56 Agat'angeghos, #156 p. 166, see also #138 p. 148, #201 p. 206, #759 pp. 296, 298, PB, IV. 59 p. 185.

57 Moses Khorenats'i, History of the Armenians, R.W. Thomson, trans. (Cambridge, Mass., 1978) II. 36 pp. 177-78. Movses notes that the lord Awtay Amatuni was the snuts'ogh ("nourisher") of King Trdat's sister Xosroviduxt, who is called his san (II. 77, II. 82). The Armenian historical sources also contain a class bias since they concentrate exclusively on the lay and Church nobility. This bias prevents us from knowing whether dayeakut'ian was practised by non-noble Armenians.

58 David of Sasun, A. Shalian, trans (Athens, Ohio, 1964), pp. 159-60 [III. part I, "David's Fight against Msrah Melik", #7].

59 David of Sasun, p. 176 [III. part 1, #16].

60 David of Sasun, pp. 249-50 [III. part 1, "David Punishes the Tax Collectors of Msrah Mellik", #9].

61 100 Armenian Tales, S. Hoogasian-Villa, ed. (Detroit, 1966), p. 79 and p. 431.

62 See note 49.

63 Grigolia, p. 148.

64 Grigolia, p. 165.

65 Grigolia, p. 155.

66 Moses Khorenats'i, op. cit., II. 8 p. 144, II. 37 p. 179.

67 M. Ananikian, Armenian Mythology [in Mythology of All Races, vol 7] (New York, 1964; repr. of 1925 ed.) pp. 24-29; K.V. Melik-P'ashayan, Anahit dits'uhu pashtamunk'e [The Cult of the Goddess Anahit] (Erevan, 1963) pp. 46-88.

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