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彼女の名前を短くするとアルメニア語でաստղ（astġ）となり「星」を意味し、インド・ヨーロッパ祖語の*h₂stḗrを介してサンスクリット語のSTRやアヴェスター語や英語のスター、ラテン語とイタリア語のアストロ・ステラ等の同根語である。
In the earliest prehistoric period '''Astłik'''{{sfn|Petrosyan|2015|p=100}} ({{lang-hy|[[wikt:Աստղիկ|Աստղիկ]]}}) had been worshipped as the [[Armenia]]n [[deity]] of fertility and love, later the skylight had been considered her personification, and she had been the consort of [[Vahagn]]. In the later heathen period she became the [[goddess]] of [[love]], maidenly [[beauty]], and water sources and springs.<ref>Lurker, Manfred. ''The Routledge Dictionary Of Gods Goddesses Devils And Demons''. Routledge. 2004. pp. 22-23. {{ISBN|978-04-15340-18-2}}</ref>
The ''[[Vardavar]]'' festival devoted to Astłik that had once been celebrated in mid July was transformed into the Christian holiday of the [[Transfiguration of Jesus]], and is still celebrated by the Armenians. As in pre-Christian times, on the day of this fest the people release doves and sprinkle water on each other with wishes of health and good luck.
One tradition holds her as [[Noah]]'s daughter, born after the [[Genesis flood narrative|great flood]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armeniaculture-am.armin.am/en/Encyclopedia_astghik|title = Astghik | armeniaculture.am}}</ref>
==Mythology==
Astłik was originally the goddess creator of heaven and earth, and was later demoted to the position of "maiden". This change in the pantheon occurred as [[Aramazd]] became creator{{efn|As with all sun cults rising to power, the [[Solar deity|sun god]] personification began to be worshiped.}} and [[Anahit]] became known as Great Lady and Mother Deity (the moon being worshipped as her personification). They form a trinity in the pantheon of Armenian deities. In the period of [[Hellenistic]] influence, Astłik became similar to the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[Aphrodite]] and the [[ancient Mesopotamian religion|Mesopotamian]] [[Ishtar]].
==Etymology==
Her name is the diminutive of Armenian {{lang|hy|[[wikt:աստղ|աստղ]]}} ''{{transliteration|hy|ISO|astł}}'',{{sfn|Ačaṙean|1971|p=278}} meaning ''"''[[star]]''"''. The word stems from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European root]] [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂stḗr|*h₂stḗr]] and is [[cognate|cognates]] with Sanskrit {{transliteration|sa|stṛ́}}, Avestan ''star'', Pahlavi ''star'', Persian {{transliteration|fa|setār}}, {{lang-grc|[[wikt:ἀστήρ|astḗr]]}}, etc. All star goddesses were originally called night goddesses, including the morning and evening star (Venus).
==Cultic locales==
Her principal seat was in [[Ashtishat]] (Taron), located to the North from [[Muş]], where her chamber was dedicated to the name of [[Vahagn]] and known as "Vahagn's bedroom". Vahagn was the personification of a sun-god, her lover or husband according to popular tales.
Other temples and places of worship of Astłik had been located in various towns and villages, such as the mountain of [[Palaty]] (to the South-West from [[Lake Van]]), in [[Artamet]] (12 km from Van),<ref>p. 107, "The Pantheon of Armenian Pagan Deities", Gagik Artsruni, Yerevan, 2003</ref> etc.
The unique monuments of prehistoric Armenia, [[vishap]] ("dragon stones"){{efn|[[Armenian language|Armenian]] višap 'serpent, dragon', derived from [[Persian language|Persian]].}} spread in many provinces of historical Armenia (i.e., Gegharkunik, Aragatsotn, Javakhk, Tayk, etc.), and are additional manifestations of her worship.
==See also ==
* [[Anahit]]
* [[Aramazd]]
* [[Hayk]]
* [[Ishtar]]
* [[Vahagn]]
== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book|title=Հայերեն Արմատական Բառարան [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words]|url=https://archive.org/embed/Hrarm1|first=Hračʿya|last=Ačaṙean|author-link1=Hrachia Acharian|publisher=Yerevan University Press|year=1971|edition=2}}
*{{cite book|title=The Indo‑european and Ancient Near Eastern Sources of the Armenian Epic|url=https://www.academia.edu/3656244|first=Armen|last=Petrosyan|place=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Institute for the Study of Man|year=2002|isbn=9780941694810}}
*{{cite journal|first=Armen|last=Petrosyan|year= 2007|title=State Pantheon of Greater Armenia: Earliest Sources|journal=Aramazd: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies|volume= 2|pages=174–201|issn=1829-1376}}
*{{cite book|title=Problems of Armenian Prehistory. Myth, Language, History|url=https://archive.org/embed/2015PetrosyanProblemsOfArmenianPrehistory|first=Armen|last=Petrosyan|place=Yerevan|publisher=Gitutyun|year=2015|isbn=9785808012011}}
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== 水の祭り（Vardavar） ==
