Sassoun

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Sassoun is a mountainous region in historic Western Armenia, famed in Armenian folklore as the homeland of the legendary heroes of the national epic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sassoun canonical 17
Sanasar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
associatedWith Armenian national identity ⓘ
oral epic tradition ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus symbolic homeland in Armenian folklore ⓘ
culture Armenian culture ⓘ
describedAs homeland of the legendary heroes of the Armenian epic ⓘ
economyHistorically agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
ethnicGroupHistorically Armenians ⓘ
Kurdish population ⓘ
famousFor Armenian folklore ⓘ
Armenian national epic ⓘ
Daredevils of Sassoun ⓘ
geographicalFeature deep valleys ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
hasHero David of Sassoun ⓘ
Little Mher ⓘ
Mher ⓘ
linked to: Little Mher
hasLegend David of Sassoun cycle ⓘ
historicalPopulationType rural ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of Armenian peasant uprisings ⓘ
inEpic Daredevils of Sassoun ⓘ
knownAs Sason ⓘ
Sasun ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Armenian ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey

Western Armenia ⓘ
historic Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Greater Armenia
mentionedIn Armenian epic poetry ⓘ
Armenian folk songs ⓘ
near Tigris River basin ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
notableFor resistance traditions in Armenian history ⓘ
partOf Bitlis Vilayet ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
presentDayAdministrativeUnit Sason District ⓘ
presentDayProvince Batman Province ⓘ
regionType highland ⓘ
religionHistorically Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
traditionalNameLanguage Armenian ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daredevils of Sassoun → setting → Sassoun ⓘ
Daredevils of Sassoun → hasCharacter → Sanasar ⓘ
linked to: Sassoun
David of Sassoun → residence → Sassoun ⓘ
David of Sassoun → locatedIn → Sassoun ⓘ
Little Mher → associatedWith → Sassoun ⓘ
Sasna Tsrer → mainLocation → Sassoun ⓘ
Sasuntsi Davit → setting → Sassoun ⓘ
Pokr Mher → associatedWith → Sassoun ⓘ
Sanasar → associatedPlace → Sassoun ⓘ
Baghdasar → associatedWith → Sassoun ⓘ
Sason → historicalName → Sassoun ⓘ
Sason → historicalRegion → Sassoun ⓘ