Contents

Preface of the Translator

Caucasian Legends

I. The Rain

A Legend of the 11th Century

II. Bakarr the First, Tsar of Georgia

A Story

III. The Incombustible Tulip

IV. Saint Nina

A Tale

V. The Diamond

A Legend

VI. Happiness Is Within Us

A Legend

The Song of the Body-Knight

VII. The Tribute of Roses

A Legend

VIII. The Lot of the Holy Virgin

A Tradition

IX. The Comet

A Legend

X. The Jewel Necklace

XI. Saint Mourvanoss

A Story

XII. Zesva

XIII. The Tale of Mikhian

A Legend

Colophon