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Prende
Prende or Premte is the dawn goddess, goddess of love, beauty, fertility, health and protector of women, in the Albanian pagan mythology. She is also called Afër-dita, an Albanian phrase meaning "near day", "the day is near", or "dawn", in association with the cult of the planet Venus, the morning and evening star. She is referred to as ''Zoja Prenne'' or ''Zoja e Bukuris'' ("Goddess/Lady Prenne" or "Goddess/Lady of Beauty"). Her sacred day is Friday, named in Albanian after her: ''e premte'', ''premtja'' (). She reflects features belonging to the original Indo-European dawn goddess. A remarkable reflection associated with the Indo-European dawn goddess is the Albanian tradition according to which Prende is the daughter of the sky god – Zojz. Thought to have been worshiped by the Illyrians in antiquity, Prende is identified with the cult of Venus and she was worshipped in northern Albania, especially by the Albanian women, until recent times. She features attributes also belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Mythology
Albanian paganism comprises the pagan customs, beliefs, rituals, myths and legends of the Albanian people. The elements of Albanian mythology are of ancient Paleo-Balkanic origin and almost all of them are pagan. Ancient paganism persisted among Albanians, and especially within the inaccessible and deep interior – where Albanian folklore evolved over the centuries in a relatively isolated tribal culture and society – it has continued to persist, or at most it was partially transformed by the Christian, Muslim and Marxist beliefs that were either to be introduced by choice or imposed by force.; ; ; . The Albanian traditional customary law ( Kanun) has held a sacred – although secular – longstanding, unwavering and unchallenged authority with a cross-religious effectiveness over the Albanians, which is attributed to an earlier pagan code common to all the Albanian tribes. Indeed, the Kanun contains several customary concepts that clearly have their origins in pagan beliefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proto-Albanian Language
Proto-Albanian is the ancestral Linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed language of Albanian language, Albanian, before the Gheg Albanian, Gheg–Tosk Albanian, Tosk dialectal diversification (before ). Albanoid and other Paleo-Balkan languages had their formative core in the Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region. Whether descendants or sister languages of what was called Illyrian language, Illyrian by classical sources, Albanian and Messapic language, Messapic, on the basis of shared features and innovations, are grouped together in a Albanoid, common branch in the current phylogenetic classification of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. The precursor of Albanian can be considered a completely formed independent IE language since at least the first millennium BCE, with the beginning of the early Proto-Albanian phase. Proto-Albanian is reconstructed by way of the comparative method between the Tosk Albanian, Tosk and Gheg Albanian, Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
*H₂éwsōs
or () is the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European name of the dawn goddess in the Proto-Indo-European mythology. is believed to have been one of the most important deities worshipped by Proto-Indo-European speakers due to the consistency of her characterization in subsequent traditions as well as the importance of the goddess Uṣas in the ''Rigveda''. Her attributes have not only been mixed with those of solar goddesses in some later traditions, most notably the Baltic sun-deity Saulė, but have subsequently expanded and influenced female deities in other mythologies. Name Etymology The reconstructed Proto-Indo-European name of the dawn, , derives from the verbal root ('to shine', 'glow red', 'a flame') extended by the suffix . The same root also underlies the word for 'gold', , inherited in Latin , Old Prussian , and Lithuanian . The word for the dawn as a meteorological event has also been preserved in Balto-Slavic ''*auṣ(t)ro'' ( Lithuanian 'dawn', 'morning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zojz (deity)
Zojz is a Sky god, sky and Lightning god, lightning god in Albanian mythology, Albanian pagan mythology. Regarded as the chief god and the highest of all gods, traces of his worship survived in northern Albania until the early 20th century, and in some forms still continue today. The old beliefs in the Sky (Alb. Qielli) are pagan beliefs preserved by Albanians since ancient times. In Albanian the god who rules the sky is referred to as ''i Bukuri i Qiellit'' ("the Beauty of the Sky"), a phrase that is used in pagan contexts for the Sun (Dielli (Albanian paganism), Dielli), worshiped as the god of light, sky and weather, giver of life, health and energy, and all-seeing eye. The sacred significance of one of the main symbols of the sky cult – the eagle – has been scrupulously preserved by Albanians, who have always considered it their animal totem. An epithet considered to be associated with the sky-god is "father", thought to be contained in the Albanian noun Zot ("Sky Father", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Language
Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It is the native language of the Albanian people. Standard Albanian is the official language of Albania and Kosovo, and a co-official language in North Macedonia and Montenegro, where it is the primary language of significant Albanian minority communities. Albanian is recognized as a minority language in Italy, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia. It is also spoken in Greece and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Albanian is estimated to have as many as 7.5 million native speakers. Albanian and other Paleo-Balkan languages had their formative core in the Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region. Albanian in antiquity is often thought to have been an Illyrian language for ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fertility Deities
A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. In some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols. Fertility rites may accompany their worship. The following is a list of fertility deities. African * Ala, Igbo goddess of fertility * Asase Ya, Ashanti earth goddess of fertility * Deng, Dinka sky god of rain and fertility * Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows, agriculture, rain, and bees * Orie, Ohafia goddess of fertility * Oshun (known as ''Ochún'' or ''Oxúm'' in Latin America) also spelled Ọṣun, is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions. She is one of the most popular and venerated orishas. Oshun is the deity of the river and fresh water, luxury and pleasure, sexuality and fertility, and beauty and love. She is connected to destiny and div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illyrians
