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Ông Táo, kitchen god in Vietnamese folk religion; Ông Địa, is the god of the earth and patron of the land on which the houses are built in Vietnamese folk religion; Sanamahi, the most predominant god in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism of Manipur; Tu Di Gong (earth deity), in Chinese folk religion
Albanian warrior dance in circle around fire (), drawing from the book Childe Harold's Pilgrimage written by Lord Byron in the early 19th century. Practiced for several hours with very short intervals, the dance gets new vigour from the words of the accompanying song that starts with a battle cry invoking war drums, and which is of a piece with the movement and usually changed only once or ...
Articles relating to household deities, deities or spirits that protect the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief in paganism as well as in folklore across many parts of the world.
The origin of the Albanian noun Perëndi is obscure. Several etymologies have been proposed by scholars: From an Albanian word creation of folk nature derived, by using the suffix -í of the Albanian abstract nouns, from Latin: imperantem, the accusative masculine/feminine singular of imperāns, meaning "commanding", "ruling", "demanding".
Zana (Zanë in Gheg or Zërë in Tosk, [1] [2] pl. zanë(t), see other variants below) is a nymph-like figure in Albanian mythology and folklore, usually associated with mountains, springs and streams, forests, vegetation and animals, human vital energy and sometimes destiny. [3]
Albanian folklore is the folk tradition of the Albanian people.Albanian traditions have been orally transmitted – through memory systems that have survived intact into modern times – down the generations and are still very much alive in the mountainous regions of Albania, Kosovo and western North Macedonia, as well as among the Arbëreshë in Italy and the Arvanites in Greece, and the ...
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. [ 17 ] Thought to have been worshiped by the Illyrians in antiquity, [ 18 ] Prende is identified with the cult of Venus and she was worshipped in northern Albania , especially by the ...
Household Gods may refer to: Household deity , a deity or spirit that protects the home Household Gods (band) , a rock band featuring members of Slint and Unwound