 The Svan people of Georgia regard Apsat as one among a pantheon of hunting deities, said to be assistants of the deity Ber Shishvlish, the "Lord of the Bare Mountain".To the Svan, Apsat is the patron of fish and birds.In this capacity, he works with Dzhgyrag (the Svan name for St. George), who is associated with hunters and wolves, "Cxek'ish angelwez" (the Angel of the Forest) who is responsible for forest animals like bears and foxes, and the goddess Dali, the patron of hoofed mountain animals like goats.