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God name "Vaizgantas" | Lithuanian | A god of flax. Lithuanian |
Goddess name "Veliuona" | Lithuanian | A goddess of death. Lithuanian |
Goddess name "Junda" | Lithuanian | A goddess of war. Known merely from its name. Lithuanian |
Goddess name "Laima" | Lithuanian | A goddess trio of life & good fortune, the fates |
God name "Bubilas" | Lithuanian | A household god of bees. Later hypothetical reconstructions say that people sacrificed honey for Bubilas. People believed that doing so would make bees swarm better. Bubilas is the husband of Austeja. Lithuanian |
God name "Javine" | Lithuanian | A household god who protects grain in barns. Lithuanian |
Spirit name "Aitvaras" | Lithuanian | A household spirit in Lithuanian mythology. An Aitvaras looks like a white or black rooster with a fiery tail. An Aitvaras may hatch from an egg of a 9 12 year old rooster. If the Aitvaras dies, he becomes a spark. |
Spirit name "Jievaras" | Lithuanian | A household spirit who protects grain. Sacrifices to Jievaras are made after the rye harvest. While cutting grain, women would leave a few grain tufts uncut, which would later be braided into plaits. They would also leave some bread and salt under the plait. Lithuanian |
God name "Gondas" | Lithuanian | A local god of domesticity and human sexuality. Lithuanian |
Spirit name "Gaila" | Lithuanian | A spirit of night, which obsessed people and animals in dreams. Lithuanian |
God name "Zemepatis" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Chthonic god. A tutelary deity of farmers and guardian of cattle.... |
Goddess name "Zemyna" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Chthonic goddess. A deity with responsibility for vegetation andcrops. She was invoked at sowing and harvesting times.... |
Goddess name "Gabjauja" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | corn goddess. She was degraded to an evil demonic presence after Christianization.... |
God name "Teljavelik" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Creator god. He engendered the Sun god SAULE and is described as the heavenly smith.... |
God name "Jagaubis" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Fire god. Largely eclipsed by GABIJA.... |
God name "Jagaubis" | Lithuanian | Fire god. Lithuanian |
Goddess name "Gabija" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Fire goddess. She was invoked by tossing salt on to a sacred flame.... |
God name "Ausautas" | Lithuanian | God of health and Medicine. Lithuanian |
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