[96] James Bryce, Transcaucasia and Ararat p. 210.
[99] Bryce, Transcaucasia and Ararat, chapter on Ararat.
[101] Arghuri means "Il sema la vigne." St. Martin pp. 266, 267.
[105] Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco, chapter on Armenian folk-songs. Fraser's Magazine (n.s.) 13:283-97.
[106] Fraser's Magazine (n.s.) 13:283-97.
Bertrand Bareilles, preface to the French edition of Ormanian p. xviii.
For the relation of the church to the Turkish and Russian Governments see Lynch 1:269, also Ubicini, Letters on Turkey.
[125] Seklemian's Tales. Preface by Blackwell.
[127] The 13th of February according to the old style calendar corresponds to the 26th of February of the Latin calender.
The remainder of the paragraph is a free translation of selected parts of pp. 20-22.
[131] Maschtotz, St. Mesrob. One third of the book is devoted to this purpose.
[134] Ibid. This and preceding paragraph are a free translation from selected sentences of pp. 23 and 24.
[140] Translated by Miss Boyadjian, Armenian Legends and Poetry.
After the first and third lines of the charm song, the following line is sung, which I give in the German of Abeghian:
"Liebe Blume meine, liebe, liebe." (Abeghian p. 65.)
There are thousands of similarly constructed folk-songs treating a variety of subjects current among the people, many of which have been collected by an Armenian by the name of Tcheras, whose book, unfortunately, I have not been able to obtain. Miss Boyadjian has collected a few of them in her Armenian Legends and Poetry. However, I shall mention only such as are relevant to the festivals to be described.
[142] World's Great Classic Series. Section on Armenian literature, with introduction by Robert Arnot. See David of Sassun pp. 57-79.
[145] These beliefs are analogous to those in connection with the bringing of healing water, or the water of perpetual life, the source of which is guarded by monsters, snakes, and scorpions. The hero steals cautiously to the source in order not to be observed by the watchmen, fills his vessel with water and hurries away, for the mountains and trees call out to warn the guardians of the source who awake and follow the hero. (Ibid. p. 63.)
[146] This part of the festivities is also accompanied with song. In Astapet the following song is sung by way of introduction: