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Supreme god name "Dievas aka Dievs" | Latvia | The supreme god in the pre-Christian religion of Lithuanians, where Dievas was understood to be the supreme being of the world. Latvia |
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. |
God name "Ausautas" | Lithuanian | God of health and Medicine. Lithuanian |
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 |
Spirit name "Gaila" | Lithuanian | A spirit of night, which obsessed people and animals in dreams. Lithuanian |
God name "Gondas" | Lithuanian | A local god of domesticity and human sexuality. Lithuanian |
God name "Jagaubis" | Lithuanian | Fire god. Lithuanian |
God name "Javine" | Lithuanian | A household god who protects grain in barns. Lithuanian |
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 |
Goddess name "Junda" | Lithuanian | A goddess of war. Known merely from its name. Lithuanian |
Goddess name "Jurate and Kastytis" | Lithuanian | Heroes of a Lithuanian legend. The queen of the amber palace Jurate may be considered a manifestation of the goddess of Sea. |
Spirit name "Kupole" | Lithuanian | The spirit of springtime vegetation and flowers. The Festival of Kupole was åśśociated with Feast of St. John the Baptist. In this festival, women picked sacral herbs, danced and sang songs. Kupolines is also known as Rasos. Lithuanian |
Goddess name "Laima" | Lithuanian | A goddess trio of life & good fortune, the fates |
Goddess name "Mejdejn" | Lithuanian | Goddess of trees and Forests. Lithuanian |
God name "Vaizgantas" | Lithuanian | A god of flax. Lithuanian |
"Vakarine" | Lithuanian | The evening Venus, who makes the bed for the Sun. Lithuanian |
Spirit name "Vejopatis" | Lithuanian | The spirit of wind. He is the father of the winds, usually described as a wrathful, inexorable, evil spirit with a beard, wings and two faces. Lithuanian and Prussian |
Spirit name "Vele" | Lithuanian | spirits of dead human beings. Lithuanian |
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