Zojz
Zojz is the Albanian sky and lightning god. According to some Albanian traditions, Prende is his daughter. Associated with the dawn goddess, the epithet "daughter of the sky-god" is commonly found in Indo-European traditions.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Albanian tradition.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Helios, Mitra, Varuna, Grian, Vahagn, Savitr, Hvare-khshaeta, Ahura Mazda, Şêşims, Sulis, Enji, Zot, H₂éwsōs, Eos, Dievas, *Dyēus, God, Zeus, Sūrya, Uṣas
- syncretized with
- Dielli
- parent of
- Prende
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“According to some Albanian traditions, Prende is the daughter of Zojz, the Albanian sky and lightning god. Associated with the dawn goddess, the epithet "daughter of the sky-god" is commonly found in Indo-European traditions (cf. H₂éwsōs#Epithets).”
#3096 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Albanian solemn oaths are taken "by the eye of the Sun" (për sy të Diellit), which is related to the Sky-God worship (Zojz)”
#15623 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“As the wide set of cultic traditions dedicated to him indicates, the Albanian Sun-god appears to be an expression of the Proto-Indo-European Sky-god (Zot or Zojz in Albanian).”
#16563 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the Albanian goddess Prende was regarded as the daughter of the sky god Zojz”
#18258 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5