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Date of upload: Aug 16, 2021 ^^
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As a Latvian who's deeply into Baltic myths I'm happily surprised by this rendition. In some places it is a bit of a mash between Lithuanian and Latvian beliefs (MÄra is only mentioned in Latvia, Giltine is only mentioned in Lithuania. They might be related though) it's a great look into the wast craziness that is the baltic myth. Thank you!
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From Latvia here and happy to see someone talking about the vast Baltic mythology. We have some deities that are similar, but there are also differences. In Latvian, the three main deities that are sometimes depicted together are Dievs, Laima, and MÄra. Our mythology is very rich and beautiful
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As a Lithuanian, I knew a lot of these myths, but never really thought about them. I'm quite interested in the Nordic myths and Greek myths, but this gives me a lot to think about. The similarity is uncanny. I'm inspired to find out more about Baltic mythology now. Really interested to find out more about the thought processes of our ancestors - how are there so many similarities in ancient beliefs across Europe at least. Maybe there has been more connection than previously believed or they come more from the primeval ooze, thus the similarities and small differences would be a natural process of evolution of thought and culture.
Anyway - amazing video, subscribed and rang the bell.
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Hi! Iâm Latvian and seeing you cover the topic of our gods pleasantly surprised me.
I think you would find it interesting that most of our pagan traditions never dissolved when christianity came. We are taught in our families and in school about what the old pagan symbols mean and how to celebrate the pagan holidays. The summer solstice is equivalently important as Christmas here in Latvia- people worship the gods, light fires, dress in folk outfits, make flower crowns and sing folk songs until sunrise. And it is important to note that even Christmas isnât considered a very christian holiday (besides for really devoted christians, which there isnât many here), we take part in pagan traditions like â iet Ä·ekatÄsâ which doesnât have a translation but is basically dressing up as different mythical characters and going door to door while pulling a log with you to symbolise the return of sun and light after the dark period of winter. And easter isnât celebrated in a christian way either. Some people even go to church in the morning on easter but after that they go to a pagan celebration of easter where people, again, wear folk outfits, sing and dance and take part in pagan traditions such as egg rolling competitions and making prophesies for the future.
I guess christianity never really broke our people down as much as youâd think, because the spirit of our pagan gods still lives on in the people hundreds of years after the crusades.
A great film about our pagan past is âThe Pagan Kingâ. The ring that is depicted in the film as the âring that united baltic peopleâ is still worn by many and is the most popular ring here, some people have it as their wedding ring or even pass it down for generations as a symbol of where they came from. So I guess we really are the last pagans to be conformed to christianity because most of us never accepted the christian god and never will.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of this content. But, if I could politely assert- Baltic beliefs are similar to one another, but different enough to be significant across the region. Samogitia, Prussia, Lietuva, Latvia, and to a partial extent Estonia, all have distinctive mythologies and pantheons of their own. I'd also like to share that Lithuanian is considered to be the closest currently spoken language to the parent language of all indo-european languages; it's a very fascinating linguistic rabbit hole to go down! Some more facts about Lithuanian beliefs: Dievas isn't only an old man, he does have several forms and and his title changes dependent on said form, as a warrior and a king is Andajus, for example. Mara is not a part of the pantheon; her counterpart, notably in revivalist Romuva as mentioned in the video, is Zemyna. Velinas was also not viewed as evil, until the Chrisitianzation and subsequent appropriation of existing beliefs; it was more like Hades in Greek mythology: his job is to keep an eye on things but he's not actively out to get you by any means. Would very much enjoy a followup video with more looks into the different variations of regional mythology! Thank you for making and sharing about our history!
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im russian but lived in latvia for some time and realized i never got into baltic mythology much. its interesting to see the small intricacies between baltic and slavic mythologies, and how language showcases their possible origins. per example perkunas resembles the prime slavic god perun, who despite being of different importance is also linked to thunder and storms. and the baubai creatures are definitely an analogue of the slavic babaika
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