Albanian Mythology 5f436e

Ora​ ​– An albanian guardian godess. It is said that every human posseses its own ​ora​ since birth,and if the person who posseses it is brave the Ora has a white visage ,while if the person is a coward, his Ora is dark. Zana e malit​ ​(Fairy of the mountain)​ – In Albanian territories it is believed that each mountain has its own Zanë. Zana is believed to be brave,courageous and beautiful. She is mentioned in many folk tales and in what is known as the albanian illyad “Lahuta e Malcis” – where Zana of the Sharr mountains watches over local noblemen who rally against the treaty of San Stefano, in another case “The great Zana” calls all albanian men to avenge the murder of the brave girl called Tringa by slav bandits. It is also thought that they observed the speeches of the Albanian League of Prizren,an important part of the albanian history. Tomor​ –​ ​is the father of gods and humans in the Albanian mythology. Baba (Father) Tomor is seen as an old man with a long white beard flowing down to his belt. The deity of Tomor is of Illyrian origin. He is accompanied by two female eagles and the winds are his servants. His consort was a mysterious goddess referred to as Bukura e dheut. He was attended to by wind-spirits. In medieval Albanian he was referred to as En, and his name survives in “​e enjte”​, the Albanian word for Thursday. Also, mount Tomor got its name from him.

Shtojzavalle​ ​– is a small creature with supernatural powers and of extraordinary beauty. They are invisible woodland creatures, which can be seen by humans only on rare occasions and are fond of song and dance. Perëndi​ ​– is an illyrian (albanian) word for God and the sky. He was the Illyrian god of thunder,and his wife was ​Prende​,the Goddess of love. Prende​ – the goddess of love,wife of Perëndi.Her sacred day was Friday and she was referred as ​Queen of beauty. ​When Albania became Christianized in the early middle ages,the catholic church portrayed her as “Saint Anne”. Her name is still used for Friday – ​E premte​. Perit​ ​– Albanian mountain spirits dressed in white who could punish people who wasted food by making them hunchbacked. E bukura e dheut​ ​– (Beauty of the Earth) is a golden-haired crafty fairy who lives in the underworld and her palace is guarded by a three-headed dog,a kulshedra and other wonderful creatures. Many stories describe heroes who attempt to gain a strand of her golden hair,and if they succeed all the tasks she requires, she will marry him and become his faithful wife. Her sisters are E bukura e Qiellit​ (Beauty of the Sky) and ​E bukura e Detit​ (Beauty of the Sea). Fatit – ​mythological creatures​ often​ visualized as females riding on butterflies who are associated with individual destiny. On the third day after a child has been born, three Fatits approach the baby’s cradle and determine that child’s fate. ​Fati​ means luck in the albanian language.

Drangue – ​semi-human warriors born with wings under their arms and wearing plis/qeleshe (the albanian traditional hat).With extraordinary strength, they have the ability to tear trees out of the ground and throw large boulders at their enemies.Thunderstorms are conceived as battles between the drangues and the kulshedras. Bolla​ ​– a dragon-like creature that sleeps throughout the entire year. On Saint George’s Day, it will open its eyes and look into the world.It does this until it sees a human ,and devours him.Then it closes its eyes and sleeps again. Bolla is usually represented with a long, coiled, serpentine body, four legs and small wings. In its twelfth year, the bolla evolves by growing nine tongues, horns, spines and larger wings. At this time it will learn how to use its formerly hidden fire-breathing abilities, and is now called a ​Kulshedra​. The Kulshedra​causes droughts and lives off human sacrifice. Dreq ​ – is the dragon.Demonized by Christianity,the name is still used as one of the albanian words for devil.Also known as ​Djall​. Shtriga ​– a vampiric witch that would suck the blood of infants at night while they slept, and would then turn into a flying insect (traditionally a moth, fly or bee). Only the shtriga herself could cure those she had drained – often by spitting in their mouths, and those who were not cured inevitably sickened and died. Also means just a witch.It is said that she is not born a witch,but she becomes one often because she cannot have babies.

Dhampir ​– the child of a vampire father and a human mother.Their powers are similar to those of the vampires,but without the weakness.The word “Dhampir” means to drink with teeth. Dham (Dhëmbë)- teeth and pirë – drink. Kukudhi​ – the final stage in the transformation of a vampire. It is basically the perfect vampire. It takes 30 years from the start to the finish of this transformation. During this time kukudhi grows in strength, shape, and vampiric powers. When it reaches the state of kukudhi, a vampire is no longer vulnerable to sunlight and no longer is required to return to its grave or keep the cemetery close by. In the kukudhi stage the creature is now able to travel extensively or reside at his own home. It can be destroyed like any other vampire. Ljubi ​– a female demon who lives in a wonderful vegetable garden.She can cause the waters to dry up unless a virgin is sacrificed to her. Stihi ​– a firebreathing female dragon who guards a hoard of treasure. Xhindi ​– invisible spirits who may have malevolent intentions,although sometimes they are described as kind and helpful. Their arrival is signaled by the creaking of doors and flickering of lights. Verbti​ – ​a deity of storm and fire in northern Albanian mythology. His name means “the blind one”. He hates uncleanliness and bad ways of speaking.With the coming of Christianity in Albania he was demonized and was said that anyone who invoked him would go blind. He is also known as Shën Verbti – the holy blind one.

Shurdhi ​– a weather deity of illyrian (albanian) origin.His name means the deaf one in the albanian language.He travels using clouds which announce hail storms when he arrives. *illyrians – ancestors of the albanians.