| სარჩევი |
| | Biography of Elene Virsaladze | 7 |
| | Introduction | 9 |
| | Notes to the texts | 254 |
| | Bibliography | 270 |
| | Glossary | 279 |
| | List of geographical names | 280 |
| | I. Towards the history of the question | 20 |
| | II. The folk tradition of hunting in Georgia | 28 |
| | III. The cycle of songs and traditions about the slain hunter | 43 |
| | IV. The wonderful gifts | 64 |
| | V. The hunting epos and "The legend of Amirani" | 83 |
| | VI. An attempt at the typological and comparative amalysis of the tale subject of the slain hunter | 101 |
| | VII. Ideals about the masters of the beasts in the Christian epoch and their representation in the hunting epos | 119 |
| | VIII. The artistic images of the Georgian hunting epos | 134 |
| | IX. Hunting ballads | 143 |
| | X. Traditions of hunting poetry in the genres of Georgian folklore: Georgian hunting poetry in work songs | 159 |
| | The georgian hunting epos and ritual poetry | 161 |
| | The Georgian heroic song and hunting poetry | 166 |
| | XI. Performance traditions of the hunting epos | 173 |
| Texts. | I. Hunting (1-70) | 186 |
| | II. Hunters (1-13) | 195 |
| | III. Mythological songs and traditions : 1. Dali is giving birth in the crags (1-g) | 196 |
| | 2. Hunter Gakhuta | 199 |
| | 3. Betkil (a-i) | 199 |
| | 4. White Mangur | 206 |
| | 5. Hunter Chorla (a, b) | 206 |
| | 6. Kala | 209 |
| | Ucha | 210 |
| | 8. Dalis | 210 |
| | 9. Gegi Margiani and Dali | 210 |
| | 10. Dali and hunter Gau | 211 |
| | 11. Kazbek Gelovani | 211 |
| | 12. The day of Betken | 211 |
| | 13. Betken and Dali | 212 |
| | 14. Balkheti Meadow | 212 |
| | 15. Dali and Devi | 213 |
| | 16. Dali and the hunter's wife | 213 |
| | 17. Dali and Amirani (a, b) | 213 |
| | 18. A certain woman was called Shroshani (a-j) | 216 |
| | 19. Kursha (a-m) | 219 |
| | 20. The hunter on the crag (a-f) | 225 |
| | 21. Jarji | 226 |
| | 22. The sister and the brother, masters of the beasts | 226 |
| | 23. The mistress of the beasts | 226 |
| | 24. The origin of the Mesebi | 226 |
| | 25. The revenge of Tkashi-Mapa | 228 |
| | 26. The mistress of the animals and her foster-child | 229 |
| | 27. The forest woman | 229 |
| | 28. The Alis' round dance | 231 |
| | 29. The hunters and Dali (a, b) | 231 |
| | 30. The battle of the veshapis | 232 |
| | 31. The living chain mail | 232 |
| | 32. The legend of Karakh the Hunter | 233 |
| | 33. Khechecha | 236 |
| | 34. Ochokochi | 237 |
| | 35. Jamagidze's spring | 238 |
| | 36. The hunter, Ochokochi and the devs (a, b) | 238 |
| | 37. Bekan Gilbani and Dali | 239 |
| | 38. The hunter at the wedding of the devs (a, b) | 239 |
| | 39. I killed a deer | 240 |
| | 40. The prayer before a hunt | 240 |
| | 41. Customs before a hunt | 240 |
| | 42. The stuffed wolf | 241 |
| | 43. A blessing on the hunt | 241 |
| | 44. Incantation for the hunter's good return | 241 |
| | 45. Dali's revenge | 241 |
| IV. Ballads. | 1. Tabi Goshteliani | 242 |
| | 2. When on that mountain, in the snowy... (a-g) | 242 |
| | 3. The young man and the leopard (a-f) | 244 |
| | 4. Avtandil went hunting (a-c) | 247 |
| | 5. The Tvareli brothers (a, b) | 248 |
| | 6. Creator, do not kill | 249 |
| | 7. Batsaligo (a-c) | 249 |
| | 8. Jarji (a-i) | 250 |
| | 9. They did not recorgnise me | 252 |
| | 10. The hunter Sindauridze | 252 |
| | 11. I am a lad called Badurashvili | 252 |
| | 12. Sesia and Turia | 252 |