This title presents traditional Armenian folklore in translation. Tork Angegh is a legendary Armenian hero or minor deity, the great-grandson of Hayk. According to the ancient Armenian writer Movses Khorenatsi, Tork Angegh was a giant of extraordinary strength, who could hurl boulders across the seas, flatten the surfaces of rocks, and draw pictures on them with his fingernails. He was apparently called Angegh (un-gegh: not beautiful) because of his physical appearance.It is generally assumed, however, that Tork Angegh is a combination of two deities, who have left traces of themselves in his name: Tarku, the ancient Anatolian deity of fertility, and Angegh, a pagan god who was venerated mainly in the province of Angegh, in south-western Armenia. Movses Khorenatsi also states that he was a prince of that province, hence the references in Armenian history to Angegha tun (the House of Angegh).Agop Hacikyan brings this story to modern readers in Tork Angegh, a translated and fully illustrated version of the hero's ancient tale.
- ISBN10 1903656761
- ISBN13 9781903656761
- Publish Date 1 January 2007
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 17 April 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Wayne State University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 80
- Language English