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Xhixhibreshka (turtle fairy)

Xhixhibreshka

Elsie Xhixhibreshka: beautiful turtle-form fairy (Çabej)

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Description

Beautiful fairy who takes the form of a turtle. Elsie 2001 s.v. Xhixhibreshka: second element related to Alb. breshkë ‘turtle’; cf. Çabej 1966. She is not the same as the water-maiden Floçkë.

Features

  • take form of a turtle as beautiful fairy (Elsie)

Lead story

A beautiful fairy wears a turtle’s shape — Xhixhibreshka, named partly for breshkë. Elsie and Çabej keep the line thin. She is not the same as the water-maiden Floçkë, nor the Bardha mist spirits or the E Bukura queens of the caves.

Aliases

Xhixhibreshka · Xhixhi-breshka

Region

Thin dictionary entry (Çabej trail); no fixed village cycle in Elsie

Relations

Linked stories

  • Xhixhibreshka (turtle fairy)Recorded

    Elsie: a beautiful fairy takes turtle form; breshkë etymology; Çabej cite. She is not the same as Floçkë.