Moses Khoneli's medieval Georgian folk epic Amiran-Darejaniani (legend of knight Amiran wrestling demons and rebellious angels) is first printed from 15th-century manuscripts. The poem blends Christian demonology, pre-Christian mountain spirit beliefs (devi, kaji), and Svan warrior folklore, using 16-syllable shairi meter. The epic preserves folk motifs parallel to Prometheus (Amiran chained to Caucasus).

The Amiran epic influenced Georgian Romantic poets (Nikoloz Baratashvili, Vazha-Pshavela), who adapted its folk demon-fighting narratives and Caucasian mountain imagery into nationalist verse against Russian imperial rule. Soviet-era poet Galaktion Tabidze incorporated the epic's 'Amiran rage' motif as coded resistance. The tradition shows how Christianized folk epic—with its synthesis of local spirit folklore and imported religion—generates durable heroic poetics that outlast the original theology and fuel subsequent national literary awakenings.