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.