Hawk and pheasant above a spring
AI interpretation; plumage and setting imagined before the fall.
Overview
Georgia Travel recounts Vakhtang hunting with a sparrowhawk. It catches a pheasant, then disappears into a ravine. The king and companions follow and find both birds in scalding water. Impressed by the site, he decides to build a city.
The retelling connects Tbilisi’s name with warmth. Its hunting episode is explicitly legendary, not proof of the first settlement. Unrelated archaeological dates and heritage-listing assertions are outside this selected narrative.
Origins & earliest records
Selected institutional retelling; earliest oral form unknown.
Records & interpretation
Native Georgia Travel founding passage.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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Strolling Through the Tbilisi Old Town
Family & connections
A source-supported family tree or inspiration record has not yet been compiled for this profile. Related reading below indicates a connection in subject matter, not a proven lineage or creative influence.
References
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- Institutional narrativeTbilisi founding passageResearch access: 2026-10-11
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AI narrative interpretationHawk and pheasant above a spring
AI interpretation; plumage and setting imagined before the fall.