

a Legend of Tbilisi
According to the legend, the king of ancient Iberia, Vakhtang I Gorgasali, once hunted in the forests near the first capital of Georgia – Mtskheta. After some time, he shot a pheasant and killed it. The king sent his falcon to find the prey. The falcon flew away, and after a while, the king lost sight of him. In search of the birds, Vakhtang Gorgasali with his hunters came upon a sulphur spring and saw that both birds were in it. The spring turned out to be hot. And amazed with this find Vakhtang I decided to establish a new city here realizing a great advantage of that location.
In addition, to the hot springs, the location had many important factors for the city: a protected position between the mountains, location on a trade route, strategically favourable factors. Thus, according to the legend, the city of Tbilisi was founded. The word “Tbilisi” is translated from Georgian as “warm”. Tbilisi is a city of warm sulphur springs.
The area that is now western Georgia was once part of the Kingdom of Colchis. Aeëtes, a son of the sun-god Helios, served as the monarch of Colchis. Aeëtes had a golden fleece, which was a sheepskin wrapped in gold. Medea, his daughter, who was by then struck by Cupid's arrow of love for Jason, taught him how to overcome those challenges, which resulted in stealing the Golden Fleece from her own father and fleeing to Greece along with Jason.

There is a wonderful legend about first Georgians. According to ancient tradition, when God was giving land to the peoples of the world, the Georgians were busy eating, drinking, and feasting and when they arrived it was too late because there was no land left. The Georgians told God that they had been toasting to his health and invited him to join them. God has so a good time at the Georgians' table "Supra” that he gave them all the land he had been saving for himself. That’s why Georgia is God’s own country.


In Georgian mythology, Barbale is a goddess of the Sun and fertility. According to the folk beliefs, she provides good harvests as well as fertility for both people and livestock. Many celebrations and rituals used to be dedicated to her.It was thought that Barbale could cure different diseases, but at the same time she could inflict suffering, hardships and death upon people who displeased her.
Barbale, solar goddess

Monk Davit, one of the 13 Syrian Fathers, founded the cave monastery at Gareja, in the semi-desert in the 6th century. it was said that one-third of Jerusalem’s spiritual treasure was kept here. The legend says that Davit traveled to Jerusalem, but he could not enter the city, because was overcome by emotion and felt unable to do it. The same night the king of Jerusalem had a dream that someone had taken all the spiritual peace from Jerusalem. He ordered his soldiers to follow Davit and reclaimed two of the stones, leaving him with the third to take to Georgia.
Christianity And St. Nino
Christianity was declared as a state religion in 337 A.D. It is connected with St. Nino. King Mirian ruled the country at that time. The wife of Mirian queen Nana was ill, she was dying and no one could help her. Only after praying for St. Nino and baptized as a Christian, she got better. King Mirian and Georgian people did not want to leave pagan religion. Once, he was hunting in the forest near Mtskheta, suddenly it became dark and king Mirian lost his way. He was afraid and began prying on his idols, but nothing changed. Only after praying to St. Nino’ s god - Christ , the darkness disappeared and he could find his way. After this miracle, King Mirian Christianized.


St. Nino, King Mirian and Sveti-Tskhoveli

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
According to the tradition, this is the place, where the robe of Christ was buried. The legend says that Elioz, Georgian Jew was in Jerusalem and returned to Mtskheta with the robe of Christ. His sister Sidonia, took it and died at once. No one could take the robe from her embrace and they decide to bury them together. King Mirian after adopting Christianity ordered to build the first church in Georgia. the column always fell down. Only after ST. Nino, the column flew in the sky and in the morning stood in the right place. The column had healing power and every citizen could see this miracle. That’s why this church is called Sveti-Tskhoveli that means "life-giving column”.
Batonebi is the common folk name of communicable diseases. Based on old religious beliefs, Batonebi were little supernatural beings who, during their visit to villages, chose a family where they would bring the disease.It was thought that they liked music, dances, flowers and sweet treats. Correspondingly, the host family played the panduri (Georgian string instrument similar to a small guitar), placed sweets on the table, sang songs and performed dances to entertain Batonebi.
Batonebi, disease bringers

Dali, goddess of hunting
Dali is a goddess of hunting in Georgian mythology. According to the myths, she protects the horned animals. As people used to believe, Dali was very beautiful and lived on a cliff from which her golden hair flowed down. Dali also was a shapeshifter, able to appear as an animal or bird. If a hunter confessed his love to her, she assisted him until the hunter kept their love affair secret. Upon breaking the promise, however, the hunter perished. Amirani is considered to be the son of Dali and one unknown hunter.

The cave monastery complex Vardzia was built during the reign of King George III and his daughter Queen Tamar.
According to the legend, a long time ago, when Tamara was still little, she loved to play in this at that time unfinished cave town. One day she was playing there with her uncle who soon lost the girl of his sight in that cave maze. And then Tamar loudly shouted: “Ak var dzia!” (“I am here, uncle!”). The last two words echoed around the cave complex, and they were heard by King George III. He ordered to call the complex just like that – “Vardzia”.
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a Legend of Tbilisi
According to the legend, the king of ancient Iberia, Vakhtang I Gorgasali, once hunted in the forests near the first capital of Georgia – Mtskheta. After some time, he shot a pheasant and killed it. The king sent his falcon to find the prey. The falcon flew away, and after a while, the king lost sight of him. In search of the birds, Vakhtang Gorgasali with his hunters came upon a sulphur spring and saw that both birds were in it. The spring turned out to be hot. And amazed with this find Vakhtang I decided to establish a new city here realizing a great advantage of that location.
In addition, to the hot springs, the location had many important factors for the city: a protected position between the mountains, location on a trade route, strategically favourable factors. Thus, according to the legend, the city of Tbilisi was founded. The word “Tbilisi” is translated from Georgian as “warm”. Tbilisi is a city of warm sulphur springs.
The area that is now western Georgia was once part of the Kingdom of Colchis. Aeëtes, a son of the sun-god Helios, served as the monarch of Colchis. Aeëtes had a golden fleece, which was a sheepskin wrapped in gold. Medea, his daughter, who was by then struck by Cupid's arrow of love for Jason, taught him how to overcome those challenges, which resulted in stealing the Golden Fleece from her own father and fleeing to Greece along with Jason.

There is a wonderful legend about first Georgians. According to ancient tradition, when God was giving land to the peoples of the world, the Georgians were busy eating, drinking, and feasting and when they arrived it was too late because there was no land left. The Georgians told God that they had been toasting to his health and invited him to join them. God has so a good time at the Georgians' table "Supra” that he gave them all the land he had been saving for himself. That’s why Georgia is God’s own country.


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