Dievas is a direct successor of the Proto-Indo-European supreme sky father god *Dyēus of the root *deiwo-. Its Proto-Baltic form was *Deivas. Dievas had...
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List of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures (redirect from Dievas Senelis)
beggar. Dievas Senelis is proficient at magic and medicine. Epithet of Dievas. Gabija, the foster of the Holy Fire, a goddess, a daughter of Dievas ("dievaitė")...
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Latvian name Dieva Dēli ('Sons of Dievs', the sky-god) is indeed comparable with the Lithuanian expression Dievo sūneliai ('sons of Dievas'), referring...
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thunder, and the second most important deity in the Baltic pantheon after Dievas. In both Lithuanian and Latvian mythology, he is documented as the god of...
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children, so Dievas Senelis (manifestation of supreme god Dievas) allots each newborn with a proper share. Dalia is seen more as an enforcer of Dievas' will...
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social strata of ancient Lithuanian society. Dievas, also called Dievas senelis ('old man God'), Dangaus Dievas ('the God of heaven') - the supreme sky god...
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Latvian mythology (redirect from Dievas (Latvian god))
to celestial wedding mythos in which sun or her daughter is courted by Dieva dēli (sons of god), Auseklis (Venus) or Pērkons (Thunder). Also, as in Latvian...
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as the Dieva dēli (Latvian 'sons of god') and Dievo sūneliai (Lithuanian 'sons of god'). According to folklore, they are the children of Dievas (Lithuanian...
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the Lithuanian Dievo sūneliai, 'sons of Dievas (the sky-god'), attached to the Ašvieniai; the Latvian Dieva Dēli, the 'sons of Dievs (the sky-god)';...
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mitologija. Vilnius: Mokslas. p. 165. Laurinkienė, Nijolė. Senovės lietuvių dievas Perkūnas: kalboje, tautosakoje, istoriniuose šaltiniuose. Vilnius: Lietuviu...
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