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    Albanian epic poetry is a form of epic poetry created by the Albanian people. It consists of a longstanding oral tradition still very much alive. A good...
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    verse Albanian epic poetry Arabic epic literature Alpamysh Bosniak epic poetry Bylina Calliope (Greek muse of epic poetry) Caribbean epic poetry Chanson...
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  • Gjergj Elez Alia (category Characters in Albanian epic poetry)
    legendary character found in the epic poetry and literature of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gora, Kosovo and northern Albania. The legendary character is believed...
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    Bosniak epic poetry (Bosnian: Bošnjačke epske narodne pjesme) is a form of epic poetry originating in today's Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the Sandžak...
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    Albanian poetry Albanian epic poetry Bosniak epic poetry British poetry Cornish poetry English poetry Old English poetry Manx poetry Scottish poetry Welsh...
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    legendary cycle of Albanian epic poetry (Albanian: Cikli i Kreshnikëve or Eposi i Kreshnikëve). They are the product of Albanian culture and folklore...
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    Serbian epic poetry (Serbian: Српске епске народне песме, romanized: Srpske epske narodne pesme) is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating...
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    Albania (Mirdita, Pukë, Dukagjin, Malësia e Madhe, Shkodër and Lezhë, as well as in Kosovo, Dibër and so on. Albanian epic poetry In Albanian epics there...
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  • refer to literature written by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo and the Albanian diaspora particularly in Italy. Albanian occupies an independent branch within...
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  • law (Kanun) Albanian art Albanian traditional tattooing Albanian clothing Albanian dances Albanian epic poetry Albanian hospitality Albanian Iso-Polyphony...
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    Miloš Obilić (category Characters in Albanian epic poetry)
    region. In Albanian epic poetry, Prince Lazar is not existent in most variants. Instead Milosh Kopiliq, presented as a Christian Albanian warrior, is...
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  • Arnaut Osman (category Characters in Albanian epic poetry)
    Arnaut Osman is a hero of Serbian, Albanian, and Bosniak epic poetry. The Serbo-Croatian language songs about Arnaut Osman include Young Marjan and Arnaut...
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    long oral tradition that has sustained Albanian epic poetry reinforces the idea that pre-Homeric epic poetry was oral. The theory of oral-formulaic composition...
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    enforcement. The most traditional variety of epic poetry is the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors. These epic poems are sung, accompanied by a lahuta...
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  • (1898–1946), Egyptian politician Arnaut Osman, a hero of Serbian and Albanian epic poetry Arthur Arnold Osman (1893–1972), British nephrologist Ashraf Osman...
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  • Mali Radojica (category Characters in Serbian epic poetry)
    Almost identical song is found in part of the Albanian epic poetry which was composed on the basis of poetry of Muslims from Bosnia. Radosav Medenica, Belgrade...
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  • Asadi Tusi, a Persian epic about the hero Garshasp Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran and world's longest epic poetry written by one poet Mem...
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    warriors/active characters in Albanian epic poetry, in particular in the Kângë Kreshnikësh. Indeed, in Albanian epics there are on the one hand female...
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    warriors/active characters in Albanian epic poetry, in particular in the Kângë Kreshnikësh. Nevertheless, the Albanian belief system has preserved also...
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    Oral-formulaic composition is a theory that originated in the scholarly study of epic poetry and developed in the second quarter of the twentieth century. It seeks...
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  • Anton Berisha (category Albanian folklorists)
    Albanian epic poetry, in particular collecting and publishing Kângë Kreshnikësh, the traditional songs of the heroic legendary cycle of Albanian epic...
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    legendary cycle of Albanian epic poetry. According to Albanian folk beliefs, the Sun makes the sky cloudy or clears it up. Albanians used to invoke the...
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  • Gusle (category Articles containing Albanian-language text)
    instrument is always accompanied by singing; musical folklore, specifically epic poetry. The gusle player holds the instrument vertically between the knees,...
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  • Ora (mythology) (category Albanian paganism)
    The Ora (Albanian: orë, definite form: ora, pl.: orë/t) is an Albanian mythological figure that every human possesses from birth, associated with human...
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  • Little Constantine (category Characters in Albanian epic poetry)
    (Albanian: Konstandini i vogël) is a legendary figure of Albanian folk poetry. In northern Albania he is also known as Aga Ymeri, in southern Albania as...
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    The Highland Lute (category Albanian poetry)
    Highland Lute (Albanian: Lahuta e Malcís, original and standard language of the time based on Gheg Albanian) is the Albanian national epic poem, completed...
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  • Regalia of Albania (Albanian: Regalia e Shqipërisë) is a royal regalia that existed during the Albanian monarchy. The regalia worn by Albanian nobles, spanning...
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    Albanian culture or the culture of Albanians (Albanian: kultura shqiptare [kultuˈɾa ʃcipˈtaɾɛ]) is a term that embodies the artistic, culinary, literary...
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    Shala (tribe) (category Albanian Roman Catholics)
    1900. Performer of Albanian epic poetry (lahutar) in Shala. Shalë municipality covered by the tribe Shala (surname) Tribes of Albania Elsie, Robert (24...
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    Musa Kesedžija (category Characters in Serbian epic poetry)
    Highwayman or Musa the Beheader, is a popular legendary villain of Serbian epic poetry and Bulgarian and Macedonian folklore. He is most famous as a rival of...
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