Cult of Georgian women - in the footsteps of lost stories

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Georgia
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Welfare and Development Center
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Tamara
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Today, the world stands on guard for the protection of women's rights, everyone condemns both femicide and domestic violence, workplace sexual harassment, where women are the main victims. The world community is fighting for women's rights, and we know that there are still many years to overcome all inequalities, inequalities that violence against women represents. Nowadays, , when we Europeans read or watch, or in any way get information about the Amazons, we think of them as incredible mythology or beautiful fairy tales, those stories about tribes somewhere far away in the Amazon jungle. "Oh, Prometheus, because of your suffering, the Amordzales, whose horses' hooves beat the fields of Colchis, weep. The wild Scythians who live in the northern valleys mourn. The Aryans, son of Ares, hate you, the sound of their spears can be heard from the city of the Caucasus rocks." -Konstantine Gamsakhurdia wrote and the questions appeared: Amordzales and Colchis? Who are the Amordzales? And the answer is simple, Amordzali is the same as a "vain daughter-in-law." Those women who represented a specific community living in the territory of Colchi, whose complete composition was women, were referred to as vain brides. Access to them was strictly regulated, and it was impossible without special permission to even talk to them, let alone some kind of physical contact. They were called a vain daughter-in-law for a simple reason - if a man wanted a child (mostly an heir) for some reason, he would go to the city of the Amordas and ask the community leader. If a man met the standard (height, weight, health), only in this case he had the right to have sexual relations with a prostitute. In this case, Amordzali's consent was also important. After the consent and the act, the boy born would be given to the man, while the girl would stay with her biological mother in the city of Amordzals. This is where the name of a vain daughter-in-law comes from, a woman who was the biological mother of a son, could never become a man's wife, and therefore she/he was referred to as a vain daughter-in-law, later a mother-in-law.

