Epic poem · 1912

The Man in the Panther's Skin

A Georgian epic, translated in prose

by Shota Rustaveli

Translated by Marjory Scott Wardrop (1912)

Rustaveli's Georgian national epic of c. 1200: the knight Tariel, clad in a panther's skin, and Avt'handil, who sets out to find him, search for the lost Nestan-Daredjan, in a tale of love, loyalty and chivalry.

Contents · 48 parts

• Prologue. Introductory Quatrains31 paragraphs
• Chapter 1. Story of Rostevan, King of the Arabians52 paragraphs
• Chapter 2. How the King of the Arabians Saw the Knight Clad in the Panther's Skin80 paragraphs
• Chapter 3. Avt'handil's Letter to his Vassals12 paragraphs
• Chapter 4. Avt'handil Sets Forth in Quest of Tariel129 paragraphs
• Chapter 5. The Telling of his Tale by Tariel When He First Told It to Avt'handil28 paragraphs
• Chapter 6. Tariel Tells the Tale of his Falling in Love When He First Fell in Love35 paragraphs
• Chapter 7. First Letter Written by Nestan-daredjan to her Lover4 paragraphs
• Chapter 8. First Letter Written by Tariel to his Beloved6 paragraphs
• Chapter 9. Tariel Writes a Letter and Sends a Man to the Khatavians14 paragraphs
• Chapter 10. The Letter Written by the King of the Khatavians in Answer to Tariel61 paragraphs
• Chapter 11. Letter of Tariel to the King of the Indians When He Triumphed Over the Khatavians29 paragraphs
• Chapter 12. Letter of Nestan-daredjan Written to her Beloved10 paragraphs
• Chapter 13. Tariel's Letter in Answer to his Beloved64 paragraphs
• Chapter 14. Tariel Hears Tidings of the Loss of Nestan-daredjan23 paragraphs
• Chapter 15. The Story of Nuradin P'hridon When Tariel Met Him on the Seashore22 paragraphs
• Chapter 16. Tariel's Aid to P'hridon, and Their Victory Over Their Foes9 paragraphs
• Chapter 17. P'hridon Tells Tariel Tidings of Nestan-daredjan49 paragraphs
• Chapter 18. The Story of Avt'handil's Return to Arabia After He Had Found and Parted from Tariel56 paragraphs
• Chapter 19. Avt'handil's Request to King Rostevan, and the Vizier's Discourse and Entreaty45 paragraphs
• Chapter 20. Avt'handil's Discourse with Shermadin When He Stole Away14 paragraphs
• Chapter 21. The Testament of Avt'handil to King Rostevan When He Stole Away21 paragraphs
• Chapter 22. Avt'handil's Prayer in the Mosque, and his Flight5 paragraphs
• Chapter 23. King Rostevan Hears of Avt'handil's Secret Flight16 paragraphs
• Chapter 24. Avt'handil's Second Departure and Meeting with Tariel83 paragraphs
• Chapter 25. Here Is the Going of Tariel and Avt'handil to the Cave, and Their Seeing of Asmat'h37 paragraphs
• Chapter 26. Of the Going of Avt'handil to P'hridon's When He Met Him at Mulghazanzar18 paragraphs
• Chapter 27. Of Avt'handil's Going to P'hridon's When He Parted from Tariel56 paragraphs
• Chapter 28. Avt'handil's Departure from P'hridon to Seek Nestan-daredjan36 paragraphs
• Chapter 29. The Story of Avt'handil's Arrival in Gulansharo15 paragraphs
• Chapter 30. Avt'handil's Arrival at P'hatman's; her Reception of Him and her Joy5 paragraphs
• Chapter 31. P'hatman Becomes Enamoured of Avt'handil; Writes Him a Letter and Sends It4 paragraphs
• Chapter 32. The Letter of Love Written by P'hatman to Avt'handil10 paragraphs
• Chapter 33. Avt'handil's Letter in Answer to P'hatman's20 paragraphs
• Chapter 34. Here Is the Slaying of the Chachnagir and his Two Guards by Avt'handil6 paragraphs
• Chapter 35. P'hatman Tells Avt'handil the Story of Nestan-daredjan92 paragraphs
• Chapter 36. The Story of the Capture of Nestan-daredjan by the Kadjis, Told by P'hatman to Avt'handil57 paragraphs
• Chapter 37. Letter Written by P'hatman to Nestan-daredjan15 paragraphs
• Chapter 38. The Letter Written by Nestan-daredjan to P'hatman7 paragraphs
• Chapter 39. The Letter Written by Nestan-daredjan to her Beloved26 paragraphs
• Chapter 40. Avt'handil's Letter to P'hridon9 paragraphs
• Chapter 41. Avt'handil's Departure from Gulansharo, and his Meeting with Tariel47 paragraphs
• Chapter 42. Tariel and Avt'handil Go to P'hridon19 paragraphs
• Chapter 43. The Council of P'hridon, Avt'handil and Tariel As to the Assault on the Castle of Kadjet'hi35 paragraphs
• Chapter 44. The Going of Tariel to the King of the Seas and to P'hridon's35 paragraphs
• Chapter 45. The Wedding of Tariel and Nestan by P'hridon29 paragraphs
• Chapter 46. Tariel Goes Again to the Cave and Sees the Treasure57 paragraphs
• Chapter 47. Here Is the Marriage of Avt'handil and T'hinat'hin by the King of the Arabs52 paragraphs

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