Adgilis Deda (Georgian: ადგილის დედა) — literally, the "mother of locality" or "place-mother" — is a deity in the pre-Christian Georgian pantheon, especially revered by the mountaineers of northeast Georgia, such as the Khevsurs, as a protective spirit of a place (genius loci) and also as a deity of fertility to humans and livestock alike. The ancient Georgians believed that each place — mountain, hill, ravine — had a "mother" which they called the "place-mother".
Adgilis Deda (Georgian: ადგილის დედა) — literally, the "mother of locality" or "place-mother" — is a deity in the pre-Christian Georgian pantheon, especially revered by the mountaineers of northeast Georgia, such as the Khevsurs, as a protective spirit of a place (genius loci) and also as a deity of fertility to humans and livestock alike. The ancient Georgians believed that each place — mountain, hill, ravine — had a "mother" which they called the "place-mother".
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