Eteriani [1] ( Georgian ეთერიანი , “[fairy tale] Eteri”) is a Georgian medieval romantic epic [2] , which has been preserved in 70 separate fragments of oral prose and poetry, probably starting from the X or XI century. A similar story also exists in languages similar to Georgian: Mingrelian , Laz , Svan .
| Eteriani | |
|---|---|
| ეთერიანი | |
| Genre | epic |
| Original language | |
| Date of writing | X-XI centuries |
| Date of first publication | 1858 |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 History and publications
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Story
Eteriani is a love story between the shepherdess Eteri and Tsarevich Abesalom, who decides to marry her against the will of his father. Vizier Murman is inflamed with a passion for Eteri and sells his soul to the devil to prevent the wedding. With witchcraft he sends sickness to Eteri and convinces the prince to transfer the girl to him, since he has medicine. Abesalom dies of longing for his beloved, and Eteri commits suicide. The lovers were buried nearby, but Murman decides to bury himself alive between them. Even after death, he prevents the lovers from reuniting: a hedge grows on his grave, separating roses and violets from the graves of Abesalom and Eteri.
History and Publications
According to M. Ya. Chikovani, the epic was created in the X-XI centuries. Numerous epic variations have been recorded in various regions of Georgia [2] .
Folklore versions of the epic in the form of a fairy tale were first published in a Georgian newspaper in 1858.
A more complete version appeared in 1875 thanks to the Georgian folklorist Peter Umikashvili [3] .
The epic inspired the Georgian writer Vazh Pshavel (1861-1915) to create the poem Eteri , and the composer Zakhari Petrovich Paliashvili (1871-1933) to the opera Abesalom and Eteri (1919) [4] .
See also
- Georgian literature
- Chronology of medieval Georgian literature
- Tristan and Isolde
Notes
- ↑ Dictionary of pronunciation and stress difficulties in modern Russian . - M .: Centerpolygraph, 2009 .-- S. 7 .-- 525 p.
- ↑ 1 2 S. F. Mukhamedyarov. Soviet Historical Encyclopedia / Ed. E. M. Zhukova. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1973-1982.
- ↑ Elena B. Virsaladze. Georgian folk poetry . - Merany, 1972.- 558 p.
- ↑ Paliashvili . The Big Russian Encyclopedia is an electronic version . bigenc.ru. Date of treatment November 17, 2018.
Literature
- Sikharulidze K. A. On the issue of the Georgian epos, its collection and study. - Questions of studying the epos of the peoples of the USSR. - M. , 1958.
- Surkov A.A. Brief Literary Encyclopedia. - Soviet Encyclopedia, 1962. - T. 8. - S. 983.
- Khakhanov A. S. Essays on the history of Georgian literature. - 1895.
- Chikovani M. Ya. Folk literature. - Institute of the History of Georgian Literature named after Chateau Rustaveli, 1954. - T. IV. - An academic publication with 49 epic versions arranged according to ethnographic principle.
Links
- A folk poem based on the combined text of P. Umikashvili and P. Mirianashvili. The translation of the poem by the poet A. Kochetkov was published in the book “Anthology of Georgian Poetry” (M., 1958). Eteriani. . MIFOLOG.RU: Illustrated mythological encyclopedia .