List Of Lithuanian Deities and Nature Spirits

​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 farm land.

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.