| Helessa | |
| Title Orig: | ჰელესა |
| Author: | Miho Mosulishvili |
| Cover Artist: | Niko Pirosmani |
| Language: | Georgian |
| Genre: | Mythpunk, Nautical fiction, Movie novel |
| Publisher: | Ustari |
| Release Date: | 2012 |
| Media Type: | Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) |
| Pages: | 291 p. ; 19 sm. |
| Isbn: | 978-9941-9261-1-2 |
| Isbn Note: | (Synopsis for Helessa) |
| Oclc: | 809933760; 806490999 |
| Preceded By: | Vazha-Pshavela, 2011 |
| Followed By: | A Big She-Bear, 2013 |
Helessa, Or The Azalea Azaled, the Fox Foxed, the Sea Rocked... (a Laz maritime movie-novel, performed as a chronicle of the last journey of the feluka Kirbish, or, if you like, as an animated picture of the Laz artist, Hasan Helimishi) (ჰელესა, ანუ ელი ელობდა, მელი მელობდა, ზღვა ფოფინობდა...) is a 2012 Georgian Movie-novel by author Miho Mosulishvili.
Taking advantage of May Kirbishi’s love, Yashar Badishi tries to uncover the directions for making the Kirbishi clan's mysterious drug with the aim of selling the recipe to wealthy foreigners Helen Meyers and Alfred Antonopoulos.
The oldest family of the Laz people from Sarpi, the Kirbishi family, possesses the recipe of making indispensable medicine curing people.The Red Flower of Medea is the herb used by the Kirbishi family for making indispensable ointment, as follows:For several centuries, they have gone to sea on their felucca sailing boat and grown this herb in the earthware pot on the deck to prevent disclosure of the mystery of their drug.
Besides, medicine is made by arranging mysterious rituals. To that end, it is necessary to visit Constanta, the hamlet of Makriali in the Laz district of Turkey, and Gonio Fortress, the venues where the King of Colchis, Aeetes, laid to rest the parts of the remains of Absyrtus killed and fractured by Medea and Jason.
Yashar Badishi tries to uncover the mystery of this drug, aiming to sell the recipe to wealthy foreigners Helen Mayers and Alfred Antonopoulos. To that end, he goes to any lengths, using his close relationship with the Kirbishi family and even his love of May Kirbishi. This is the reason for the rage from our Lord expressed through storms and gales.
Next year, in May, Kirbishi, having lost her relatives again, goes to the sea on Kirbishi's sail felucca and continues the time-honored business of the family—and as a backdrop, one can hear a song of their ancestors, Helessa. This movie novel was conceived as animated drawings of the gifted Laz artist Hasan Helimishi. Helessa tells us about the mystery that is part of your soul that can be saved even at the expense of your life.
Also Turkish and Georgian Laz people, and others.
