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    Albanian folk beliefs (Albanian: Besimet folklorike shqiptare) and mythological stories comprise the beliefs expressed in the customs, rituals, myths,...
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  • Zonja e Dheut (category Articles containing Gheg Albanian-language text)
    Zonja e Dheut (also Gheg Albanian: Zôja e Dheut) is the Albanian name for the Earth Goddess. In Albanian folk beliefs, earth is the object of a special...
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    Zojz (deity) (category Articles containing Albanian-language text)
    Albanian folk beliefs), to Shurdh (weather and storm god in northern Albanian folk beliefs), and to the mythological demigod Drangue (Albanian culture hero)...
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  • I Verbti (category Articles containing Gheg Albanian-language text)
    I Verbti (Albanian: [i ˈveɾbti]) is an Albanian adjectival noun meaning "the blind one", which was used in northern Albanian folk beliefs to refer to...
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    Prende (category Articles containing Gheg Albanian-language text)
    Prende is associated in Albanian folk beliefs with the cult of the planet Venus (Afërdita in Albanian). When Albania became Christianized in antiquity...
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    The music of Albania (Albanian: Muzika Shqiptare) is associated with the country of Albania and Albanian communities. Music has a long tradition in the...
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  • Ora (mythology) (category Albanian mythology)
    The Northern Albanian Ora, along with the Zana, can be found within the folk beliefs and oral epics of the Gheg Albanians. Folk beliefs of the Southern...
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  • Nëna e Diellit (category CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq))
    mother goddess in Albanian folk beliefs. A sacred ritual called "the funeral of the Sun's Mother" was very widespread in southeastern Albania until the 20th...
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  • Shang religion Urnfield religion Adena religion Aksumite religion Albanian folk beliefs Proto-Celtic paganism Ancient Celtic religion Breton paganism Cantabrian...
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  • Perëndi (category CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq))
    etymology could relate the word perëndi with the ancient Albanian Sun cult. In Albanian folk beliefs the lightning was regarded as the "fire of the sky" (zjarri...
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    goddess Iris, or the Aboriginal Australian Rainbow Serpent. In Albanian folk beliefs the rainbow is regarded as the belt of the goddess Prende, and oral...
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  • Illyrian religion (category Articles containing Albanian-language text)
    which Albanian folk beliefs have drawn nourishment. One can also find several traces of Illyrian cults in the religious and superstitious beliefs among...
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  • The traditional Albanian clothing (Albanian: Veshjet Tradicionale Shqiptare; Veshjet Kombëtare; Veshjet Popullore or Kostumet Kombëtare) includes more...
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    Benzaiten vs. Gozuryu [ja] (Japanese Buddhism) Drangue vs. Kulshedra (Albanian folk beliefs) Vahagn vs. Vishap (Armenian mythology) Lac Long Quan vs. Ngu Tinh...
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    have a hearth for offering sacrifices and prayers. In traditional Albanian folk beliefs, the Vatër, the home hearth, is a spiritual link between past, present...
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    Zis (deity) (category Articles containing Albanian-language text)
    fireplace (Albanian: vatër), in order to gain the favor of the deity so the thunders would not be harmful to the human community. Albanian folk beliefs regard...
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    spirit from the mythology of the Zuni, a Native American tribe. In Albanian folk beliefs the rainbow is regarded as the belt of the goddess Prende, and oral...
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    been proposed. It has been proposed by V. Orel that the Proto-Albanian *rāguša of Albanian rrush 'grape' is related to Ragusa or the source of the name...
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    Rhomphaia (category CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq))
    Bulgarian roféja, rufja "thunderbolt" and the Albanian rrufeja as derivatives of that word. In Albanian folk beliefs the lightning was regarded as the "fire...
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    Tomorr (category CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq))
    most frequented sacred place in Albania. Mount Tomorr is associated with Baba Tomor and Zojz by Albanian folk beliefs, with Abbas Ali by Bektashis and...
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  • Paleo-Balkan mythology (category Albanian mythology)
    Balkano-Danubian area during the Roman period. Illyrian religion Albanian folk beliefs Thracian religion Zalmoxianism Leeming 2005, pp. xvii, 44–45. Oreshko...
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    Sleep paralysis (category CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq))
    if standing on the chest. This phenomenon goes by many names. In Albanian folk beliefs, Mokthi is believed to be a male spirit with a golden fez hat who...
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  • Shtriga (category Articles containing Albanian-language text)
    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...
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    Secunda Pannonia Superior Sirmium Other Illyrology Origin of the Albanians Albanian folk beliefs History of the Balkans Prehistory of Southeastern Europe...
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    Secunda Pannonia Superior Sirmium Other Illyrology Origin of the Albanians Albanian folk beliefs History of the Balkans Prehistory of Southeastern Europe...
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    is depicted dying by suicide with one. Possibly from Proto-Albanian tsikā (whence Albanian thikë, "knife"), from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- ("to sharpen")...
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    Illyrians (category Ancient tribes in Albania)
    the origin of the Albanian language. The most probable predecessor of Albanian was Illyrian, since much of the present-day Albania was inhabited by the...
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  • Fatia (category Albanian legendary creatures)
    the folk beliefs of Tosk Albanians. Albanian mythological figures related to fate and destiny can also be found in the folk beliefs of Gheg Albanians with...
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  • E Bukura e Dheut (category CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq))
    Albanian folk beliefs and fairy tales, "the Beauty of the Sky" continues to be used in Albanian to refer to the monotheistic God. In central Albanian...
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    homeland of Albanians. It grew from that of the Paleo-Balkan cultures, including Proto-Albanian, Illyrian, Thracian, Dacian, with their pagan beliefs and specific...
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