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Georgian mythology / Zurab Kiknadze.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiknaże, Zurab, author.
- Series:
- Georgian Classics Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mythology--Georgia (Republic).
- Mythology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (390 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- ""Georgian Mythology" was published in two books in Georgia. The first book "Georgian Mythology 1 - Cross and Its Community" was printed twice: in 1996 for the first time, and in 2016 for the second time with some important additions. In the same year 2016, the second book was released with the title "Georgian Mythology 2 - The Dream of Parnavaz". The English translation of both books of "Georgian Mythology" is based on the Georgian editions of 2016. For the author of "Georgian Mythology", the essential process of contemplation and analysis is the path leading to the truth. He manages to persuade the readers to share his feelings and thoughts and, in this way, to show them a new, yet unknown, exotic world. The book is notably valuable for specialists in various fields of humanities, researchers interested in traditional society and students. Yet, every educated person will find it fascinating, especially a literate reader keen on the history of culture"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword from the Editor
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1: The Cross and Its Community
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Creation Andrezis
- Acquiring the Land
- Kvrivi
- Discovery of the Kvrivi
- The Appearance of Jvari (Ash Tree in the Hearth)
- The Appearance of Jvari on Karatistsveri
- Betlemi -Homeland of Jvari
- Flying Jvaris
- The Dove - A Sign of Jvari
- The Dove - A Church Builder
- The Appearance of Jvari in Captivity
- Chapter 2
- The Treasure of Kajaveti
- A Sacral Bowl
- A Cow Horn
- A Nine-Stringed Golden Panduri
- A Chain
- A Nine-Clapper Bell
- A Herd of Cattle
- Samdzimari
- A Sacred Standard
- Chapter 3
- Saqmo
- Saqmo at the Court of Jvari
- The Holy Mountain
- Saqmo and Treasure
- Mkadre's Ordeal
- The Golden Button
- Davlati
- The Called and the Selected
- The Prisoners of Jvari
- From a Manger to the Jvari
- Women Preachers
- Chapter 4
- The Times of Blood Rains
- Return of Devis
- Chapter 5
- The Devoted
- Appendix: The Christian Substrate of the Religious System of the Jvaris and Khatis
- Paganism and Paganization
- The Vassals of Jvari
- Jvari, Khati and Ghvtisshvili
- Deviation from the Faith
- Faith of Christians
- Part 2: The Dream of Parnavaz
- Preface
- The Myth of Kingship
- "A Desolate House"
- The Sun - the Initiator, "The Sundew"
- Sun-Deer
- The Royal Treasure
- Kingship and Gold
- From Hunter to King
- The Sun and Golden Deer
- The Sun and Milk
- Parnavaz's Name
- Armenian Translation of "The Dream of Parnavaz"
- The Treasure of Albanians
- The Eternal Spring
- The Ban
- "Winged Sulghumi"
- The Morning Star
- Nanny, Maid - Witch
- The Eschatology of the Brutsabdzela (Tamar's Cradle and Casket)
- The Return of Spring
- A Folk Poem
- A Song
- The Abandoned Child
- The Virgin in a Tower.
- Chapter 4
- Tamar and the Sea
- The King's Apotheosis
- King-Rescuer
- Apotheosis
- King-Hunter
- Adroit King
- "Achilles' Heel"
- The Repentant King
- The King and the Plowman
- Chapter 6
- David Triumphator Over Time (Evil Spirit in the Service of a Man)
- "The Devil of the Gaburis' Family"
- "Qvavis Saqdara" - "A Crow Church"
- Chapter 7
- Inner and Outer
- The Chosen Animal
- Chapter 8
- The World of a Hunter
- A Shepherd and a Hunter
- A Hunter and an Alien World
- Hunter-Warrior
- A Double Life of a Hunter
- The Hunter and the Patron of Wild Animals
- Betkil
- Ivane Kvatsikheli
- Chorla
- White Manguri
- "Hunter Mepisai"
- Tqashmapa
- Ochopint(r)e
- The Wild Game - "Devil's Herd"
- Chapter 9
- The Sacrificed Deer ("A Deer Came to Khani…")
- Chapter 10
- The Myth and Ritual of Maximus
- Myth
- The Ritual
- Explanations
- Records of 1914 (Selected)
- The Ritual of Muroba
- Records of 2007 (Selected)
- Afterword
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- References
- Index
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kiknadze, Zurab Georgian Mythology
- ISBN:
- 9798886976267
- OCLC:
- 1379480432
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