Georgia Through Its Folktales – With translations by Ketevan Kalandadze illustrations by Miranda Gray

by Michael Berman

Ketevan Kalandadze (Translator) and Miranda Gray (Illustrator)

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'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' - "Griffin", 2001, p.2. But what about those aspects of life which remain relatively constant - the traditional practices of the people, the practices that are reflected in their folktales and their folklore? It is these constants that this study concentrates on. Find out about the land with which the earliest folklore of Europe is connected - the land where Noah's Ark is said to have settled, the land of the Argonauts and of Prometheus.
  • ISBN10 1846942799
  • ISBN13 9781846942792
  • Publish Date 27 March 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint John Hunt Publishing
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 160
  • Language English