Spandaramet
Armenian · deity · pantheon era · Recorded classification
A NAME THAT CHANGED SIDES. The Iranian Spenta Armaiti is the beneficent spirit of the EARTH; the Armenian Spandaramet is the lord of what is UNDER it, and the word came to mean the underworld outright. No cross-tradition edge is drawn to the Zoroastrian figure and the etymology carries the fact. Carries a verified-solitary verdict.
Domains
- the underworld
Sources
- Spandaramet is the Armenian god of the underworld and the kingdom of the dead.: Reference treatments of the Armenian pantheon and of its pre-Christian gods. (secondary)