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Albanian folklore is the folk tradition of the Albanian people.Albanian traditions have been orally transmitted – through memory systems that have survived intact into modern times – down the generations and are still very much alive in the mountainous regions of Albania, Kosovo and western North Macedonia, as well as among the Arbëreshë in Italy and the Arvanites in Greece, and the ...
Albanian warrior dance in circle around fire (), drawing from the book Childe Harold's Pilgrimage written by Lord Byron in the early 19th century. Practiced for several hours with very short intervals, the dance gets new vigour from the words of the accompanying song that starts with a battle cry invoking war drums, and which is of a piece with the movement and usually changed only once or ...
Pages in category "Albanian mythology" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Albanian paganism;
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Zana (Zanë in Gheg or Zërë in Tosk, [1] [2] pl. zanë(t), see other variants below) is a nymph-like figure in Albanian mythology and folklore, usually associated with mountains, springs and streams, forests, vegetation and animals, human vital energy and sometimes destiny. [3]
In Albanian tradition the Sun is referred to as "the Beauty of the Sky" (i Bukuri i Qiellit), [32] a phrase used for the god who rules the sky.[33]According to a modern interpretation, the ancestors of the Albanians presumably had in common with the Ancient Greek theogony the tripartite division of the administration of the world into heaven, sea, and underworld, and in the same functions as ...
This category contains articles about Albanian folklore. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. + Albanian folklorists (19 P) A.
Albanian beliefs, myths and legends are organized around the dualistic struggle between good and evil, light and darkness, which cyclically produces the cosmic renewal. [10] The most famous representation of it is the constant battle between drangue and kulshedra, which is seen as a mythological extension of the cult of the Sun and the Moon. [11]