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Sasuntzi Davith (David of Sasun, also seen as Daredevils of Sasun) is an Armenian folk epic about the adventures of David of Sasun (also seen as David of Sassoun), a legendary Christian hero who defended Armenia against invaders from Egypt and Persia. The epic is based on an oral tradition dating from the seventh to tenth centuries. It existed solely in oral form until portions of it were written down and published in 1873 by Garegin Srvantsdiants (1840‒92), a priest, ethnographer, traveler and poet. Srvantsdiants heard the heroic tale ...