Nora of Kelmendi

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Nora of Kelmendi
Folk tale
NameNora of Kelmendi
CountryAlbania

Nora of

Kelmendi is a legendary folktale 17th century Albanian woman for her beauty and valor.[1]

She is sometimes referred to as the "

Gheg dialect) into ashes if Nora did not become his wife.[3]

Legend

In the tale dating back to around 1637,

Zana, a mythical mountain fairy.[citation needed
]

Word of Nora's beauty reached the pasha of

Shkodra, of Bosnian origin, who sought to marry her under Albanian tradition. However, Nora's family refused, citing the Albanian Kanun's prohibition against marriages with non-Albanians. Unaccustomed to such refusal, the enraged pasha threatened to destroy Malësia if Nora did not marry him.[citation needed
]

The pasha then led his army and besieged Malësia. To save her homeland, Nora devised a plan. In one version, she pretended to accept the pasha's proposal, dressed in a xhubleta, traditional North Albanian women dress, and entered his tent. There, she used a family heirloom dagger to wound him while he was distracted. She then fled and, as planned, the army of Malësia attacked the Ottomans, winning temporary victory over them. In another version, Nora led a group of 300 women in battle against the Ottomans. During the fighting, she faced the pasha in a duel, killing him. Both versions name the pasha as Vutsi Pasha from Bosnia.[citation needed]

Historical events

Historical sources give a less folkloric version of the story, focusing more on the ongoing struggle of over a decade between the Ottomans and Clementi highlanders initially due to their collaboration with the

theologian and counsellor of Savoy and consultant of the Holy See, who mentions around 700 Clementi, and the Ottoman casualties around 4,000, published in Vita del Venerabile Padre Fr.Bonaventura da Palazzuolo Riformato, vol.II, Venice, October 1722.[6]

See also

References

  1. OCLC 630465842
    . Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. OCLC 8509246, retrieved 10 November 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  3. ISBN 978-1859733400
    . Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. ISSN 0029-9375
    , retrieved 9 November 2013
  5. ^ a b François Lenormant (1866). Turcs et Monténégrins (in French). Paris. pp. 124–128. Retrieved 11 November 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-1173702304
    , retrieved 11 November 2013
  7. ^ a b Pjetër Bogdani (1685), Cuneus Prophetarum (PDF) (in Albanian), shqiptarortodoks.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016, retrieved 10 November 2013, Cusc mundetè me i raam mboh se ma i vobek kjè Vucia Pascia, issiλi pèr tè mbèleξè gni uscterij 12. mije vettesc, nuk' i mbastuenè sciumè miliogn aar, se Kelmendasitè tanè, te sijtè me gniεaan'; Eja cusc ansctè trim, mbèleξ unè affere 500. vettèvraanè Vucie Pascenè, vjetit se Chrisctit 1639.

Sources

  • Bunjaj, Nikë (2000). Nora e Kelmendit. Botimet Toena.
    OL 4014711M
    .
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