| Summary/Abstract |
The Georgian national myth is based on active promotion and actualization of Kartvelian narratives. The Kartvelian dimension of Georgian national identity has different forms, cultural Kartvelism, or, rather, studies of the languages and history of the Kartvelian ethnic groups, being one of them. The Kartvelian ideas serve as the background against which ancient Georgians are glorified and mythologized; the Kartvelian narratives form the core of Georgian ethnic nationalism and Georgian historical and political imagination.
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