Nora of Kelmendi was a 17th-century Albanian woman now legendary for her beauty and valor.She is sometimes referred to as the "Helen of Albania" as her beauty also sparked a great war.
She is also called the Albanian Brünhilde too, for she herself was the greatest woman warrior in the history of Albania.
There are two versions of Nora's legend; both end with Nora killing the Pasha, head of the Ottoman Army, who had vowed to reduce the Highland (Albanian: Malsia, also Malcia or Maltsia as for the Gheg dialect) into ashes if Nora did not become his wife.