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Maximilian Lambertz suggested that the word 'Baloz' is derived from Italian bailo, the title of the Venetian ambassador to the Ottomans. [1]Literally, the word seems to have originated from the Albanian blozë (soot), referring to baloz's armour color, or maybe from Turkish word "balyoz" meaning "hammer", maybe due to the hammers of war the baloz carried.
Bahamut – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail
The word dhampir is an Albanian word which in turn is borrowed from Serbo-Croat vampír or its Bulgarian equivalent. [2] The shift v > dh is a feature of Gheg Albanian, [3] [4] but it could also have been encouraged by a folk etymology, connecting it with the Albanian words dhamb 'tooth' and pir 'to drink'.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Albanian legendary creatures" The following 21 pages are ...
Kholomodumo – Gluttonous monster that was one of the first beasts of creation; Kijimunaa – Tree sprite from Okinawa; Kijo – She-devil; Kikimora – Female house spirit; Killmoulis (English and Scottish) – Ugly, mischievous mill spirit; Kinnara – Human-bird hybrid; Kin-u – Bird
An Allegory of Immortality, c. 1540. Monster derives from the Latin monstrum, itself derived ultimately from the verb moneo ("to remind, warn, instruct, or foretell"), and denotes anything "strange or singular, contrary to the usual course of nature, by which the gods give notice of evil," "a strange, unnatural, hideous person, animal, or thing," or any "monstrous or unusual thing ...
A shtriga (Albanian: shtrigë) is a vampiric witch in Albanian mythology and folklore that sucks the blood of infants at night while they sleep, and then transform themselves into a flying insect (traditionally a moth, fly or bee). Only the shtriga herself could cure those she had drained.
Stories about the kallikantzaros or its equivalents can typically be found in Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia, and Cyprus. Kallikantzaroi are believed to dwell underground but come to the surface during the twelve days of Christmas , from 25 December to 6 January (from the winter solstice for a fortnight , during which time ...