Cult of Georgian women - in the footsteps of lost stories Today, the world stands on guard for the protection of women's rights, everyone condemns both femicide and domestic violence, workplace sexual harassment, where women are the main victims. The world community is fighting for women's rights, and we know that there are still many years to overcome all inequalities, inequalities that violence against women represents. Nowadays, , when we Europeans read or watch, or in any way get information about the Amazons, we think of them as incredible mythology or beautiful fairy tales, those stories about tribes somewhere far away in the Amazon jungle. "Oh, Prometheus, because of your suffering, the Amordzales, whose horses' hooves beat the fields of Colchis, weep. The wild Scythians who live in the northern valleys mourn. The Aryans, son of Ares, hate you, the sound of their spears can be heard from the city of the Caucasus rocks." -Konstantine Gamsakhurdia wrote and the questions appeared: Amordzales and Colchis? Who are the Amordzales? And the answer is simple, Amordzali is the same as a "vain daughter-in-law." Those women who represented a specific community living in the territory of Colchi, whose complete composition was women, were referred to as vain brides. Access to them was strictly regulated, and it was impossible without special permission to even talk to them, let alone some kind of physical contact. They were called a vain daughter-in-law for a simple reason - if a man wanted a child (mostly an heir) for some reason, he would go to the city of the Amordas and ask the community leader. If a man met the standard (height, weight, health), only in this case he had the right to have sexual relations with a prostitute. In this case, Amordzali's consent was also important. After the consent and the act, the boy born would be given to the man, while the girl would stay with her biological mother in the city of Amordola. This is where the name of a vain daughter-in-law comes from, a woman who was the biological mother of a son, could never become a man's wife, and therefore she/he was referred to as a vain daughter-in-law, later a mother-in-law. According to European mythology, the Amazons were the daughters of the god Ares and the nymph Harmonia, a mythical race of warrior-conqueror women who formed a mighty military kingdom. Several options for the location of their kingdom are discussed: on the shores of Lake Meotid (Sea of Azov), in Scythia, Pontida (according to Homer), in Thrace, in the vicinity of Lake Triton, in Libya (Diod.) - in Africa, or most likely in Asia Minor. This opinion misses the history of Kolkhi Amorzhals. It is possible that information about Colchi Amazons is deliberately removed from the pages of world history or their alternative histories are created, where Colchi and the role of the current geographical location are lost. In many cases, distorted facts change the history of specific countries, which always ends painfully for Georgia. The falsification of the history mentioned above is also evident both in the story of the Argonauts and in the story related to the last days of Medea's life, when she was accused of intentionally killing her children, for which she was later put to death. The changed history tells us that Medea took revenge on her husband by killing her children because of her husband's betrayal, which is why she was executed by the Greek soldiers. In fact, because of Jason's new love, which darkens his mind, and gives the order to kill both Medea and her children. All this had to be done in such a way that the image of the Greek soldiers should not be disturbed. A short phenomenon is Medea herself, who is recognized as the first doctor, her name is directly related to the word medicine. Return to the Amordzals, about which Theophanes, a participant in Pompey's campaign, wrote. It describes in detail the life and customs of Kolkhi women and their attitude towards society. Theophanes wrote that every spring, the Amordzals went up to the mountain, where the shepherds herded their cattle. If Amordzal liked the shepherd, she would establish a sexual relationship with him and get pregnant. If a girl was born, they would leave it, if a boy was born, they would bring it to their father, if the father did not leave the child, they would either kill it or put it to death and give it to someone else to raise. An important phenomenon is the period of spring, the period of conception. They had to give birth in October-November. The Amordzals believed that if a child survived the winter, it would grow up to be a strong warrior. In addition to this, Arrian also writes about Colchis women in his work "Alexander's Anabasis" - after the Scythians' subjugation, Alexander was surrounded by Parsmanes, the king of Khorazmen with 1500 horsemen. Pharasmanes informed Alexander of his domain, that he lived in the neighborhood of the Colchian race and the Amazon women, and that if Alexander wished he would guide him. Probably Farsmanes was the King of Iberia Farsman, the main goal with Alexander was to unite the Kartevian tribes and form a single state. Mass births later helped the city of women to raise children in a unified system. At that time, children were raised alternately, like today's nursery school and garden method. Arrian also writes about Colchis women in his work "Alexander's Anabasis" - after the Scythians' subjugation, Alexander was surrounded by Parsmanes, the king of Khorazmen with 1500 horsemen. Pharasmanes informed Alexander of his domain, that he lived in the neighborhood of the Colchian race and the Amazon women, and that if Alexander wished he would guide him. Probably Farsmanes was the King of Iberia Farsman, the main goal with Alexander was to unite the Kartvelian tribes and form a single state. During a campaign in the Caucasus, Alexander the Great meets the queen of the Amordzals, who asks him to marry Alexander's soldiers and her Amordzals. They thought that if they had sex with strong soldiers, they would have strong children. Alexander agreed, which resulted in amorous nights. One fine day, when Alexander's soldiers woke up, they did not find the Amordzals, they thought that they left silently. Ariane informs us, however, it is widely assumed that Alexander's army cut off the Amordzals in order to remove the obstacle to Farsman. We have briefly touched on the history of the Colchian women, which belongs to the ancient period, but the word Amordales and women's cities appear in the period of the fifth century, the chronicler of Pompey's campaigns in Iberia Appine writes that among the wounded and dead in battle there were many warrior women, they were wounded no less than men and that they were Amazons , they were the same people. He names the location of the battle area as the “Io” which means the river Rioni. The letters are also interesting which are found in the royal records of Jerusalem, which were found by the cleric and researcher Grigol Feradze in 1187. The letters mention the country of women and that the Georgians came from the Kalta country and that the Amordzls go to war on horseback in their country (CONDER LATIN KINGDOM p. 222). Levan II Dadian was visited by the Italian missionary Angelo Lambertin, who studied the issues of the Women's country, and he spoke about the three tribes of Amordzals in the Caucasus, who were unparalleled fighters, the distinguishing feature of which was the absence of the right breast, which was also a characteristic of the Amorts working in antiquity. We also read about the Amordals in the monograph published by the Swiss traveler and archaeologist Federik Dzibua Damonperez, who was awarded a gold medal by the French Geographical Society in 1843. The researcher observed some unexpected facts about the rules of Caucasian women - these women climb the mountains twice a year, dress like men, take care of their goods. Frederic wrote to his friend that he had seen Amorts in the Caucasus and that they really exist. And finally, the fact that we can touch is the tomb, which was discovered in 1927 in Tbilisi, in the current Avchala settlement. The remains of the queen of the Amordzals have been transferred to the state museum. The deceased was buried in a sitting position, and he was buried with his own weapons and various types of military equipment, among which an eight-bladed bronze sword draws much attention.

European Dimension

Today, the world stands on guard for the protection of women's rights, everyone condemns both femicide and domestic violence, workplace sexual harassment, where women are the main victims. The world community is fighting for women's rights, and we know that there are still many years to overcome all inequalities, inequalities that violence against women represents. Nowadays, , when we Europeans read or watch, or in any way get information about the Amazons, we think of them as incredible mythology or beautiful fairy tales, those stories about tribes somewhere far away in the Amazon jungle.