1 | ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'' (Georgian: ვეფხისტყაოსანი) is a {{UsefulNotes/Georgia|Caucasus}}n medieval NarrativePoem. It was written by national poet Shota Rustaveli in the late 12th or early 13th century, during the Georgian Golden Age under the reign of Tamar the Great. |
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3 | It's a ChivalricRomance. The story centers on Avtandil and two [[TheQuest quests]]: the first to find the mysterious man Tariel, and second to play TheMatchmaker for Tariel and his love Nestan-Darejan. |
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5 | As a {{Public Domain Stor|ies}}y, it can be found on [=LibriVox=] [[https://librivox.org/man-in-the-panthers-skin-by-shota-rustaveli/ here]]. |
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10 | * TheGoodKing: King Rostevan is described as a great king. This legitimizes his decision to make his daughter Tinatin heir. It's [[HeirClubForMen unconventional]], but if Rostevan -- who has a track record of making good decisions -- thinks it's a good idea, it probably is. |
11 | -->''There was in Arabia Rostevan, a king by the grace of God, happy, exalted, generous, modest, lord of many hosts and knights, just and gracious, powerful, far-seeing, himself a peerless warrior, moreover fluent in speech:'' |
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13 | ** The poem's preface dedicates the work to the real Tamar of Georgia, and describes her very complimentarily. There is a theory that the author was in love with her. |
14 | ** Tinatin is described (among other things) as very beautiful, very wise, and generous to a fault. Her father, King Rostevan, abdicates early in the story, appointing her as the next [[SheIsTheKing "king"]]. One of the two main heroes, Avtandil, is in love with her. |
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