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According to historians, the words, "Harut" and "Marut", appear in Armenian books, historical books of [[Egypt]], and Slavonic texts of Enoch and the like with remarkable differences. A British historian reported an Armenian source as saying that "Hurut" means fertile and "Murut" means immortal, referring to two gods of the Mount Masis or Ararat. In an Egyptian myth that he translated, Watts Neld encountered the names, "Hurvanati" and "Amerekati" which are similar to "Harut" and "Marut". | According to historians, the words, "Harut" and "Marut", appear in Armenian books, historical books of [[Egypt]], and Slavonic texts of Enoch and the like with remarkable differences. A British historian reported an Armenian source as saying that "Hurut" means fertile and "Murut" means immortal, referring to two gods of the Mount Masis or Ararat. In an Egyptian myth that he translated, Watts Neld encountered the names, "Hurvanati" and "Amerekati" which are similar to "Harut" and "Marut". | ||
==Accounts in Jewish Sources== | ===Accounts in Jewish Sources=== | ||
In his ''[[al-Mizan]]'', [['Allama Tabataba'i]] writes that the story of Harut and Marut corresponds to myths maintained by the [[Jews]] about the two angels, and it is not dissimilar to ancient Greek myths about stars. | In his ''[[al-Mizan]]'', [['Allama Tabataba'i]] writes that the story of Harut and Marut corresponds to myths maintained by the [[Jews]] about the two angels, and it is not dissimilar to ancient Greek myths about stars. | ||