Megalithic Monuments in Georgian Mythic-ritual System (Syncretism in the Symbol)

Authors

  • Nino Abakelia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/2/83-91

Keywords:

Menhirs, Symbol, Worship, Early-Christian Stone Pillars, Syncretism

Abstract

The focus of the paper is one of the most important elements of archaic anthropology menhirs in Georgian mythic-ritual system.

Gathered ethnographic data on the above mentioned monuments revealed new facts and respectively provided a new basis for new considerations in the region of their occurrences. The most important among them probably was that they had been used and functioning on the new religious level.

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Abakelia, N. (2012). Megalithic Monuments in Georgian Mythic-ritual System (Syncretism in the Symbol). KADMOS, (2), 83–91. https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/2/83-91

Issue

No. 2 (2010): Kadmos

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