Shurdh

The name Shurdhi appears to be connected with the Albanian term i shurdhët meaning "the deaf one",{{sfn|Elsie|2001|p=238}} however, this link seems to be only a coincidence, since the name Shurdh is more likely a compound of *seuro, "water" (cf. Albanian shurrë "urine"), and *dos "giver/donor" (cf. Albanian dhashë/dha, "I gave/he gave"); his name thus means "water donor".{{sfn|Treimer|1971|pp=31–33}} A relation between the name Shurdh and the second part of the theonym Zibelsurdus found in ancient Thracian epigraphic monuments has been suggested.{{sfn|Treimer|1971|pp=31–33}}{{sfn|Elsie|2001|p=238}}{{sfn|Lurker|2004|p=172}}

The coincidence of the name of the weather and storm god Shurdh with the term shurdh-i "the deaf one" probably gave rise to the adjectival noun I Verbti "the blind one" or Shën Verbti "the holy blind one",{{sfn|Treimer|1971|p=31}} which was used to refer to the weather and storm god in the Albanian Alps along with Rrmoria,{{harvnb|Elsie|2001|p=259}}; {{harvnb|Tirta|2004|p=130}}. and to refer to the fire and wind god in the Zadrima region.{{sfn|Elsie|2001|p=259}}

The theonym Shurdh could be related to the name of the island of Shurdhah near Shkodër, and it is found in the oronym Maja Shurdh ("Shurdh Peak") in Kelmendi, and the toponym mi Shurdh, a region in Mirdita.{{sfn|Treimer|1971|pp=31–33}}{{sfn|Lambertz|1973|p=503}}

Rrmoria, which is another name for the weather and storm god, is possibly from {{langx|la|rumor}} 'shouting, noise, rumour'.{{sfn|Elsie|2001|p=259}}

According to folk beliefs, Shurdhi travels using storm clouds which announce hailstorms when he arrives. He can be greeted and turned away with noise from metallic objects and gunshots,{{sfn|Elsie|2001|p=238}}{{sfn|Lurker|2004|p=172}} according to the Albanian apotropaic ritual practiced in order to seek the protection of the fire deity from big storms with torrential rains, lightning and hail, which often cause great damage to agriculture, livestock, and to the rural economy in general.{{sfn|Tirta|2004|pp=82, 309}}

The Albanologist Baron Nopcsa identified Shurdhi with the ancient Thracian thunder deity Zibelsurdus.{{sfn|Elsie|2001|p=238}}{{sfn|Lurker|2004|p=172}} According to Karl Treimer, a presumable basic form perejont-, "the striker", of the Albanian divine name Perëndi may be an epithet of the thunderstorm god Shurdh, who may have been a favorite god since he would have refreshed pastures and fields and was probably also of a warlike nature after this presumable epithet given to him.{{sfn|Treimer|1971|pp=31–33}}

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• Albanian mythology
• Drangue
• En (deity)
• Zojz (deity)
• Perëndi
• Verbti

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