Georgia through its legends, folklore, and people
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Georgia through its legends, folklore, and people
（Focus on civilizations and cultures）
Nova Science Publishers, c2011
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes index
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Description
Everything shifts in the Caucasus, blown by some of the strongest winds on earth. Even the ground moves, splintered by fault lines. In early Georgian myths, it is said that when the mountains were young, they had legs -- could walk from the edges of the oceans to the deserts, flirting with the low hills, shrouding them with soft clouds of love. But what about those aspects of life which remain relatively constant -- the traditional practices of the people, the practices that are reflected in their legends and their folklore? It is these constants that this book concentrates on accompanied with breathtaking images.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Republic of Georgia in Pagan Times & Today
- The Doctor Lukman
- Folk Cures
- Belief in the Evil Eye
- Natsiliani
- The Meaning of Dreams
- Tamar's Eternal Spring
- The Building of Gergeti Trinity Church
- The Father's Prophecy
- The Magical Control of the Rain
- The Magical Control of the Wind
- When Lightning Strikes
- How Tbilisi got its Name
- The Legend of Paliastomi
- Christ's Robe in Georgia
- Nino Converts Kartli to Christianity
- The Legend of Amirani
- Ochopintre & Tkashmapa
- The Legend of Kashueti Church
- The Legend of Lake Abudelauri
- Dali -- The Female Goddess of Nature, Animals & Hunting
- The Legend of Bebristsikhe (The Castle of the Old Man)
- Prayers to the New Moon
- Kopala & Iakhsar
- Dzyzlan, the Abkhazian Mother of Water.
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