Kartlos
Kartlos (
While Kartlos is only a mythological figure, his story has been explained by modern historiography for many reasons, whether political, ethnological, or religious. Even though, Kartlos is not styled as
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The myth of Kartlos is part of the Judeo-Christian mythology, a series of medieval legends that attempts to find a connection between the ancestors of the Georgians and biblical characters from an Old Testament.[9] The medieval text of The Georgian Chronicles, first mentions him around the 11th century, leading modern historiography to attribute the myth of Kartlos and his family to Leonti Mroveli, although, the tradition might be dated to c. 800.[10] The historian Giorgi Melikishvili dates the myth back to the early 8th century.[11]
The legend of Kartlos is unique to Georgian mythology, while that of his father, Targamos, features widely in medieval
According to historian
Family
Kartlos is the second son of Targamos and one of his “several wives”.
Kartlos would unite his people to become their chieftain and founded the country of Kartli.[20] He would later have sons: Mtskhetos, Gardabos, Kakhos, Kukhos, Gachios, Uphlos, Odzrkhos, Javakhos, the respective eponymous founders of Mtskheta, Gardabani, Kakheti, Kukheti, Gachiani, Uplistsikhe, Odzrkhe, and Javakheti.[21][22]
Genealogy
References
- ^ Rapp, p. 180
- ^ Rapp, p. 196
- ^ Rapp, pp. 114-178
- ^ Rapp, p. 186
- ^ Rapp, p. 179
- ^ Rapp, p. 263
- ^ Rapp, p. 41
- ^ Rapp, pp. 178-182
- ^ Brosset, pp. iv-v
- ^ Rapp, p. 172
- ^ Akhvlediani, p. 15
- ^ Akhvlediani, p. 17
- ^ Akhvlediani, p. 18
- ^ Allen, p. 37
- ^ Allen, p. 38
- ^ Brosset, p. 16
- ^ Allen, pp. 23-24
- ^ Rapp, p. 152
- ^ Brosset, pp. 17-18
- ^ Rapp, p. 272
- ^ Brosset, p. 21
- ^ Rapp, p. 454
- ^ Rapp, p. 131
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-90-429-1318-9
- ISBN 978-0-7100-6959-7
- Saint-Petersburg, Imprimerie de l'Académie impériale des Sciences
- Akhvlediani, G. (1990) "ქართლის ცხოვრების" ფოლკლორული წყაროები [Folklore sources of The Georgian Chronicles], Tbilisi, Sakartvelo Publishing, ISBN 978-5-529-00504-0
External links
- The Georgian Chronicles, Life of eight brothers, Line of ed.: 5. TITUS (Online Version).