#kucedra

The kulshedra is a demon from Albanian mythology. It is most often depicted as a multi-headed, female dragon. It can cause droughts, flooding, storms, earthquakes and other catastrophes, as well as breathing fire.

The kulshedra is the enemy of the invulnerable, semi-divine drangue. Severe thunderstorms are sometimes said to be the result of their epic battles. Some believe that the kulshedra is so large it can wrap itself around the whole world, and if it were to squeeze, could destroy the world.

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Kuçedra: Life on Europe’s last wild river 

Featured on of the land & us today is California-born photographer Nick St. Oegger, who is currently based in Dublin, Ireland. He came across the River Vjosa in Albania completely by chance after previously having fallen in love with the country when traveling there. St. Oegger’s wonderful and essential series is a documentation and conversation about this river, the last of its kind in Europe, and the land and people who surround it and are affected by it. A visual memorisation; something we too often seem to be doing to remember what we’ve lost so far and what we’re about to lose.