Understanding individual symbols presented in Georgian folklore in the context of world symbols
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52340/cr.2022.01Keywords:
წითელი, ცისარტყელა, გველი, მზე, მთვარე, ვარსკვლავებიAbstract
This article is a brief overview of how this or that symbol is spread in people's lives, in folklore, in this or that ritual, belief or habit. To the extent that folklore is the spiritual life of society and it lives in language, language can be a symbolic way of thinking words are signs that in themselves imply this or that meaning. What can force society to create this or that symbol, ritual, emblem, and how real and durable are they? These questions are the main interest of the paper and the research is mainly related to astral lights in so far as it has been the main inspiration for people, because the sky sends to the earth heat and cold, sadness and joy, colors, light and darkness. Fire, energy and mech. To life and death: for everything on earth is connected with heaven and the inhabitants of heaven. At the same time, the work is an attempt to integrate Georgian folklore into the world space, because Georgian spiritual or national culture, as a unique phenomenon, occupies a unique place in the world reality.