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Wardrop's Georgian folk tales of the devis
Marjory Wardrop's 'Georgian Folk Tales' (London, 1894) brought Georgian stories of the devis, many-headed giants who guard treasures and maidens and are beaten by clever heroes, to English readers.
1894 CE · 41.69, 44.80 · status: official
The account
Wardrop translated from collections published in Tiflis; with her brother Oliver she also translated Rustaveli's 'The Knight in the Panther's Skin'. In Georgian folklore the devi is a powerful, often stupid ogre with up to nine heads, linked to Iranian daeva.