Spandaramet
deity underworld Armenian single tradition · 3
Spandaramet is an old Armenian goddess of death and the underworld. She presides over the realm of the dead and matters related to mortality in Armenian tradition.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 550 BCE
- Attested period
- -550 – 330
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Achaemenid Empire to the reign of Tiridates III.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Andjety, Aqen, Assessors of Maat, Duamutef, Imset, Kherty, Medjed, Nehebkau, Qebehsenuef, Wepwawet, Vahagn, Mihr, Anahit, Tir, Anadatus, Omanos, Aker, Isis, Serapis, Osiris, Anubis, Seker, Nephthys, Hapi, Mot, Huur
- aspect of
- Spenta Armaiti
- syncretized with
- Dionysos, Spenta Armaiti, Διόνυσος
- child of
- Aramazd
- served by
- Santarametakans
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Spandaramet, an old Armenian goddess of death and the underworld”
#12210 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Spandaramet (Armenian: Սպանդարամետ) or Sandaramet (Սանդարամետ) was the Armenian name of the Zoroastrian yazata (angelic divinity) Spenta Armaiti, one of the six Amesha Spentas, and the guardian of the earth.”
#13100 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Spandaramet (Սպանդարամետ) – Cognate of the Iranian Spenta Armaiti, a daughter of Aramazd, and cthonic goddess of fertility, vineyards and the underworld. Spandaramet was chosen by translators of some Armenian Bibles to convey the meaning of Διόνυσος) in 2 Maccabees 6:7.”
#26018 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001