Ha got that clue.. but too late. mountain range isn't helping much!Originally Posted by Loddfafner
could do with prometheus to shed some light
They look new to me, some set of comunist leaders or something?
Ha got that clue.. but too late. mountain range isn't helping much!
could do with prometheus to shed some light
They look new to me, some set of comunist leaders or something?
Last edited by Skandi; 08-02-2010 at 09:02 PM.
Cattle die, kinsmen die,
the self must also die;
but glory never dies,
For the one who is able to achieve it.
Sayings of the High One.
Azerbaijan?
There is a tradition that the mountain in the background is where Prometheus got bound, but it might not be the only place with such a claim. As for the heads, did any communist leaders actually look like that?
No. one down, several left, depending on how you count them.
I think it has something to do with the Alans... My guess would be Kabardino-Balkaria?
Big clue.
Nope. Keep trying.
Did the Alans create sculpture in that style?
Can't find anywhere claming that! grrr back to looking
Cattle die, kinsmen die,
the self must also die;
but glory never dies,
For the one who is able to achieve it.
Sayings of the High One.
Ok guess the mountain is erebus
Cattle die, kinsmen die,
the self must also die;
but glory never dies,
For the one who is able to achieve it.
Sayings of the High One.
Is it anywhere near Tbilisi? They seem to be trying to celebrate a link with poor old Promefej.
I found this statue in a search;
Still looking... Just thought I'd share that, at least.The Prometheus/Amirani monument in Tbilisi, Georgia, dedicated to the Prometheus project, was inaugurated by the presidents Lech Kaczyński of Poland and Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia on November 22, 2007.[1].
The statue was completed sometime in the last couple weeks. All the taxi drivers tried to convince me that the cliff was being reinforced. So, now we have one more shiny statue. I am not sure how the pagan figure fits into the Christian doctrine. Amirani, is a Georgian partially equivalent of the Greek Prometheus.
You see, Amirani has not been credited with bringing fire to humans. He was a demi-god and was punished for battling gods. He was chained to mountains, with his dog licking the chains in order to thin them out, and there are iron smiths coming once a year, sent by gods to reinforce the chains and he also is said to have partially golden skin, but still no goblet of fire...
see also www.tbilisi.gov.ge
The search widens... Wakh!the culture-hero Prometheus may derive from the Vahakn-Ardavazd-Amiram figures known from Armenian and Georgian mythology
sometimes identified with Mt. Elbruz.I saw Elbruz from a train once, near Mineralnye Vody. Don't think it's there... ?
Last edited by Osweo; 08-02-2010 at 10:00 PM.
It is not Erebus. That was already the implication of Nomad's last guess.
Keep in mind that there may be local equivalents of some Greek Gods.
Osweo is getting very, very warm.
Last edited by Loddfafner; 08-02-2010 at 10:16 PM.
http://borzlemanal.blogspot.com/2010...-pkharmat.htmlIn ancient times, there were Narts. They did not have fire. There was a Nart among them whose name was Pkharmat (in another version Pkhari). He was upset and was thinking how to do good to Narts, how to bring them fire. However, fire was possessed by evil and cruel Sela and he did not give it to anyone.
Once, Pkharmat rode a horse in order to take Sela's fire. Narts' mother Sela-Sata was Sela's beloved one. She helped Pkharmat to steel fire from Sela's hearth. Learning about it, Sela sent a dragon after Pkharmat. However, it lost energy and left behind. Then, Sela made a black night in order to make Pkharmat to lose his way, but it did not happen. Sela made a snowstorm. However, Pkharmat went on until he reached the goal. Pkharmat brought fire to people. However, Sela punished Pkharmat. He tied him with iron chains to the main top of Bashlam. Sela gathered all the cold around him. A dragon lies around him in order to watch him. Bird Ida pecks his liver with it beck. Every day when it is going to peck, it asks Pkharmat: "Have you repented for what you did?" However, Pkharmat does not repent. Then Ida pecks his liver. This is legend about Pkharmat.
Bashlam in Chechnya?
The same site has several other Caucasian versions;
3. Myth about Nasren (or Nasren-zhache) and Bataraz (Circassian or Adyg myth). I translated this myth. I just found another English translation of this myth. Both Nasren and Bataraz rebelled against god Pako who stole fire from people. Nasren tried to bring it back, but was chained. Bataraz released him and brought fire back to people. Nasren was chained on Elbrus (Oshkhomakho) which is near the border of of historical Circassia.
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