The Beliefs and Folk Treatment Methods Soncerning Some Psychical Diseases in Ajara

The paper analyses some psychical diseases described in Aja­ra. Their existance was explained as a result of various reasons, one of them was „scaring”. The paper discusses the beliefes related to the deciseases, their reasons and their treatment methods. The ethno­ graphic data collected in Ajara are compared to the data of the other reagons of Georgia. The main attention is paid to magical­religious practices as a healing method. It is evident that Islam impacted pre­Is­ lamic, traditional attitudes and methods in Ajara.