Bolla
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thumb|When the weather turns foul, black clouds gather and heavy storms break, kulshedra is believed to be in the vicinity. A drangue can counter her destructive power driving the storms away.
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14 sectionsContents
- Names
- Physical appearance and attributes
- Bolla
- Kulshedra
- Metamorphosis
- Mythology
- Dualistic worldview, cosmic renewal
- Battles with Dragùa
- Folktales and other stories with Bolla/Kulshedra
- Other mentions of Bolla/Kulshedra
- See also
- Sources
- Citations
- Bibliography
thumb|When the weather turns foul, black clouds gather and heavy storms break, kulshedra is believed to be in the vicinity. A drangue can counter her destructive power driving the storms away.
The kulshedra or kuçedra is a water, storm, fire and chthonic demon in Albanian mythology and folklore, usually described as a huge multi-headed female serpentine dragon. She is the archetype of darkness and evil, the complementary and opposing force to drangue, the archetype of light and good. The kulshedra is believed to spit fire, cause drought, storms, flooding, earthquakes and other natural disasters against mankind.