Category: Short Stories
These were collected by Professor Tsagareli during the years 1876-79, chiefly in the districts of Sachichuo and Salipartiano, which lie almost in the centre of Mingrelia, far removed from foreign influence, and are famous for the purity of their Mingrelian idiom. The Mingrelia...
Once upon a time there was a poor peasant who had one son. And it came to pass that his wife said to him: 'He should learn some trade, for when he is separated from thee, what w...
5. PART IIThere was, there was, there was, there was, and nothing there was. [24] In a certain country, a certain realm, a certain region, a certain village, there was an orphan so poor,...
6. PART IIIThere came from far-off lands a strong man who had nowhere met his match, and challenged any one in the whole kingdom to wrestle with him. The king gathered his folk together, b...
3. Part III. is an anonymous collection, entitled Gruzinskiya NarodnyyaIt will be found that, besides the differences due to geographical position, the three groups of stories are not of the same character. Part II. is more naïve and popular than P...
2. Part II. comprises the Mingrelian stories in ProfessorThese were collected by Professor Tsagareli during the years 1876-79, chiefly in the districts of Sachichuo and Salipartiano, which lie almost in the centre of Mingrelia, far re...
1. Part I. is a collection edited by Mr. Aghniashvili, and published in