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This article on Romanian mythology covers both the mythology traditional to the Romanian people and to certain earlier civilizations that occupied the same geographic area, and whom the ethnic Romanians tend to claim either as spiritual or as more literal ancestors. Thus it covers Dacian and Thracian gods, but does not cover Hungarian mythology. Mythology is the study of myths: stories of a particular culture that it believes to be true and that feature a specific religious or belief system. ...
Dacian mythology
Dacian and Thracian gods - Zamolxis (Zalmoxe) - prophet, god - subterranean
- Gebeleizis - ultimate god - heavenly
- Bendis - the goddess of moon, forests and magic (associated with Diana, Artemis)
- Derzelas
- Kotys - mother goddess
- Heros - (Herous, Horus) the horseman god
- Vesta (Hestia) - god of flames and fireplace
Detail of the main fresco of the Aleksandrovo kurgan. ...
Gebeleizis (or Nebeleizis) was the god of lightning and the horizon for the Dacians. ...
Bendis was a Thracian goddess of the moon whom the Greeks identified with Artemis, and hence with the other two aspects of the former Minoan Triple Goddess, Hecate and Persephone. ...
Getae-Dacian god of health and human spirits vitality, also known under the names of Great God Gebeleizis, Derzis or the Thracian Knight. ...
Kotys was a Thracian goddess, worshipped with much revelry by both Thracians and Edonians. ...
In Romanian mythology, Heros was a god of the underworld. ...
Vesta was the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman mythology, analogous to Hestia in Greek mythology. ...
Places/Concepts See Kogaionon for the mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous Kogaion was the mythical holy mountain of the Dacians, the place where Zalmoxis stayed in a underground cave for three years. ...
Romanian Folklore
Personages In Romanian mythology a balaur is a creature similar to a dragon, although distinct: dragons as such also exist in Romanian mythology. ...
In Romanian mythology, Baba Dochia, or The Old Dokia, is a name originating from the Byzantine calendar which celebrates the Martyr Evdokia on 1 March. ...
Capcaun means ogre in Romanian. ...
Ileana Cosânzeana is a figure in Romanian mythology. ...
(fat: son, infant; frumos: beautiful) Fat-Frumos is a knight hero in Romanian folklores mythology. ...
Luceafar is the name of the morning star (the planet Venus) which in Romanian folklore is associated with Demons but also hints to the Greek Titan Hyperion. ...
Lucifer is a Latin word derived from two words, lux (light; genitive lucis) and ferre (to bear, to bring), meaning light-bearer. ...
Muma Pădurii (literally the Mother of the Forest) is one of the many female monsters in the Romanian folklore (others being Zgripţuroaica, Scorpia) which together form a triumvirate similar to the Greek Gorgons. ...
Sanziana is the name of a flower and also the name for a a group of young, nice girl-spirits. ...
A Spiriduş in Romanian mythology is an evil little creature, similar to the leprechauns. ...
Reputed ghost of a monk. ...
In Romanian mythology, strigoi (same form both singular and plural) are the evil souls of the dead rising from the tombs during the night to haunt the neighbourhood. ...
For other meanings of the word giant, see Giant (disambiguation) Giants are humanoid creatures of prodigious size and strength, a type of legendary monster that appear in the tales of many different races and cultures. ...
In Romanian mythology, the three Ursitoare are supposed to appear three nights after a childs birth to determine the course of its life. ...
In Greek and European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk (from the Greek basileus, a king) is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents and said to have the power of causing death by a single glance. ...
Zana (plural Zane) is the Romanian equivalent of the Greek Charites. ...
In translation it means the flying thing. It usually referes to the dacic heraldic symbol and also their fighting flag nmed dracone which was a flying dragon with a woolf head. ...
In Romanian mythology the Zmeu is a creature similar to the dragon (balaur in Romanian folklore, although this is not a direct translation). ...
Myths Mioriţa (The Little Ewe) is an old Romanian pastoral balad and considered one of the most important pieces of the Romanian folklore. ...
In Romanian mythology, Mesterul Manole is the architect of the Curtea de Arges Monastery in Wallachia. ...
Places Apa Sambetei generally means for nothing, to no result, or that what you have done was destroyed or is rendered useless after you finish it. ...
In Romanian mythology, Apa Vie means the water from which heroes drink so that they come back to life after healing their wounds. ...
Romanian myths part of international culture Further reading Christopher Frayling - Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula 1992. ...
A werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who changes into a wolf, either by purposefully using magic or by being placed under a curse. ...
Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp Dracula is a fictional character, arguably the most famous vampire in fiction. ...
Rituals See also: Romanian culture, Romanian folklore, Dacian mythology Paparuda Paparuda is a rain ritual in Romania, probably of pagan origin (the name is derived from the Slavic goddess Perperuna), celebrated in the spring and in times of severe drought, in order to invoke rain. ...
Romanias culture is very similar to other European culture, including that of Western Europe and Central Europe. ...
Gods Zamolxis (Zalmoxe) - prophet, god - subterranean Gebeleizis - ultimate god - heavenly Bendis - the goddess of moon, forests and magic Derzelas Kotys - mother goddess Heros - (Herous, Horus) the horseman god Vesta (Hestia) - god of flames and fireplace Places/Concepts Kogaion (holy mountain) Categories: Mythology stubs ...
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