KHEVSURS  , a See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, kinsfolk of the Georgians . They live in scattered See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups in See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Borbalo . Their name is Georgian and means " People of the Valleys." For the most See also:

• PART

part nomadic, they are still in a semi-barbarous See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . They have not the beauty of the Georgian See also:

• RACE

race . They are gaunt and thin to almost a ghastly extent, their generally repulsive aspect being accentuated by their large hands and feet and their ferocious expression . In complexion and See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and eyes they vary greatly . They are very See also:

• MUSCULAR

muscular and capable of bearing extraordinary fatigue . They are fond of fighting, and still See also:

• WEAR

wear See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour of the true See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval type . This See also:

• PANOPLY

panoply is worn when the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• VENDETTA (Ital. from Lat. vindicta, revenge, vindicare, to defend oneself)

vendetta, which is sacred among them as among most Caucasian peoples, compels them to seek or avoid their enemy . They carry a spiked See also:

• GAUNTLET (a diminutive of the Fr. gant, glove)

gauntlet, the terrible marks of which are See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by a large proportion of the Khevsur faces . Many curious customs still prevail among the Khevsurs, as for instance the imprisonment of the woman during childbirth in a lonely hut, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband parades, firing off his See also:

• MUSKET (Fr. mousquet, Ger. Muskete, &c.)

musket at intervals . After delivery, See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food is surreptitiously brought the See also:

• MOTHER

mother, who is kept in her See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month, after which the hut is burnt .

The boys are usually named after some See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal, e.g. See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear or See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

wolf, while the girls' names are romantic, such as Daughter of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

Sun, Sun of my See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

Heart . Marriages are arranged by parents when the See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride and bridegroom are still in See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long clothes . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief ceremony is a forcible See also:

• ABDUCTION (Lat. abductio, abducere, to lead away)

abduction of the girl . See also:

• DIVORCE

Divorce is very See also:

• COMMON

common, and some Khevsurs are polygamous . Formerly no Khevsur might See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die in a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, but was always carried out under the sun or stars . The Khevsurs like to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves Christians, but their See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion is a mixture of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, Mahommedanism and See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen See also:

• RITES

rites . They keep the See also:

• SABBATH

Sabbath of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, the See also:

• FRIDAY (A.S. frige-dreg, fr. frige, gen. of frigu, love, or the goddess of love—the Norse Frigg,—the dreg, day; cf. Icelandic frjddagr, O.H. Ger. friatag, frigatag, mod. Ger. Freitag)

Friday of the Moslems and the Saturday of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . They See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship sacred trees and offer sacrifices to the See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth and See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . Their priests are a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine-men and divines . See G . F . R .

Radde, Die Chevs'uren and ihr See also:

• LAND

Land (See also:

• CASSEL
• CASSEL, or KASSEL

Cassel, 1878); Ernest Chantre, Recherches anthropologiques dans le Caucase (See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, 1885-1887) .