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An Albanian attested sky and lightning god is Zojz, from PIE Dyeus (Daylight-Sky-God). [14] From the Albanian verb perëndoj ("to set of the sun"), ultimately derived from Latin parentari, the passive correlate of parentare ("a sacrifice to the dead, to satisfy"). [22] This etymology could relate the word perëndi with the ancient Albanian Sun ...
The names of week days in Albanian are calques of Latin names. Since enjte appears to be the Albanian translation of Latin Iovis diem ('Day of Jove'), the god Enj-or En(ni) of the early Albanian pantheon may have been seen as the equivalent of Roman Jupiter. [36] [37]
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 ...
Shurdh (Albanian definite form: Shurdhi) is a name for the weather and storm god in Albanian pagan mythology.In some regions of the Albanian Alps the weather and storm god has been referred to as Rmoria or Shen Verbti; the latter is an Albanian adjectival noun meaning "the blind one" that has been used in other northern Albanian regions (documented in Zadrima), to refer to the fire and wind ...
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.
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 ...
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]