Religion:En (deity)

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En or Enji (Template:IPA-sq) is the Illyrian god[1] of fire.[2] The name continues to be used in the Albanian language for Thursday (enjte).

History

According to Karl Treimer, Illyrians worshiped a fire god named *Enji, related to the Vedic fire god Agni.[2]

With the coming of Christianity En was demoted to demonic status.[1] The name En continues to be used in the Albanian language to refer to Thursday (Albanian: enjte, Template:Lang-als, Template:Lang-aln).[1][2]

Etymology

The Albanian name enjte continues Proto-Albanian *agni-, probably related to the archaic Indo-European word for 'fire' (PIE *h₁n̥gʷnis). The names of week days in Albanian are the translation of Latin names, so the word enjte translates the Latin word lovis diem, and enj- must be the Albanian equivalent of Roman Jupiter.[3]

See also

  • Albanian mythology
  • Perendi

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lurker 2005, p. 57.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tagliavini 1963, p. 103.
  3. Orel 1998, p. 88.

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