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Hypotheses based on numerous parallels between the motifs of the
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The legend is focused on the story of two brothers who spent their whole lives fighting with swords and spears. Muji's power was not supernatural until one day he drank milk from the
Mountain Fairy. Muji became so strong that when a passer-by had asked him where a village was, Muji, who had been
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Dardanian dynasty of the Justinians. Similarly, the name of his wife, Ajkuna (or Kuna), corresponds to that of the Empress Aelia Constantina, the wife of Maurice, if we take into account the laws of phonetic evolution of the Albanian language since Late Antiquity.
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Muji's power was a contrast with his brother whose strongest skill was the agility. A formidable warrior, he fought with swords, spears and bare handed. In order to protect their
Albanian lands, they had fought against Krajl's
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Ottoman Sultan's vassals. His first deed was against Slavic bandits known as "Harambash gangs", which at that time had committed robberies, burnings and murders among the Albanian tribes.
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plowing the field, raised his hands along with the plow and pointed in the direction of that village.
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ballads. It is revered as one of the most important legendary heroes of
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