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Gender Masculine
Usage Albanian Mythology
Meaning & History
Shurdh is a weather and storm god in Albanian mythology and folklore, who causes hailstorms and throws thunder and lightning. Worshiped in northern Albania until recent times, he is thought to have been an ancient Illyrian god. The name itself seems to be related to the theonym Zibelsurdus found in ancient Thracian epigraphic monuments.