Dielli (Albanian indefinite form Diell), the Sun, holds the primary role in Albanian pagan customs, beliefs, rituals, myths, and legends. Albanian major...

Albanian paganism comprises the pagan customs, beliefs, rituals, myths and legends of the Albanian people. The elements of Albanian mythology are of ancient...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dielli may refer to: Dielli (Albanian paganism), the Sun in Albanian ethnic religion Dielli (newspaper), newspaper published...

Hëna (Albanian indefinite form Hënë; Gheg: Hana, indef. Hanë), the Moon, holds a prominent position in Albanian pagan customs, beliefs, rituals, myths...

century in Albania and Bosnia, regions that in antiquity were part of the area of Illyria. Albanian traditional tattooing with Sun (Dielli) and Fire (Zjarri)...

Dheu (Albanian indefinite form: Dhé), the Earth, is the object of a special cult, important oaths, and curse formulas in Albanian paganism. The Earth Mother...

Beautiful one in Heaven") is used in Albanian to refer to the deity who rules the sky: Dielli (Albanian paganism), the Sun God in Abrahamic religions...

indicates, the Albanian Sun-god (Dielli) appears to be an expression of the Proto-Indo-European Sky-god (Zot or Zojz in Albanian). In Albanian the god who...

In traditional Albanian culture, Gjakmarrja (English: "blood-taking", i.e. "blood feud") or hakmarrja ("revenge") is the social obligation to kill an offender...

The Albanian tribes (Albanian: fiset shqiptare) form a historical mode of social organization (farefisní) in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized...

Albanian war dances (Albanian: valle luftarake or loja luftarake) are war dances performed by the Albanian people. They have been historically performed...

"The Twins" (Albanian: Binoshët; Italian: I Gemelli) is an Albanian folk tale firstly recorded by Arbëreshë folklorist Giuseppe Schirò in Piana degli Albanesi...

him indicates, the Albanian Sun-god appears to be an expression of the Proto-Indo-European Sky-god (Zot or Zojz in Albanian). Albanians were firstly described...

spring-summer period. In the old Albanian calendar, Verëza corresponds to the first three days of the new year (Albanian: Kryeviti, Kryet e Motmotit, Motmoti...

Enji (Albanian: [ɛɲi]) is the old name of the fire god in the Albanian pagan mythology evidently contained in the week day name that was dedicated to him...

(also Gheg Albanian: Kanû/-ja, other names include Albanian: doke, zakon, venom, usull, itifatk, adet, sharte, udhë, rrugë) is a set of Albanian traditional...

religion as similar traditions have been recorded in Albanian, Celtic, Germanic, Baltic and Slavic paganism, among others. American folklorist Linda Watts provides...

Pukë (Albanian definite form: Puka) is a town and municipality in northern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of...

Mirdita is a region of northern Albania whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name. The name Mirdita derives from...

(in Albanian: burrnesha) are people who are assigned female at birth and who take a vow of chastity and live as men in patriarchal northern Albanian society...

Masarachi, were a historical Albanian tribe in medieval Epirus and Thessaly. They appear in historical records as one of the Albanian tribes which raided and...

region. Albanian folk beliefs Ancient Greek religion Paleo-Balkan mythology Proto-Indo-European mythology Religion in ancient Rome Slavic paganism Thracian...

The Mërturi are an historical Albanian tribe (fis) and region in the Highlands of Gjakova of north Albania. The Mërturi tribe is a traditional fis in the...

42.333; 19.633 Shkreli is a historical Albanian tribe and region in the Malësia Madhe region of northern Albania and is majority Catholic. With the expansion...

to the fire god Agni. In Albanian tradition the fire cult and ritual practices have played a prominent role. Enji (Albanian: [ɛɲi]) is the name of the...

Besa (Albanian indefinite form: besë) is an Albanian cultural precept, usually translated as "pledge of honor", "solemn faith" or "solemn oath", that means...

the Sun" or "the Sun's Mother") is a mother goddess in Albanian folk beliefs, the mother of Dielli ("the Sun"). A sacred ritual called "the funeral of the...

Jacob Bar-Salabi, cited in MacMullen, Ramsay (1997). Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries. Yale. p. 155. McGowan, Andrew (December...

named Malzi (Albanian for Black Mountain) because of the black pined mountain forests of the region. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved...

his correspondence with the Roman Curia, they belong to the Albanian nation, speak Albanian, hold our holy Roman Catholic beliefs. The first writing about...