Очерк В.Я.Брюсова «Сфинксы и вишапы»: рыбы-драконы Армении и кавказский фольклор

Abstract

Common cultural space of nations having inhabited different areas since the II millennium BC is confirmed not only by historical and archeological investigations, but also by the data of folk and mythological character. So vishap-stones found in the Armenian mountains, are similar in content to analogous monuments of other nations. At the same time, the Vishap-dragon functioning in various mythological systems also detects invariant identity.