Myths of the World

The  Mahris  ( Arabic :  المهريون ), also known as the  al-Mahra tribe  ( Arabic :  قبيلة المهرة ), are an  Arab   ethnographic group  primarily inhabiting  South Arabia  especially in the  Al-Mahra Governorate  in  Yemen  and the island of  Socotra  in the  Guardafui Channel . They are named after Mahra bin Haydan. They can also be found in the  Sultanate of Oman , and the eastern region of the  Arabian Peninsula .  They have participated in the  conquests  of  North Africa ,  Morocco  and  Andalusia , and they lived there. Some of them work in  fishing , and some of them live in the  desert , and it is to them that the Mahri camels are attributed in the Arab heritage. The Mahra were famous for their  Mahri language , which is a  Semitic language  belonging to the eastern family within the group of  South Semitic languages ...

The  Mingrelians  ( Mingrelian :  მარგალეფი ,  romanized:   margalepi ;  Georgian :   მეგრელები ,  romanized :   megrelebi ) are an indigenous  Kartvelian -speaking  ethnic subgroup  of  Georgians  that mostly live in the  Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti  ( Mingrelian :  სამარგალო ,  romanized:   samargalo ;  Georgian :   სამეგრელო ,  romanized :   samegrelo ) region of  Georgia . They also live in considerable numbers in  Abkhazia  and  Tbilisi . In the pre-1930 Soviet census, the Mingrelians were afforded their own  ethnic group  category, alongside many other ethnic subgroups of Georgians.  The Mingrelians speak the  Mingrelian language , and are typically bilingual also in  Georgian . Both these languages belong to the  Kartvelian language family .  In the 13th century   BC , the Kingdom of   Colchis   was for...