The Vitore (definite Albanian form: Vitorja, also Gjarpni i Shtëpisë, Bolla e Shtëpisë or Ora e Shtëpisë) is a household deity in Albanian mythology and folklore, associated with human destiny and good fortune. Vitorja is usually depicted as a small, colourful and benign golden horned serpent. However, in some traditions Vitorja is described also as an old woman, a mythological figure similar to Nëna e Vatrës. Vitorja is also identified with Fatia in southern folklore and Ora in central and northern folklore. Vitore is known as a creature of good luck but in different households it’s known as a creature of death and torture Vitore is described in some different stories as a black serpent and it kills those who attack her and keeps going with the rest of the generations.Although it is mytho
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| - The Vitore (definite Albanian form: Vitorja, also Gjarpni i Shtëpisë, Bolla e Shtëpisë or Ora e Shtëpisë) is a household deity in Albanian mythology and folklore, associated with human destiny and good fortune. Vitorja is usually depicted as a small, colourful and benign golden horned serpent. However, in some traditions Vitorja is described also as an old woman, a mythological figure similar to Nëna e Vatrës. Vitorja is also identified with Fatia in southern folklore and Ora in central and northern folklore. Vitore is known as a creature of good luck but in different households it’s known as a creature of death and torture Vitore is described in some different stories as a black serpent and it kills those who attack her and keeps going with the rest of the generations.Although it is mytho (en)
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| - The Vitore (definite Albanian form: Vitorja, also Gjarpni i Shtëpisë, Bolla e Shtëpisë or Ora e Shtëpisë) is a household deity in Albanian mythology and folklore, associated with human destiny and good fortune. Vitorja is usually depicted as a small, colourful and benign golden horned serpent. However, in some traditions Vitorja is described also as an old woman, a mythological figure similar to Nëna e Vatrës. Vitorja is also identified with Fatia in southern folklore and Ora in central and northern folklore. Vitore is known as a creature of good luck but in different households it’s known as a creature of death and torture Vitore is described in some different stories as a black serpent and it kills those who attack her and keeps going with the rest of the generations.Although it is mythology many people believe in Vitorja that because the legend of it has been passed down for generations Vitorja is known as a vessel of the devil or maybe even the devil himself that because of the shape it can take a black serpent which is the devil’s characteristic animal Some children believe in this “witch” and refer to it as “killer queen”. (en)
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