georg brandes described the armenian gods in his book: “when armenia accepted christianity, it was not only the temples which were destroyed, but also the songs and poems about the old gods and heroes that the people sang. we have only rare segments of these songs and poems, segments which bear witness of a great spiritual wealth and the power of creation of this people and these alone are sufficient reason enough for recreating the temples of the old armenian gods. these gods were neither the asian heavenly demons nor the precious and the delicate greek gods, but something that reflected the characteristics of the armenian people which they have been polishing through the ages, namely ambitious, wise and good-hearted.”