ქართულ-ირანული კულტურული ურთიერთობის ზოგიერთი ასპექტი

Abstract

An influence of the Pagan Iranian culture on the Georgian art is considered here based upon various data: architectural complexes of pagan temples in Eastern Georgia, reliefs, crafts etc. Fire-temples of the Iranian type from Eastern Georgia are most important for our discussion together with those, which were later converted to the Christian churches. This group also containes churches modeled upon the Iranian Pagan architecture. One of the parts of the paper covers the problem of Mithra-religion in Georgia and some regions of Roman world, especially in provinces of the Empire (ex. Mithra of Trapesus, the Thracian Rider etc.). Synthesis of Zoroastian and Christian symbols in some of the Georgian artifacts is also interesting (ex. Cross on the fire-altar; Cross and Taenia depicted together etc.).