It is vital to have an understanding of the attributes of the Gods and Goddesses of Armenia; and in this article I will assist both the mere novice and the advanced Knight in his or her understanding going so far as to resort to comparative polytheistic religion to awaken insight for those who have not been so aggressive as to create the Temple & actually do the ceremonies. We have Ar, Tir, Nar, Vanatur, Vahagan, Ahahit, Astghik and None as the major Gods/Goddesses with the legend of a dog. We do not include those Deities from Armenia that were not officially in the Hierarchy for the House of Ber They are ordinarily Gods or Goddesses that other cultures gave Armenians; and were not immediately accepted by the House of Ber such as Mithra and Ormuzd. The House of Ber, of course, does not criticize Armenians of tradition who include these other Gods in their worship only shrugging our shoulders that this is what was passed on to us; and letting the matter rest.
Having stated that we return to our elaborations on the attributes, we must firstly take Ar who includes the attributes of Horus; or Ra - Hoor - Khuit called in ancient Egyptian the Sun Hawk father of furious rage. Noted that both Horus and Ar are Sun Warrior Gods & yet we might even go further to state that both Gods are the same God simply worshiped in another culture.
Now, Ahahit is the same Goddess worshiped in ancient Egypt called Isis; and it is not surprising that nearly all polytheistic religion has a Goddess of Birth.
Astghik, being the Armenian Goddess of love corresponds to Venus of the Romans or Ahathoor of the ancient Egyptians.
Nar is the Goddess of the Wind, Rain and of the elements. Nothing is passed on with Her being a Goddess of the sea; and yet I see references to it in many places.
We see that Tir, the Armenian God of Wisdom is named Tahuti or Thoth in ancient Egypt; and yet Tir seems to also take on the attributes of Loki, the God of mischief. In His aspect as Dir He is considered the Scribe and the Judge. Yet these Gods are actually one God; taking either aspect as the worshiper will dictate in relation to his Holy Will on the Path & in the Temple. Note that Dir was used as a title of office meaning Lord yet the functions of both Dir and Tir are only aspects of Duty of the same God. Yet they have different ceremonies and are treated as two different Gods in the Temple depending on whether Judgment or Wisdom are evoked. This unique situation must of occurred with a separation of the Temples; and them merging again to take on two aspects of one God.
Now, Vanatur is very unique; and is not corresponding easily to other Divinities as sacred to politeness, diplomacy and good will among men.
The God Vahagan at first seems to be the same God as Thor of the Nordics. Yet Vahagan does seem to have attributes of the Roman God Vulcan; and both are associated with fire.
Aralez is a dog whose powers included the ability to resurrect the dead by licking wounds clean and although we have no ceremony passed on for this creature of legend it is part of Armenian legend. Being a legend of these sorts; no God lived within Aralez; and this creature should not be confused with the Holy Company of Gods whose attributes most definitely correspond to Gods or Goddesses in other cultures.
None is the primal mother Goddess. Also spelled Nuneh and Nun. She gives birth to the universe. Yet she is not the same Goddess as Ahahit for None is closer to the ancient Egyptian Goddess Nu. Yet She also is like Athena; and considered the Goddess of wisdom, common sense, motherhood and protector of the home and keeper of the family. Yet no ceremony has been passed on for None, or Nuneh or Nun. Rather, She is part of the birth cosmology of the universe & I can only refer those interested to line five of The Holy Book of Meditations of the House of Ber of the Kingdom of Armenia. Yet Her Holy Mysteries are only revealed to those who have attained high spiritual levels & it would be pointless to try to explain something so sublime in such a short article.
