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In the Illyrian pantheon the fire deity would have expanded his function considerably, therefore ousting the cosmic-heavenly deity, becoming the most distinguished Illyrian god in Roman times at the time when the weekday names were formed in the Albanian language, as Thursday (e enj-te) was dedicated to him; in this view the Latin Jovis dies ...
I Verbti (Albanian: [i ˈveɾbti]) is an Albanian adjectival noun meaning "the blind one", [note 1] which was used in northern Albanian folk beliefs to refer to the god of fire and wind in the Zadrima region, and to the thunderstorm god in Dukagjin and the Malësia e Vogël; in Shala the thunderstorm god was referred to as Rmoria.
Zojz [a] is a sky and lightning god in Albanian pagan mythology. [2] Regarded as the chief god and the highest of all gods, traces of his worship survived in northern Albania until the early 20th century, and in some forms still continue today. [3] The old beliefs in the Sky (Alb. Qielli) are pagan beliefs preserved by Albanians since ancient ...
The Albanians of Ukraine use Parandí for "God" and parandítë for "gods". [4] The word perëndi means "heaven, sky" in some Albanian dialects, with both direct and figurative meanings. A typical example is an Albanian popular phrase gruri gjer mbë perëndi ("a pile of grain up to the skies"). [3]
Talas (Albanian definite form: Talasi) is a sea-storm god in Albanian mythology and folklore. [1] A mythical tale concerning the god Talas has been documented in the early 20th century from the Shala region in northern Albania. [2]
Nëna e Vatrës is a mythological figure of the hearth fire commonly found in the folk beliefs of the Albanians, thus there are many dialectal variations, singular or plural: Nëna e Vatrës/Nana e Votrës, E Ëma e Vatrës/E Ama e Votrës, Mëma e Vatrës/Mama e Vatrës, Shtriga e Vatrës/Votrës, Plaka e Vatrës/Votrës, Mëmat e Vatrës/Mamat e Votrës, Xhuxhet e Vatrës etc. [6] [3] The ...
The Ora (Albanian: orë, definite form: ora, pl.: orë/t) is an Albanian mythological figure that every human possesses from birth, associated with human destiny and fate. [1] [2] The essential function of the ora is to maintain the order of the universe and to enforce its laws.
Furthermore, the crosses (including swastikas) have been explained by scholars as symbols of the deified Fire , [15] and in particular of the fire god Enji, [14] who evidently was the most prominent god of the Albanian pantheon in Roman times by interpreting Jupiter, when week-day names were formed in the Albanian language as thursday (e enjte ...