Caucas
Caucas or Kavkasos was the purported ancestor of Chechens and Ingush according to the Georgian chronicles. His story is narrated in the compilation of the medieval Georgian chronicles, Kartlis Tskhovreba, taken down from oral tradition by Leonti Mroveli in the 11th century. The legend has it that he was a son of Targamos and, thus, brother of Haos, Movakos, Lekos, Heros, Kartlos, and Egros took their origin.
Caucas' son Durdzuk is said to be the ancestor of the Chechens.Genealogy
Descendants
According to Leonti Mroveli, the 11th-century Georgian chronicler, the word Caucasian is derived from the Nakh peoples ancestor Kavkas.
