Heinz Fähnrich – “The Queen of the Forest; Myths and Folk-tales from Georgia

Abstract

In 2012 the König Publishing House issued the book by the outstanding German Kartvelologist Heinz Fähnrich „Königindes Waldes; Sagenund Mythenaus Georigen“. The book includes materials which depict the Georgian reality and views them from different perspectives. Namely, the Georgian mythological-poetic thinking vision not only as exemplified by folkloristic faith and images but also by means of folk interpretation of historical and religious stories. It is worth noting that Heinz Fähnrich has published numerous works in the field of Georgian folk studies. They have already been reflected in the Georgian scholarly circles.