well, such as beauty or wisdom. ![]() The pantheon of the pagan Armenians consisted both of local gods and goddesses, as well as deities that were adopted from other cultures in the neighbourhood. The names of the deities of the Armenian pantheon can still be heard today.
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