Ich frage mich, ob hier jemand helfen kann. Die Familie meiner Schwägerin stammt aus Albanien. Letzten Monat ist sie nach Albanien zurückgekehrt, um ihre Verwandten zum ersten Mal zu treffen. Während ihres Aufenthalts besuchte sie ein Dorf, um sich das alte Steinhaus anzusehen, in dem ihre Urgroßeltern gelebt hatten. Das Haus war sehr alt, möglicherweise Jahrhunderte alt. Ihr fiel auf, dass in einen der Steinblöcke diese drei Symbole eingraviert waren: ein gepunkteter sechszackiger Stern, eine Lampe oder Teekanne und ein massiver sechszackiger Stern. Sie fragte ihre Verwandten und die Leute im Dorf, aber niemand schien sich daran zu erinnern, was die Symbole bedeuteten oder warum sie dort waren. Sie wussten nur, dass sie schon immer dort gewesen waren, seit sich irgendjemand erinnern konnte. Hat hier jemand diese Symbole gesehen und kennt ihre Bedeutung oder ihren Zweck?
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Von Suspicious-Plant-728
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The six-pointed star was used by Muslims extensively. I wouldn’t know why it is present in two variants.
The lamp could also be a Tugra (imperial Ottoman seal)
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New claim for Israel
All I know is that a six pointed star is a symbol that can be found anywhere in Albanian culture. It’s an old pagan symbol that represents the sun and is usually tied to christianity and used by christian albanians (for example in old tribal tattoos) but is not exclusive to them. It usually can be found in both variants presented here but it doesn’t have to necessarily mean that since symbolism can be adopted to mean different things, especially pagan symbolism is often adapted according to current religions so I don’t think it’s rare for muslims to use it also but idk what it could mean to them
While the six pointed star could be found throughout Albania (regardless of religious beliefs), the middle symbol seems like a “Tughra” (it resembles the Tughra of Sultan Ahmed III, c. 1700 CE).
That would date the house around that time period, if not at least the carvings on the stone are from that time period. (Keep in mind that stones were always reused meaning it could predate the building. Though I believe it’s not the case.)
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This is just a muslim household,or it was
That’s the Aldebaran star ⭐️🇦🇱, from the star and cresent moon put on vertical angel, one of the most known Illyrian symbols, you can find the same star in Skanderbeg’s flag or League of Prizren’s flag. This star has a continuity in our culture and not many ppl know about it sadly… there’s even a theory about the name of Illyria coming from a phenomenon of this star and the moon, you can search it up online. Ill/yll meaning star in different dialects.
The middle symbol however is an Ottoman symbol which I am not informed enough but I see there’s plenty of other comments related to it already.
the meaning is for the minority christian albanians to find ways to claim superiority over the majority muslim albanians on reddit, apparently.