Baltic mythology is the body of mythology of the Baltic people stemming from Baltic paganism and continuing after Christianization and into Baltic folklore. Baltic mythology ultimately stems from Proto-Indo-European mythology. The Baltic region was one of the last regions of Europe to be Christianized, a process that occurred from the 15th century and into at least a century after. While no native texts survive detailing the mythology of the Baltic peoples during the pagan period, knowledge of the mythology may be gained from Russian and German chronicles, later folklore, by way of etymology, and comparative mythology.
While the early chronicles (14th and 15th century) were largely the product of missionaries who sought to eradicate the native paganism of the Baltic peoples, rich material survives into Baltic folklore. This material has been of particular value in Indo-European studies as, like the Baltic languages, it is considered by scholars to be notably conservative, reflecting elements of Proto-Indo-European religion. The Indo-European Divine Twins are particularly well represented as the Dieva déli (Latvian 'sons of god') and Dievo súneliai (Lithuanian 'sons of god'). According to folklore, they are the children of Dievas (Lithuanian and Latvia; see Proto-Indo-European *Dyeus). Associated with the brothers and their father are two goddesses; the personified Sun, Saule (Latvian 'sun') and Saules meita (Latvian 'Sun's daughter').
Dr ... (Wolfgang Sauber/) Bringing Christianity to the Southern BalticCoast ... The Christianization of Pomerania in the 12th century marked a pivotal shift from paganism to Christianity in the region along the southern Baltic Sea coast ... According to Dr ... .
These Baltic tribes, known as the Balts, sacrificed horses longer than anywhere else in Europe, up until the 14th century... Archaeologists have studied Baltic sacrificial deposits for nearly 200 years.
'PaganBaltic tribes were clearly sourcing horses overseas from their Christian neighbours while simultaneously resisting converting to their religion' said co-author Dr Richard Madgwick at Cardiff University.
Horse sacrifices were a mainstay of pagan rituals across the Baltic... along these trade routes, and how the pagans of the Baltic interacted with their Christian neighbors to the north and the west.
Horse sacrifices were highly visible and symbolic public rites across pagan prehistoric Europe, persisting the latest among the Baltic tribes, up to the 14th centuryAD.
This altar's purpose remains ambiguous, potentially serving in Christian or pagan rituals, or perhaps both ...Volodymyr the Great's territories extended to the Baltic area.
Young, author of Pagans in the Early ModernBaltic. Sixteenth-Century Ethnographic Accounts of Baltic Paganism, said little is known about the appearance of the original pagan totems as there are no surviving illustrations of them.
Midsommar (2019) – Netflix, AmazonRent/Buy ... Jāņi, an annual Latvian festival celebrating the summer solstice, which has ancient roots and still runs today, reminds us that the Baltic nation was one of the last pagan countries in Europe ... .
The Baltic pagan tree-burning tradition was initially picked up by German traders, who developed the Christmas tree into its modern form and helped to spread it through the Hanseatic League ports along the Baltic.
R. R ...Mordor... To name one example, Radegast is referred to on numerous occasions in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera-ballet, "Mlada", based on BalticSlav folklore motifs - several scenes even unfold at the foot of a pagan temple dedicated to Radegast ... R.
... Rimsky-Korsakov's opera-ballet, "Mlada", based on BalticSlav folklore motifs - several scenes even unfold at the foot of a pagan temple dedicated to Radegast. The Elves speak a bit of Russian.
