Welcome to all interested in Armenian history & culture. Let me first explain the name People Of Ar.
The first god in Armenia was one of the language’s first sounds, ‘AR’, meaning sun or light. As the source of life, the sun became equated with power and the supreme god. The Armenian mountain Ararat is mentioned as early as ca. 6000 BC in the Sumerian epoch poem Gilgamesh, as the land of the mountains where the gods live. The word Ararat can be divided into three words: AR-AR-AT. AR-AR being a plural form or all encompassing god; ‘AT’ being an archaic version of the Armenian word ‘hat’, which means ‘a piece of’. Thus Ararat meant ‘a piece of gods, or a piece of creation.
The lettercombination Ar- thus describes one of the most ancient Armenian designations. As such the most important and often emotional Armenian words until today start with these two letters (f.e. Arun= Blood, Arev= Sun, Aravot=Morning, Arach=first, etc.. etc…etc… ) hence the name People of AR.
The worship of Armenian sun deity (AR) goes way back to pre-recorded history. The ancient Armenian Wheel of Eternity a symbol attesting to the worship.
PeopleOfAr,
I’d like to congratulate you for your meaningful and beautiful initiative for setting up this blog.
I wished that there where more dedicated Armenians around; who appreciate their roots.
With my best wishes,
Hairenakitz
This is a fabulous site. I have Bookmarked you, but would like to subscribe. Can you tell me how do I go about subscribing?
As I understand it if you have a blog in word-press you can automatically follow me by clicking the follow button. But if you haven’t then you need a feed reader of some kind. A well known feed reader is “Bloglines” http://www.bloglines.com/ . Or if it’s too much trouble just visit every now and then, I’ll try to update it as much as I can, thanks taking an interest
Great initiative! Will be following your posts.
<3 I'm gonna simply point out that you inspired me to continue digging into Armenian roots… I think you'd enjoy a documentary called "hayere" from Armenia actually
should give you some more ideas on blog posts… Good to know I ain't the only one interested in our roots
thank you for your wonderfull comment and the move I’ll definatelly search for it. I have been very bussy for the past few weeks (familly stuff), so I haven’t made new posts for a while, but I intend to very soon. I have a huge list of very interesting topics about Armenian culture and history that I believe are very often overlooked by many. So stay tuned
I am very glad this blog inspire you, becuase all the things I post about are the things that inspire me aswell.
Take care!
People of Ar
Whoever you are, my warmest greeting from Canada. Although I am not young, but I appreciate when young generation gets involved with meaningful and uplifting issues concerning their roots. The history of ARMENIANS extend over 20,000.00 years. there is a lot of literature from the past and new archeological findings confirm.
I wish you good luck. Continue your gracious work. Anahid
I have done extensive research of ancient civilizations going back as far as Portasar, determining the Armenian Highlanders being the catalysts for the rise of various civilizations. I would be an honor to contribute information that I have within various scientific disciplines that support the foundations of Armenian historicity.
Vahan Setyan, PhD
You’re very welcome Vahan I’d love to learn about Armenia as much as I can. I’m very curious to find out more. Don’t shy away from contacting me (peopleofar@hotmail.com) if you need something posted or just exchange knowledge.
Have a good day!