Baltic paganism

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Baltic paganism is the pre-Christian polytheistic belief system of the Baltic peoples, centered on nature worship, ancestral veneration, and a pantheon of deities such as Perkūnas.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Baltic paganism canonical 9
Baltic folklore 1
Baltic mythologies 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
pre-Christian religion ⓘ
centralConcept ancestor veneration ⓘ
cult of sacred groves ⓘ
fertility rites ⓘ
fire worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
sun worship ⓘ
cosmologyFeature middle world ⓘ
tripartite world ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
upper world ⓘ
follows polytheism ⓘ
hasConcept sacred oaks ⓘ
sacred springs ⓘ
sacred stones ⓘ
soul immortality ⓘ
spirit of the household ⓘ
world tree ⓘ
hasDeity Auseklis ⓘ
Bangpūtys ⓘ
Dievas ⓘ
Dievas Senelis ⓘ
Dievs ⓘ
linked to: Dievas

Dievturiu Dievas ⓘ
Gabija ⓘ
Jumis ⓘ
Laima ⓘ
Laima (Latvian) ⓘ
Milda ⓘ
Māra ⓘ
Mēness (Latvian) ⓘ
Mėnuo ⓘ
Patrimps ⓘ
Perkūnas ⓘ
Pikuolis ⓘ
Potrimps ⓘ
Pērkons ⓘ
Ragutis ⓘ
Saule ⓘ
Saule (Latvian) ⓘ
Velnias ⓘ
Ūsiņš ⓘ
Žemyna ⓘ
hasMythology Baltic mythology ⓘ
hasRitual ancestor commemoration rites ⓘ
bonfire ceremonies ⓘ
funerary rites ⓘ
harvest rituals ⓘ
offerings at sacred groves ⓘ
seasonal festivals ⓘ
wedding rites ⓘ
hasSacredText daina tradition ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
historicalEvent Christianization of Latvia ⓘ
Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
influencedBy Indo-European religion ⓘ
languageFamilyContext Baltic languages ⓘ
lastOfficialStronghold Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
modernFollowers neopagans ⓘ
practicedBy Baltic peoples ⓘ
Latvians ⓘ
Lithuanians ⓘ
Old Prussians ⓘ
Samogitians ⓘ
practicedIn Baltic region ⓘ
linked to: Baltic Sea region

East Prussia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
relatedTo Germanic paganism ⓘ
Slavic paganism ⓘ
revivedAs Dievturība ⓘ
Romuva ⓘ
suppressedBy Christianization of the Baltic region ⓘ
Livonian Order ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
survivedAs folk customs ⓘ
seasonal celebrations ⓘ
worshipPlace hillforts ⓘ
holy springs ⓘ
household hearth ⓘ
sacred grove ⓘ
sacred trees ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lithuanians → historicalReligion → Baltic paganism ⓘ
Grand Duke of Lithuania → religionHistorically → Paganism in Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Baltic paganism
Finnish folklore → influencedBy → Baltic mythologies ⓘ
linked to: Baltic paganism
Natangians → religion → Baltic paganism ⓘ
Indo-European mythology → sharesOriginWith → Baltic mythology ⓘ
linked to: Baltic paganism
Lada → linkedTo → Baltic folklore ⓘ
linked to: Baltic paganism
Perkūnas → religion → Baltic paganism ⓘ
Baltic peoples → religion → Baltic paganism ⓘ
Dainava → religionHistorically → Baltic paganism ⓘ
Nadruvia → religionBeforeChristianization → Baltic paganism ⓘ
Western Baltic → religion → Baltic paganism ⓘ