albanianlegends - Votramagazine

October 20, 2023

The Boy and the Earthly Beauty

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (Paris, France, 1796–1875, Paris, France). The Young Woman of Albano (L'Albanaise), 1872. Oil on canvas, 29 3/16 x…

September 20, 2023

Once upon a time, there was a king who had only one daughter. She did nothing all day but knit.…

July 19, 2021

This is a now largely forgotten tale from central Albania, recorded in the late nineteenth century. Nderenje, now Ndroq, is…

July 5, 2021

Scanderbeg or Skanderbeg (Alb. Skënderbeu) was an Albanian prince (1405-1468) and is now considered the national hero of the Albanians.…

July 3, 2021

The legend of the founding of the Kastrati tribe in the mountains of northern Albania is preserved, in one version,…

July 2, 2021

Bektashi holy man and legendary figure, Sari Salltëk, known in Turkish as Sari Saltuk, is said to have been either…

June 28, 2021

The legend of Gjergj Elez Alia is one of the most popular in Albanian folklore. This is a prose rendition, taken…

June 21, 2021

Halil was dead. The warrior who made all of New Kotor and Zahar tremble and who was dreaded throughout the…

June 11, 2021

Once upon a time there was a man who had three daughters. When the king called up soldiers for the…