EIN VORCHRISTLICHER MYTHOS -ÜBER DEN RELIGIÖSEN ASPEKT IN DER LEBENSERZÄHLUNG VON DER HEILIGEN NINO(DIE REKONSTRUKTION DES PARADIGMATISCHEN LEBENSBILDES VON HOFDAME SCHROSCHANA)
ONE PRE–CHRISTIAN MYTH –RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF ST. NINO'S LIFE(FOR PARADIGMATIC FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROYAL MAID WOMAN SHROSHANA)

Summary/Abstract: The present study examines one passage containing the pre –Christian myth of the medieval Georgian hagiographic works –"The Convent of Kartli" –namely the place where the female person is referred to by the word "woman."In Georgian hagiographic works of the early Middle Ages (V-X century), female people are referred to as "mother," "queen."The word denoting the female person in Georgia today is "woman," as well as "lady."In the article presented, a detailed analysis of the sources of various classifications and scholarly works examines the ethno–mythical and Christian etymology of the term 'woman'. The study suggests that, according to pre –Christian Georgian religious consciousness, the term "woman" meant only the female representative who headed the pagan temple (in our opinion the Lunar Temple). In pre –Christian Georgia, the worship of the moon (represented by a white goddess) was widespread, which, in the earlier Georgian hagiographic writings, except for the passages we have identified and studied, do not refer to this term as female.

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