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* ChasteSeparatingSword: When Gohar does a LysistrataGambit, she lays a sword between them in bed at night.
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# Cycle 1: Sanasar and Baghdasar
# Cycle 2: Great Mher, also known as Lion Mher
# Cycle 3: David
# Cycle 4: Little Mher
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# Cycle 4: Little Mher
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family. When told, normally at least one of the four cycles would be left out, but David's -- the most popular -- almost never was.
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#Cycle 2: Great Mher, also known as Lion Mher
#Cycle 3: David
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Lion Mher regrets that he has no heir in his old age, due to his queen being unable to conceive. He is visited by an angel who informs him that his queen will bear a son, but in exchange both of them will die. He agrees, and nine months later David is born, and his parents die. With Lion Mher dead, Sasun is invaded by Egypt and its citizens forced to pay them tribute. David is sent to live with his paternal uncle Big-Voiced Ohan, now the ruler of Sasun, who surrendered to Egypt. David is told nothing of his past due to the wishes of Ohan's wife, wary of him because David might try to take the throne from Ohan. David is sent outside most of his childhood, befriending wild animals and terrorizing the town by bringing them home with him. One day he meets an old hag in the woods, who tells him about his father. With this knowledge David decides to become a warrior, take back his throne and challenge Egypt for Sasun's independence.
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Lion Mher regrets that he has no heir in his old age, due to his queen being unable to conceive. He is visited by an angel who informs him that his queen will bear a son, but in exchange both of them will die. He agrees, and nine months later David is born, and his parents die. With Lion Mher dead, Sasun is invaded by Egypt and its citizens forced to pay them tribute. David is sent to live with his paternal uncle Big-Voiced Ohan, now the ruler of Sasun, who surrendered to Egypt. David is told nothing of his past due to the wishes of Ohan's wife, wary of him because David might try to take the throne from Ohan. David is sent outside most of his childhood, befriending wild animals and terrorizing the town by bringing them home with him. One day he meets an old hag in the woods, who tells him about his father. With this knowledge David decides to become a warrior, take back his throne and challenge Egypt for Sasun's independence.
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The story chronicles warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Egyptian rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but the poem was composed during a time when Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries was Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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The story chronicles warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Egyptian rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but the poem was composed during a time when Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries was it's {{applicability}} given Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: Big-Voiced Ohan. He's meek and cowardly throughout most of the story, but he has the hidden superpower of a voice loud enough to shatter stone. He does this to free David from Melik's trap.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: SuperScream: Big-Voiced Ohan. He's meek and cowardly throughout most of the story, but he has the hidden superpower of a voice loud enough to shatter stone. He does this to free David from Melik's trap.
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The story chronicles warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but the poem was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries was Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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The work consists of four cycle, correlating to [[GenerationalSaga four generations]] of a family:
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The story chronicles warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim Egyptian rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but the poem was composed during a time that when Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries was Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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The work consists of four
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The story chronicles warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but the poem was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the was Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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The story chronicles warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but it the poem was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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As an oral tale, it dates from as early as the 8th century and was for centuries rehearsed by village bards. It wasn't put in written form until 1873 by Garegin Srvantdziantz, and it was published the next year.
It consists of four cycles, chronicling warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but it was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
The four cycles corollate to [[GenerationalSaga four generations]] of a family:
It consists of four cycles, chronicling warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but it was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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As an oral tale, it dates from as early as to the 8th century 10th century, and was for centuries rehearsed by village bards. It wasn't put in written form until 1873 by Garegin Srvantdziantz, Srvantdziantz in 1873, and it was published the next following year.
It consists of four cycles, chronicling The story chronicles warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but it was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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It consists of four cycles, chronicling [[GenerationalSaga four generations]] of warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but it was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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It consists of four cycles, chronicling [[GenerationalSaga four generations]] of warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but it was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
[[AC:Adaptions:]]The four cycles corollate to [[GenerationalSaga four generations]] of a family:
# Cycle 1: Sanasar and Baghdasar
# Cycle 2: Great Mher, also known as Lion Mher
# Cycle 3: David
# Cycle 4: Little Mher
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* In 2010, after ten years of DevelopmentHell, an AnimatedAdaptation was produced in Armenia directed by Arman Manaryan called ''Sasna Tsrer'', covering the first three cycles.
