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In the marginalia of a Georgian manuscript (c. 1160), the reader finds illustrations of supernatural beings. This form of drawing is not commonly found in Georgian theological manuscripts. The atypical pictures in this dogmatic ascetic work are joined together with the fairy tale form.
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Through an examination of the Georgian sources, it can be shown that although Christian Orthodox belief played a significant role in the Georgian fairy tale tradition, it did not influence all genres of folklore and some forms of fairy tales contained no Christian meaning at all.
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This page is a summary of: Die christliche Symbolik von Tierfiguren im georgischen Volksmärchen, dargestellt an einer Handschrift aus dem 12. Jahrhundert, Fabula, March 2006, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/fabl.2006.006.
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