Sassoun

E197130

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 7
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 (8)

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