He had to combine research with popular and connected exposition, a task far above his ability. No one can be more painfully conscious than the author of the defects of this work. The lexical, folkloristic, and literary heritage of the Armenians has much yet to disclose. It is for the well-informed scholar of Indo-European religion to pronounce a judgment as to the value of the material brought together in this study. But it, no doubt, represents an earlier stage of development than the Vedas and the Avesta. The National element came from Eastern Europe and must have had a common origin with the Iranian. The Asianic element, including the Semitic, does not seem to have extended beyond the objectionable but widely spread rites of a mother goddess. THE ancient religion of Armenia was derived from three main sources: National, Iranian, and Asianic.
1925: DEDICATION THIS LITTLE RECORD OF THE PAST IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ARMENIAN HOSTS WHICH FOUGHT IN THE LAST WAR FOR FREEDOM AND OF THE GREAT ARMY OF MARTYRS WHO WERE ATROCIOUSLY TORTURED TO DEATH BY THE TURKS.
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