The Illyrians (, ; ) were a group of Indo-European languages, Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan populations, along with the Thracians and Ancient Greece, Greeks. The territory the Illyrians inhabited came to be known as Illyria to later Greek and Roman Republic, Roman authors, who identified a territory that corresponds to most of Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, much of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, western and central Serbia and some parts of Slovenia between the Adriatic Sea in the west, the Drava river in the north, the Great Morava, Morava river in the east and the Ceraunian Mountains in the south. The first account of Illyrian people dates back to the 6th century BC, in the works of the ancient Greek writer Hecataeus of Miletus. The name "Illyrians", as applied by the ancient Greeks to their northern neighbors, may have referred to a broad, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Bukura E Dheut
E Bukura e Dheut (the "Beauty of the Earth" or "Earthly Beauty") is an epithet in Albanian mythology and folklore, used in some traditions for a crafty fairy, and in other traditions for a chthonic/earth goddess, the counterpart of e Bukura e Detit (the Beauty of the Sea) and i Bukuri i Qiellit (the Beauty of the Sky). As a goddess of the underworld and at the same time a personification of springtime, the Beauty of the Earth is evidently an epithet of the Albanian equivalent of the Ancient Greek Persephone, which is considered to be Prende, the Albanian dawn goddess, goddess of love, beauty, fertility, health, and protector of women, also referred to as ''Zoja e Bukuris'' "Goddess/Lady of Beauty". In central Albanian folklore E Bukura e Dheut appears as the sister of e Bukura e Detit and the consort of Baba Tomor. The quest for the ''e Bukura e Dheut'' is a very popular and frequent motif in Albanian folktales: the princely hero must search for or rescue the Earthly Beauty, ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health Deity
A health deity is a god or goddess in mythology or religion associated with health, healing and wellbeing. They may also be related to childbirth or Mother Goddesses. They are a common feature of polytheistic religions. List of health deities African * Jengu, water spirits that bring good fortune and cure disease * Waaq/Waaqa, sky god that was worshipped by the Somali and Oromo people before Islam and Christianity * !Xu, sky god of the Bushmen of southern Africa who is invoked in illness * Sonzwaphi, deity of healing, Zulu mythology Yoruba and Afro-American * Aja, spirit of the forest, the animals within it and herbal healers * Babalú-Ayé, spirit of illness and disease * Erinlẹ, spirit of abundance, the healer, and Physician to the Orisha * Loco, patron of healers and plants * Mami Wata, a pantheon of water deities associated with healing and fertility * Ọsanyìn, spirit of herbalism * Sopona, god of smallpox Albanian * Dielli, the Sun: giver of life, health and en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Beauty Deities
A beauty deity is a god or (usually) goddess associated with the concept of beauty. Classic examples in the Western culture are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart, Venus. The following is a list of beauty deities across different cultures. For some deities, beauty is only one of several aspects they represent, or a lesser one. Male deities are italicized. African Akan *''Asase Yaa'' *'' Aniwaa'' Egyptian *Hathor *''Nefertem'' *Astarte Yoruba *Oshun American Vodou *Erzulie Asian * Yang Asha Chinese * Yang Asha Hindu *Rati *Radha *Dewi Ratih *Indrani *''Kartikeya'' *Lakshmi *Parvati *Saraswati Mohini Japanese *Kisshōten Mesopotamia *Inanna (also known as Ishtar) *Astarte European Albanian *Prende Etruscan * * Aplu *Turan Greek *''Adonis'' (note: a mortal, occasionally depicted as a god) * Aglaea *Aphrodite *''Apollo'' * Charis *Charites * Hebe *Kale Irish *Clíodhna Norse *Freyja Roman *''Apollo'' *Venus Slavic *Lada Oceania New Zealand / Ao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Goddess
A dawn god or goddess is a deity in a polytheistic religious tradition who is in some sense associated with the dawn. These deities show some relation with the morning, the beginning of the day, and, in some cases, become syncretized with similar solar deities. Africa In Egyptian mythology, Tefnut, in part of her being goddess of the morning dew. Americas In Sioux mythology, Anpao, the spirit of the dawn, has two faces. Asia Japanese * Ame-no-Uzume, goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts. Indo-European * Hindu-Vedic – Ushas Ugarit - Canaanite * Shahar_(god) 𐎌𐎈𐎗, שחר. Mentioned in the Ugarit scriptures canon. Brother of Shallem - Dusk, and sun of El (head of the local pantheon). The term is still used as a personal name in the middle east: Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic. Roman Syria and Galilee *Lucifer and Jesus of The Bible are both referred to as the “morning star” since in ancient time, the morning star had been referred to as an entit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persephone
In ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion, religion, Persephone ( ; , classical pronunciation: ), also called Kore ( ; ) or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the Greek underworld, underworld after her abduction by her uncle Hades, the king of the underworld, who would later take her into marriage. The myth of her abduction, her sojourn in the underworld, and her cyclical return to the surface represents her functions as the embodiment of spring and the personification of vegetation, especially grain crops, which disappear into the earth when sown, sprout from the earth in spring, and are harvested when fully grown. In Art in ancient Greece, Classical Greek art, Persephone is invariably portrayed robed, often carrying a wikt:sheaf, sheaf of grain. She may appear as a mystical divinity with a sceptre and a little box, but she was mostly represented in the process of being carried off by Hades. Persephone, as a vegetation deity, veg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
