Of gods & holidays: the Baltic heritage
Collection:
Sklaidos publikacijos / Dissemination publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Of gods & holidays: the Baltic heritage
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Publication Data:
Vilnius : Tvermė, 1999.
Pages:
214 p
Contents:
Preface — OF GODS AND GODDESSES. Religion and mythology of the Balts / M. Gimbutas — Mythology and religion of the early Lithuanians / N. Vėlius — Religious reforms of theBalts / G.Beresnevičius — Dievas — Perkūnas — Velnias — Saulė — Žemyna — Gabija — Ragana — Veliona — Laima — Austėja — Kaukai, aitvarai and oters — OF HOLIDAYS. The main traditional holidays — Užgavėnės - escort of winter — Spring celebrations — Rasa - Lithuanian Summer Solstice — Vėlinės - remembrance and communion with the vėlės of ancestors — Kūčios and Kalėdos - Winter Solstice — THE LIVING HERITAGE. Romuva - Lithuanian Baltic religion / A. Dundzila, J. Trinkūnas — The basis of Lithuanian Baltic Religion — The Name — History — Romuva — The religion of Baltic Romuva — Respect of ancestors and man’s destiny — Darna as principle of morality — The calendar, priests and Romuva 160 The lyrical and epical in Latvian and Finnish poetry / V. Vike Freiberga — Dievturiba - the ancient Latvian religion / J. Tupesis — World congress of ethnic tradition in Vilnius — The declaration of the WCER — A selected bibliography on Baltic mythology and folklore — Glossary.
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Summary / Abstract:
ENChristian cathedrals were in places hallowed by millennia of pagan worship, feasts and holidays where altered by suffusing them with Christian content. This happened overall in Europe, the Baltic experience is unique in that the changes occurred later. Many centuries later. As a result, in Baltic cultures the evidence of the pagan foundation can be discerned more clearly. This book presents a collection of articles, which outline the structure of the Baltic religious systems, and describes the holidays that grew out of it. In a final section it is shown that in the Baltic lands the ancient religions have not vanished entirely. They have re-appeared in interesting forms and again assert their influence.
ISBN:
9986476275
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