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Derived from Armenian աստղ (astġ) "star".

In Armenian mythology, Astghik is a goddess who in the earliest period had been worshipped as the Armenian pagan deity of fertility and love. Later, the skylight had been considered her personification, and she had been the wife or lover of VAHAGN. In the later heathen period she became the goddess of love, maidenly beauty, and water sources and springs.
In the period of Hellenistic influence, Astghik became similar to the Greek APHRODITE and the Mesopotamian ISHTAR.