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* ElementalWeapon: Lion Mher had a sword that shoots bolts of lightning, and David eventually finds it and uses it against Melik.
* NephariousPharaoh: The BigBad is Melik, Egyptian king and EvilOverlord. He was probably based in part on the pharaoh from Literature/BookOfExodus. Given the fact that Egypt has never actually conquered Armenia, he's also probably a sort of NoCelebritiesWereHarmed {{Expy}} of the Arab caliphs or Turkish sultans.
* HistoryRepeats: Lion Mher and David both find themselves the ChosenConceptionPartner of villainous women.
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* MysticalPregnancy: Tsovinar conceivers her twin sons, Sanasar and Baghdasar, by drinking from a sacred spring.
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* DirtyCoward: Melik, instead of fighting David, at first traps him in a deep pit and closes the top of the pit with a boulder.
* EvilUncle/ WickedStepmother: Ohan's wife is really the evil one, Ohan is just too much of a push-over to stand up to her.
* TheHerald: The old hag sets the hero David on his adventure by revealing to him his true parentage.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Big-Voiced Ohan. He's meek and cowardly throughout most of the story, but he has the hidden superpower of a voice loud enough to shatter stone. He does this to free David from Melik's trap.
* SuperStrength: David was able to walk in iron boots, among other feats of strength.
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* LysistrataGambit: Little Mher and Gohar get married, and Gohar refuses to have sex with her new husband until he puts an end to the unfair taxation of the Armenians by the King of the West. So Mher leads a battle against the king, wins, then comes home and has sex with his wife.
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* ElementalWeapon: Lion Mher had a sword that shoots bolts of lightning, and David eventually finds it and uses it against Melik.
* NephariousPharaoh: The BigBad is Melik, Egyptian king and EvilOverlord. He was probably based in part on the pharaoh from Literature/BookOfExodus. Given the fact that Egypt has never actually conquered Armenia, he's also probably a sort of NoCelebritiesWereHarmed {{Expy}} of the Arab caliphs or Turkish sultans.
* HistoryRepeats: Lion Mher and David both find themselves the ChosenConceptionPartner of villainous women.
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* MysticalPregnancy: Tsovinar conceivers her twin sons, Sanasar and Baghdasar, by drinking from a sacred spring.
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* DirtyCoward: Melik, instead of fighting David, at first traps him in a deep pit and closes the top of the pit with a boulder.
* EvilUncle/ WickedStepmother: Ohan's wife is really the evil one, Ohan is just too much of a push-over to stand up to her.
* TheHerald: The old hag sets the hero David on his adventure by revealing to him his true parentage.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Big-Voiced Ohan. He's meek and cowardly throughout most of the story, but he has the hidden superpower of a voice loud enough to shatter stone. He does this to free David from Melik's trap.
* SuperStrength: David was able to walk in iron boots, among other feats of strength.
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* LysistrataGambit: Little Mher and Gohar get married, and Gohar refuses to have sex with her new husband until he puts an end to the unfair taxation of the Armenians by the King of the West. So Mher leads a battle against the king, wins, then comes home and has sex with his wife.
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As an oral tale, it dates from as early as the 8th century and was for centuries rehearsed by village bards. It wasn't put in written form until 1873 by Garegin Srvantdziantz, and it was published the next year.
It consists of four cycles, chronicling [[GenerationalSaga four generations]] of warriors from Sasun (a historical Armenian province, west of Lake Van) struggling against Muslim rule in the 8th to 10th centuries. Egypt has never actually conquered Sasun or Armenia, but it was composed during a time that Islamic empires were growing in the region. The Egyptians were originally stand-ins for the Arabs, who were known to tax non-Muslims to ridiculous extremes when they ruled Armenia. One reason for the poem's continued popularity through the centuries would be the Turkish dominance of Western Armenia for most of the last millennium.
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* Poet Hovhannes Tumanian's wrote a rhymed version of the third cycle, now in the PublicDomain, which can be read [[https://arak29.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/David-of-Sasson.pdf here]].
* In 2010, after ten years of DevelopmentHell, an AnimatedAdaptation was produced in Armenia directed by Arman Manaryan called ''Sasna Tsrer'', covering the first three cycles.
