Aitvaras – Mythical being. Takes shape of a fiery bird or a snake. Protector spirit and bringer of wealth and prosperity. Alkas – Lithuanian sacrificial place in nature. Austėja – Goddess of the bees. Protector of brides and pregnant women. Aušrinė – Morning star. Burtai – A spell or a magical incantation. Burtininkas – Practisioner of magic. Witch, wizard, magician. Dagotuvės – Autumn Equinox. Dalia – Giver and taker of material goods. Incarnations: swan, lamb, rock, duck and goose. Dausos – The residence of the souls after death. Souls traveled to Dausos through Milky Way. Dievas – God of the skies, light, peace, order, justice and cultural values. Dimstipatis – God of the hearth. Protector of homes from fire. Egle – Mythical serpent queen. Human-snake shape sifter. Snake goddess. Ežerinis – God of lakes. Gabija – Goddess of home and the hearth-fire. Gabjaujis – God of covered fire. Giltinė – Goddess of death. Sister of Laima the goddess of faith. One of the three aspects of the faith goddess. Gyrates – Protector spirit of the forest. Gyvatė – Snake goddess. Ilgės – Ancient feast day honoring the dead. Later known as Vélinés. Jorė – Feast celebrating the arrival of spring. Later known as Jurginés. Juratė– Mythical mermaid queen of the Baltic sea. Kalėdos – Winter Solstice. Kalvelis – Heavenly smith. Kaukai – Mystical powers of magic. Laukpatis — Protector of domestic animals and farmland. Lauksargis — Protector of arable land. Laumė — Aspect of Laima and Ragana. Protector of women, children, pregnancy, orphans and lost children. Goddess of faith. Lazdona — Protector goddess of nuts, nut trees and nut-groves. Marša — Protector goddess of cows and birthing calves. Medeina — Goddess of the forest. Mėnuo, Mėnulis — God of the moon. Miškinis, Girinis — God of the forest. Spirit of the woodlands. (from the Lithuanian words miškas, giria meaning forest). Pagirinis – God of grass snakes. Ancient Lithuanians kept grass snakes as their pets. Pagirinis protected the home and the hearth-fire. Pavasario lygė – Spring Equinox. Perkūnas – God of rain, thunder and justice. Puškaitis – Incarnation of the earth. Ragana – Goddess of witchcraft, death and dying nature. In modern LithuanianRagana means a witch. Rasa – Feast of summer solstice. Samboriai – May festival celebrating the end of spring labours and the re-birth of nature. Saulé – Goddess of the sun, cosmological mother of all deites in the Baltic pantheon. Siela – The soul of a living person. Life force of the body. It can leave the body temporarily during sleep and forever at the time of death. Skalsa – The embodiment of plenty, prosperity and good fortune. Skalsa used to be celebrated in harvest time. Their symbol is the horn of plenty. Stabas – Idol, image of a deity/spirit. Žaltys – Sacred serpent. Divine messenger of the gods. It was forbidden to harm or kill snakes in ancient Lithuania. Žvéryné – Gooddess associated with the evening star. Holds power over animals, the hunt and the earth. Žemyna – Mother earth, goddess of fertility and fruitfulness. Receiver of death and creator of new life. Véjopatis – Goddess of the wind. Vélé – Soul of a death person. Vélinés – Lithuanian Day of the dead celebration. Velnias – God of the underworld, receiver of death. Trickster god.
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