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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Zeus – God of lightning and storms; Zennyo Ryūō – Rain-making dragon; Zhar-Ptitsa – Glowing bird; Zhulong – Pig-headed dragon; Zhū Què – Fire elemental bird; Žiburinis – Forest spirit in the form of a glowing skeleton; Zilant – Flying chicken-legged reptile
Drangue features the attributes of a sky and lightning deity, apparently an Albanian reflection of the Indo-European sky god [8] (Zojz in Albanian tradition [9]). The legendary battle of a heroic deity associated with thunder and weather – like drangue – who fights and slays a huge multi-headed serpent associated with water, storms, and ...
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with Z in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere
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 ...