Tomorr , Tomori [3] [4] ( Alb. Tomori ) - a mountain range [4] in the territory of Southern Albania. Her highest peak is Partizan - reaches a height of 2417 meters above sea level [2] . Mount Tomorr is located east of the cities of Berat and Polican , as well as near the Osumi River and the Osum canyon .
| Tomorr | |
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| Alb. Tomori | |
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| Square | |
| Highest point | |
| Highest point | 2417 [2] m |
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| A country |
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| Mountain system | Dinar Highlands |
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Mount in Religion
In the ancient period, Mount Tomorr was called by the Greeks Amiron ( dr. Greek Άμυρον ) and was the center of Dassaretida ( Δασσαρήτις ή Δασσαρητία ), a region of Dassarets , a tribe living in eastern Illyria , in northwestern Greece in the region of Epirus [5] [6] . For Christians, this mountain was considered sacred, and on the day of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary (August 15), they climbed this mountain. The Sufi Order of Bektashi also revered this mountain: its members honored Abbas ibn Ali every year during a pilgrimage from August 20 to 25 [7]
In Albanian mythology, Mount Tomorr is associated with the legendary hero Baba Tomor, who had a long white beard and four eagles flew around him [7] . According to German folklorist Maximilian Lambertz , Baba Tomor is a trace of Illyrian mythology [7] .
Baba Tomor took in himself the wives of Earth Beauty. She spends her days with her sister, Sea Beauty, but when evening comes, the faithful servant of Baba Tomor, the wind, carries her back to the mountain peak. From Mount Tomor, you can see the city of Berat, which the old man fiercely guards as his favorite city. On the other side of the valley is Mount Spiragh with streams similar to the furrows that flow along its slopes. Once, when Baba Tomor and Earthly Beauty were sleeping, Spirag seized this moment and decided to attack Berat. The four guardian eagles woke Babu-Tomor, and he, learning of the secret intent of Spirag, got up from his bed. The first thing he was thinking about was saving the Earth Beauty, so he ordered the East Wind to take her to her sister. Riding his mule, Tomor rushed off to battle with Speerag. With his scythe, Tomor inflicted many wounds on Spiragu, which now became furrows on the side of the mountain. The footprint of the mule of Baba Tomor can be seen at the village of Signa. Spirag, in turn, beat Tomor many times with his club, inflicting many wounds on him, but he also died. Two giants killed each other, and the maiden burst into tears: her tears became the Osum River [7] .
The cult of Mount Tomor is found in the Rilenge period of Albanian literature: Konstantin Khristofordi, Naim Bey Frasheri, Anton Zako Chadzhupi, Asdreni, Gile Mosi and Ndre Mjeda immortalized in prose and poetry [7] .
National Park
Mount Tomor belongs to IUCN type II national parks; in Albania, the mountain is the central object of the national park of the same name with an area of 24723 hectares. Many rare plants that grow in this park, and the rare animals that live there, are protected. However, Mount Tomor is open for alpine skiing lovers.
Notes
- ↑ GeoNames - 2005.
- ↑ 1 2 Greece: Reference card: Scale 1: 1 000 000 / hl. ed. Y. A. Topchiyan ; Ed .: G. A. Skachkova , N. N. Ryumin . - M .: Roskartografiya, Omsk Cartographic Factory , 2001. - (The countries of the world "Europe"). - 2000 copies.
- ↑ Tomori // Strunino - Tikhoretsk. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1976. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. Ed. A. M. Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, v. 25).
- ↑ 1 2 Albania // Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
- ↑ Hammond, 1994 , pp. 422-423.
- ↑ Hammond, Griffith, 1972 , p. 94.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Elsie, 2001 , "Tomor, Mount", pp. 252–254.
Literature
- Tomori (Tomor, Tomor-Dag) // Tatars - Topopik. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1956. - S. 606-607. - (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B.A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 42).
- Robert Elsie. A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture . - New York, NY: New York University Press, 2001 .-- ISBN 978-0-8147-2214-5 .
- Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Guy Thompson Griffith. A History of Macedonia: Historical Geography and Prehistory . - Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1972. - Vol. I.
- NGL Hammond. 9d. Illyrians and North-West Greeks // The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC / David Malcolm Lewis, John Boardman. - Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994 .-- S. 422–443. - ISBN 0-521-23348-8 .