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Haik (Also spelled Hayk or Haig) is the legendary patriarch and establisher of the first Armenian nation. His story is told in an epic, taken down from oral tradition by Moses of Khorene in the Fifth Century AD. In the epic, Haik is a chieftain of the Armens, an Armenian tribe, and leads them against the invading forces of Bel of Babylon. On August 11, 2492 BC, in a battle at Hayoc Dzor near Lake Van, Haik kills Bel, and calls on his kinsmen to unite into a single nation. He establishes the castle of Haykaberd at the battle site and the town of Haikashen in the Armenian province of Taron (modern-day Turkey). Haik was also the founder of the Haykazuni dynasty. Some other Armenian princely houses - Khorkhoruni, Bznuni, Syuni, Vahevuni, Manavazian, Arran etc. - trace their genealogy back to Haik. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x2304, 475 KB) Summary Statue of Patriarch Haik in Yerevan, Armenia, photo taken by Eupator. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x2304, 475 KB) Summary Statue of Patriarch Haik in Yerevan, Armenia, photo taken by Eupator. ...
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Moses of Chorene was an Armenian scholar, who lived in the fifth century. ...
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Some historians think Haik was a real Armenic leader of the third millennium BC; others believe he is a purely mythical figure.
Additionally, it is possible that the name Haik is a precursor to the word for "Armenian" in the Armenian language ("Hye").
Etymology There are several theories regarding the origin of the name Haik. One of them suggests that Haik is derived from the ancient proto-Armenian nation of Hayasa mentioned in Hittite inscriptions. Others believe that the name Haik was the Armenian form of the Urartian supreme god Khaldi. Hittite can refer to either: The ancient Anatolian people called the Hittites; or The Hittite language, an ancient Indo-European language they spoke. ...
Urartian can refer to: The ancient kingdom of Urartu the Urartian language spoken there the family of Hurro-Urartian languages This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Khaldi is the supreme god of the Urartians. ...
References P.Kretschmer, "Der nationale Name der Armenier Haik"
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