{"collection":"asia","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/asia/alp/alp14.htm","path":"asia/alp/alp14.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/asia/alp/alp14.htm","text":"Armenian Legends and Poems [1916]\nClick to enlarge\nTHE BIRTH OF VAHAGN, KING OF ARMENIA\n(Fifth Century)\nCONCERNING the birth of this king the legends say--\nWith our own ears did we hear these words sung to the accompaniment of the harp. They sing, moreover, that he did fight with the dragons, and overcame them; and some say that his valiant deeds were like unto those of Hercules. Others declare that he was a god, and that a great image of him stood in the land of Georgia, where it was worshipped with sacrifices.","title":"Armenian Legends and Poems: Vahagn, King of Armenia","type":"page"}