Tomor
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Tomor is the father of gods and humans in the Albanian mythology. Baba Tomor is seen as an old man with a long white beard flowing down to his belt. The deity of Tomor is of Illyrian
origin. He is accompanied by two female eagles and the winds are his servants. His consort was a mysterious goddess referred to as Bukura e dheut. He was attended to by wind
-spirits.
In medieval Albanian
he was referred to as En, and his name survives in enjtë, the Albanian word for Thursday.
The cult of Tomor has been linked to romantic nationalism
by many Rilindas.
Illyrians
The Illyrians were a group of tribes who inhabited part of the western Balkans in antiquity and the south-eastern coasts of the Italian peninsula...
origin. He is accompanied by two female eagles and the winds are his servants. His consort was a mysterious goddess referred to as Bukura e dheut. He was attended to by wind
Wind
Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...
-spirits.
In medieval Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
he was referred to as En, and his name survives in enjtë, the Albanian word for Thursday.
The cult of Tomor has been linked to romantic nationalism
Romantic nationalism
Romantic nationalism is the form of nationalism in which the state derives its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs...
by many Rilindas.