katallaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Katallanj

Etymology

Unclear. It has its origins in the Catalan Company's brutality in the Catalan Campaign in Asia Minor. ^[1]^[2] Another theory suggests it comes from the derivation of kall (“to thrust or pierce”), influenced by a story by Polyphemus.

Proper noun

katallaj

a giant in Albanian mythology
Synonym: gjigant

References

^ Publishing House. Elsie, Robert (2001). A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology and Folk Culture. London: Hurst & Company.
^ Elsie 2001, pp. 150–151.

[1] Publishing House. Elsie, Robert (2001). A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology and Folk Culture. London: Hurst & Company.

[2] Elsie 2001, pp. 150–151.

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Albanian

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