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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">steps</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Шаги/Steps</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Shagi / Steps</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2412-9410</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2782-1765</issn><publisher><publisher-name>The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22394/2412-9410-2024-10-2-284-295</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">steps-186</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СРЕДНИЕ ВЕКА И НОВОЕ ВРЕМЯ. РЕЦЕПЦИЯ АНТИЧНОЙ ТРАДИЦИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>MIDDLE AGES AND NEW TIME. RECEPTION OF CLASSICAL TRADITION</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Armenian trace of a European legend</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Armenian trace of a European legend</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9380-9244</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Беджанян</surname><given-names>К. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bejanyan</surname><given-names>K. H.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кристина Генриховна Беджанян, кандидат филологических наук, доцент, зав. отделом</p><p>отдел зарубежной литературы</p><p>0015;  ул. Гр. Лусаворича, д. 15; Ереван</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kristine H. Bejanyan, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor, Head of The Department</p><p>Department of Foreign Literature</p><p>0015; Gr. Lusavoritch Str., 15; Yerevan</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kristinabejanyan@rambler.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3038-5735</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Карагезян</surname><given-names>Г. Л.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Karagyozyan</surname><given-names>G. L.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Гоар Левоновна Карагезян, кандидат филологических наук, старший научный сотрудник</p><p>отдел зарубежной литературы</p><p>0015; ул. Гр. Лусаворича, д. 15; Ереван</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Gohar L. Karagyozyan, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Senior Researcher</p><p>Department of Foreign Literature</p><p>0015; Gr. Lusavoritch Str., 15; Yerevan</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">gkaragyozian@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Институт литературы им. М. Абегяна НАН РА<country>Армения</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Manook Abeghyan Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences<country>Armenia</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>02</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>284</fpage><lpage>295</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Беджанян К.Г., Карагезян Г.Л., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Беджанян К.Г., Карагезян Г.Л.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bejanyan K.H., Karagyozyan G.L.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://steps.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/186">https://steps.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/186</self-uri><abstract><p>   Легенду о татарском хане и дочери царя Армении, произведшей на свет чудовище, которое в результате крещения превратилось в прекрасного младенца, что побудило хана принять христианство, включили в свое повествование многие европейские хронисты и историки. Эта легенда легла в основу известного английского рыцарского романа «Царь Тарса». Сюжет легенды слагается в основном из одних и тех же элементов. Однако в отдельных хрониках и летописях, а также в названном романе меняются их соотношение и комбинация, а порой имеют место выпадение одной из сюжетных линий или замена одного персонажа другим. Зачастую происходит приращение к сюжету, например, таких элементов, как взятие Иерусалима татарским ханом, изгнание сарацин из Иерусалима, взятие Алеппо, Дамаска и других городов объединенными войсками татар, царей Армении и Грузии. Что касается армянского следа этой легенды в европейской историко-литературной традиции, то между сюжетами первой ветви «Давида Сасунского» и циркулирующими на Западе легендами об истории дочери армянского царя, которую выдают замуж за иноверца, обнаруживаются явные параллели. В данной статье выявляются эти параллели, а также следы сходства с древнерусскими сказаниями.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>   The legend of the Tatar Khan and the daughter of the Armenian king, who gave birth to a monster which, as a result of baptism, turned into a beautiful baby, an event that prompted the khan to accept Christianity along with his people, was included in the narratives of many European chroniclers and historians. This legend formed the basis of the well-known English chivalric novel “King of Tars” that was compiled around 1330. The plot of the legend is mainly composed of the same elements. However, in some chronicles and annals, as well as in the mentioned novel, their ratio and combination changes, and sometimes one of the storylines falls out, or one character is replaced by another. Often there are some increments to the plot, such as: the capture of Jerusalem by the Tatar Khan, the expulsion of the Saracens from Jerusalem, the seizure of Aleppo, Damascus and other cities by the united troops of the Tatars, the kings of Armenia and Georgia. As for the Armenian trace of this legend in the European historical and literary tradition, clear parallels can be found between the plots of the first branch of “David of Sassoun” and the legends circulating in the West regarding the story of the daughter of the Armenian king, who got married to a non-Christian. This article reveals these parallels, as well as the traces that are similar in Old Russian tales.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>легенда</kwd><kwd>сказание</kwd><kwd>житие</kwd><kwd>повествование</kwd><kwd>крещение</kwd><kwd>«Царь Тарса»</kwd><kwd>«Давид Сасунский»</kwd><kwd>приращение</kwd><kwd>сюжет</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>legend</kwd><kwd>tale</kwd><kwd>hagiography</kwd><kwd>narration</kwd><kwd>baptism</kwd><kwd>“King of Tars”</kwd><kwd>“David of Sassoun”</kwd><kwd>increment</kwd><kwd>plot</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Alishan, L. (1867). Armenian popular songs. S. Lazarus.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Alishan, L. (1867). Armenian popular songs. S. 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