Dielli
Dielli ("the Sun") is a deity in Albanian mythology, the child of Nëna e Diellit ("the Mother of the Sun"). Dielli is associated with the personification of the Sun in Albanian folk beliefs.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Albanian paganism.
Relationships
- parent of
- E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit
- consort of
- Hëna
- child of
- Nëna e Diellit
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Nënë moj nënë, kuku / erdhi dielli e s'të gjeti "Mother oh Mother, Alas, / the Sun came and didn't find you"”
#3085 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Albanian paganism, the Sun—worshiped as the god of light, sky and weather, giver of life, health and energy, and all-seeing eye—is referred to as Dielli, a name that is considered to have been a word taboo originally meaning "yellow, golden, bright or shiny one" used to refer to the Sun due to its perceived sacred nature.”
#15590 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Albanians often swear solemn oaths (be) "by the sun" (për atë diell), "by the sun who lights up the earth" (Për atë diell që shndrit token!), "by the sun who makes the sky cloudy or clears it up" (Për atë diell që vran e kthiell!), "by the sun who got tired" (për atë diell që vete lodhur!), "by the face of the sun" (për atë fytyrë të diellit!), "by the eye-sun" (për atë sy diell)”
#16582 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“For Albanians, the twigs or little lines were the traditional way to represent light, emanated from the Sun (Dielli) and from the Moon (Hëna), which was often represented as a crescent.”
#18715 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001