Baltų dievų literatūrinis portretas XIX a. lietuvių, latvių ir lenkų literatūroje

ENMythological motives that were used in the works of the authors of romanticism are taken from historical sources or are author-made. One of the most common motives in Lithuanian, Latvian and Polish literature is the world of Baltic Gods, pagan temples, oracles, various rituals and fests. The centre is formed of Gods, the appearance of which is often unfamiliar, mysterious and fantasy evoking. The appearance of highest Prussian Gods, which is described in fiction, especially in drama, is often changed, and the image of other beings is created according to their functions, activity and cared areas. The faces of Gods that are related to pleasures and delights are nice, beautiful, their eyes seem to be smiling, and the faces of those related to chthonic area were throwing lightning and disseminated fear. As it is seen from the gathered material, the partition into beautiful-nice and ugly-angry Gods is very clear and recurrent, especially in dramatic works. Beautiful Gods are related to life, delight, love, while ugly Gods are related to death, misfortune and vault; beautiful Gods are own, and ugly Gods are strange. In most cases beauty is not directly described in specific words, but rather emphasized with properly reflected surroundings, and is seen only in comparison to the outer image of land and vault areas.