Armenian Queen - Regina Armeniana

If you remember my Armenian Collection you will certainly remember the colors and the style of this pendant. I was inspired yesterday and I wanted to do something more...royal. So I created a beautiful Armenian queen dressed in gold.

Daca va amintiti Colectia Armeniana o sa va amintiti culorile si stilurile in acest pandantiv. Am avut inspiratie ieri si am vrut sa fac ceva mai...regal...asa ca am creat o frumoasa regina armeniana imbracata in aur. 

Armenian Inspired Part 5 - Semiramis

Semiramis

Armenian tradition portrays her as a homewrecker and a harlot. These facts are partly to be explained by observing that, according to the legends, in her birth as well as in her disappearance from earth, Semiramis appears as a goddess, the daughter of the fish-goddess Atargatis, and herself connected with the doves ofIshtar or Astartë.

One of the most popular legends in Armenian tradition involves Semiramis and an Armenian king, Ara the Beautiful. In the 20th century, the poet Nairi Zarian retold the story of Ara the Beautiful and Shamiram, in a work considered to be a masterpiece of Armenian literary drama.

According to the legend, Semiramis had heard about the fame of the handsome Armenian king Ara, and she lusted after his image. She asked Ara to marry her, but he refused; upon hearing this, she gathered the armies of Assyria and marched against Armenia.

During the battle, which may have taken place in the Ararat valley, Ara was slain. To avoid continuous warfare with the Armenians, Semiramis, reputed to be a sorceress, took his body and prayed to the gods to raise Ara from the dead. When the Armenians advanced to avenge their leader, she disguised one of her lovers as Ara and spread the rumor that the gods had brought Ara back to life, ending the war.

Although many different versions of the legend exist, they agree that Ara never came back to life.

The association of the fish and dove is found at Hierapolis Bambyce (Mabbog), the great temple at which, according to one legend, was founded by Semiramis, where her statue was shown with a golden dove on her head.


Considerata de traditia Armeniana ca fiind o desfranata, ea apare ca o zeita, fiica zeitei peste Atargatis. Una ditnre cele mai populare legende Armeniene este despre Semiramis si regele armenian Ara cel Frumos. Aceasta legenda, a fost recreata de Nairi Zarian poet din secolul 20 si este considerata una dintre cele mai bune drame literare armeniene.

Conform legendei Semiramis aude despre faima printului si il doreste. Ea ii cere sa se casatoreasca dar el refuza.Cand aude asta, Semiramis ea isi strange armata si marsaluieste spre Armenia. Ara este ucis in lupta si ea incearca sa-l readuca la viata. Pentru a stopa razaboiul ea il deghizeaza pe unul dintre soldatii sai in Ara si declara ca l-a reinviat pe acesta. Razboiul se incheie.

Desi exista multe versiuni din poveste, in niciuna Ara nu reinvie. Ea este adesea reprezentata cu un porumbel auriu pe cap.

Armenian Inspiration/ Inspiratii Armeniene Part 3

Here is part 3 of my Armenian collection. I wanted to recreate some of the traditional clothes and traditional elements in my pendants.

Aceasta este partea a treia a colectiei de inspiratie armeniana. Am dorit sa recreez cateva dintre hainele traditionale si elementele traditionale in urmatoarele pandantive

Pendant:

Nazeli:

From Armenian adjective nazeli "gracious" which is spread now.

 Figurine:

Pendants: 

Agnes:

From Greek agne "clean", "saint", "modest". In Armenia the name of Latin St. Agnes was spread no less than Arm Srbuhi, Makruhi. It is also met in the forms Agnos, Agnaz. Now the form borrowed from Russian (Agnes) is used.

Alina:

is one of the diminutive forms of the Russian name Alevtina (Alya, Alina) which comes from Greek aleuo "inaccessible", "unattainable". It is in use since XX c. till now.

Shushik:

From Armenian shushan "lily" flower name+ik diminutive suffix. It is an old Arm name, which is spread. It symbolises tenderness, gentleness. 

I searched online for various inspiration sources that I used in this entire collection and I have compiled them on this pinterest board. 

Here are some of the images I used for inspiration:

Iata cateva dintre imaginile folosite ca inspiratie pe care le puteti gasi pe link-ul catre pinterest de mai sus. 

Source for names: http://www.armenians.com

Armenian Inspired Collection - Heart of Armenia/ Colectie inspirata de Armenia Part 2

This is the second part of the Armenian Inspired Collection, for the first part and a few words about this collection here is Part 1. 

Asta este partea a doua din colectia de inspiratie armeniana; pentru prima parte si cateva cuvinte despre aceasta colectie intrati pe Partea 1.

Polymer clay pendants/ Pandantive din lut polimeric:

Brooch:

Another Brooch

Painted pendants/ pandantive pictate: