Dzhengal () is a peak on the

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mountain range. It is situated in one of the external ridges of the mountain, the Polejan Ridge, between the Dzhengal Gate and Momin Dvor Peak and towers to the west of the

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. It is 2,730 m high, which places it in the top 10 peaks in the range. Dzhengal is a granite peak that can be climbed from three points. The easiest track starts from the

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and ascends towards Momin Dvor. The other ways are more difficult and require fine preparation and experience.

Name

According to the most popular version, the name derives from the Turkish word ''dzhangal'' which means sheep without lamb. When the herds were sheared, those sheep were marked with pendants. If the peak is viewed from the

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it looks like there is a pendant attached to it. Another legend says that the peak is named after the son of God

Perun In Slavic mythology, Perun (Cyrillic: Перýн) is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility and oak trees. His other attributes were fire, mountains, wind, iris, eagle, firmam ...

, Dzhengal. When the evil god Bes (Bez) decided to kidnap Perun's daughter while she was playing around the

, her brother guessed his intention and, after a fierce fight, defeated Bez and covered him with stones on the Bezbog Peak (which in Bulgarian means ''God Bez'' or ''without God'').

References

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