The mysterious mountains in Albania is a place known for its myths and legends. Strange tales are told of this place and has been named The Accursed Mountains.
The Albanian Alps, officially called Prokletije is a breathtaking sight in the Balkans with glacial features, pointed peaks and weathered landscape, stretching from northern Albania, all the way to Kosovo and Montenegro.
From 1946 to 1992, the country was under a harrowing communist regime with closed borders to keep people out as well as in. The mountains were used as patrolling spots with buried landmines and bunkers for wars.
It is a sparsely populated place, home to Albanians as well as Serbs, Bosniaks and montenegrins. It is a secluded place that is cut off from the rest of the world for weeks during the winter months.
The Legend of the Brothers and the Fairy
But the beauty of the mountains comes with a bittersweet aftertaste when learning what the translated name of the mountain is. In English it is roughly translated to the Accursed Mountains and has a legend and myth that rests amongst the mountain peaks.
A long time ago three brothers went out hunting. Up in the mountains they met a Fairy. The brothers found her so beautiful and wanted her. This turned into a fight about who saw her first, who she belonged to and escalated to become quite violent. So violent that it ended in their death.
The fairy was watching from afar, but had no way of helping and couldn’t choose for them. She hoped for an agreement, but when her brothers died, she ran and hid behind the peaks of the mountain.
The Accursed Mountains
Days went by for the mother without a word from the sons. When none of the brothers returned from their hunting trip, their mother took up the search. She went up to the mountains and found all of her sons dead. She wailed as she buried her sons, her cries echoing through the mountain range.
The fairy heard her and went to her and told her what happened, that it was because of her that they had argued and died. But the mother didn’t want to hear the reason and only looked at the fairy as the cause of their death. The mother cursed both the fairy and the mountains, blaming them for her son’s deaths. And ever since then, the place has been called the Accursed Mountains and known for its mystery.
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An interesting story hidden under the name of Prokletije Mountains
