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Vaiva Vaiva is a Lithuanian female given name of Baltic origin. It is a shortening of "vaivorykštė" (English rainbow). A rainbow was considered one of the manifestations of the Pagan destiny goddess Laima. Vaiva's father, according to Baltic mythology, is Perkūnas. The name was popularised by V.Krėvė-Mickevičius tale "Perkūnas, Vaiva ir Straublys" written in 1922.
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Perkūnas Perkūnas (Lithuanian: "Perkūnas" , Latvian: "Pērkons" or "Pērkon", Old Prussian: "Perkūns", Yotvingian: "Parkuns") was the common Baltic god of thunder, one of the most important deities in the Baltic pantheon. In both Lithuanian and Latvian mythology, he is documented as the god of thunder, rain, mountains, oak trees and the sky.
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Finnish paganism Finnish paganism was the indigenous pagan religion in Finland, Estonia, and Karelia prior to Christianisation. It was a polytheistic religion, worshipping a number of different deities. The principal god was the god of thunder and the sky, Ukko; other important gods included Jumi, Ahti, and Tapio.
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Lithuania proper Lithuania proper (Latin: "Lithuania propria" , literally: "Genuine Lithuania"; Lithuanian: "Didžioji Lietuva" ; Yiddish: ליטע‎ , "Lite") refers to a region which existed within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and where the Lithuanian language was spoken. The primary meaning is identical to the Duchy of Lithuania, a land around which the Grand Duchy of Lithuania evolved. The territory can be traced by Catholic Christian parishes established in pagan Baltic lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania subsequent to the Christianization of Lithuania in 1387. They were quite distinguishable, since Ruthenian parts of the Duchy have been already baptised in an orthodox manner. The term in Latin was widely used during the Middle Ages and can be found in numerous historical maps until World War I.
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Vagitanus In ancient Roman religion, Vagitanus or Vaticanus was one of a number of childbirth deities who influenced or guided some aspect of parturition, in this instance the newborn's crying. The name is related to the Latin noun "vagitus", "crying, squalling, wailing," particularly by a baby or an animal, and the verb "vagio, vagire". Vagitanus has thus been described as the god "who presided over the beginning of human speech," but a distinction should be made between the first cry and the first instance of articulate speech, in regard to which Fabulinus ("fari", "to speak"; cf. "fabula") was the deity to invoke. Vagitanus has been connected to a remark by Pliny that only a human being is thrown naked onto the naked earth on his day of birth for immediate wails ("vagitus") and weeping.
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Bangpūtys Bangpūtys is the name of a masculine deity in Lithuanian mythology. Basing on very scanty sources, some mythologists have reconstructed him as a god of sea and storm. According to the reconstructions, he is austere and unrelenting. He has a beard, wings and two faces. He is commonly portrayed as having a fish in his left hand, a utensil in his right hand, and a rooster on the head.
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Ūsiņš Ūsiņš (] ) is a deity in Latvian mythology, the god of light and spring, symbol of fertility, guardian of horses and bees.
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Ravgga Ravgga is a fortune-telling fish god in Sami mythology.
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Tharapita Taara (variations of the name include Tooru, Tharapita and Tarapitha) is a god in Estonian mythology. It is the local derivative of the Germanic god Thor.
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Vaterland Vaterland means "Fatherland" in some West Germanic languages. It may refer to
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Vileišis Vileišis is a Lithuanian surname that may refer to:
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Vaher Vaher is an Estonian surname (meaning "maple") and may refer to:
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Father Akaki Father Akaki, civil name "Andrei Kuznetsov" (October 17, 1873 – January 30, 1984 Heinävesi) was a Russian Orthodox monk who died as the oldest person of Nordic countries and Finland's oldest man ever before Aarne Arvonen.
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Lýtir Lytir (Old Norse "Lýtir") is considered a god in Norse mythology and Norse paganism. His name is either related to the Old Norse word "hlutr", meaning "lot, share, foretell" or "lýti" meaning "blemish". If the former meaning is assumed, then priests of Lytir would probably have been spámaðr or fortune-tellers. Supporting this etymology is a story about Lytir in "Hauks þáttr hábrókar" (in the "Flateyjarbók") during which a Swedish king consults the god. Lytir's ceremonial wagon was taken to a sacred place where the god entered it and then taken back to the king's hall, where it was used to answer questions. Aside from this passage, Lytir is otherwise unattested except in several Swedish place names that might contain elements of his name, such as Lytisberg and Lytislunda. He may be identical to Lóðurr, one of the three gods creating the two first humans Ask and Embla.
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Igor of Kiev Igor I (Old East Slavic/Russian: Игорь; Ukrainian: Ігор; Old Norse: "Ingvar Røriksen") was a Varangian ruler of Kievan Rus' from 912 to 945.
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Oleg Oleg (Russian: Олег ), Oleh (), or Aleh (Belarusian: Алег ) is a Slavic given name. It derives from the Old Norse "Helgi" (Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equivalent is Olga. While seemingly Germanic, "Oleg" is not very common outside of Eastern European countries.
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Dellingr In Norse mythology, Dellingr (Old Norse possibly "the dayspring" or "shining one") is a god. Dellingr is attested in the "Poetic Edda", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the "Prose Edda", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Dellingr is described as the father of Dagr, the personified day. The "Prose Edda" adds that, depending on manuscript variation, he is either the third husband of Nótt, the personified night, or the husband of Jörð, the personified earth. Dellingr is also attested in the legendary saga "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks". Scholars have proposed that Dellingr is the personified dawn, and his name may appear both in an English surname and place name.
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Clitumnus In Roman mythology, Clitumnus ( ; ) was a son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the god of the Clitunno River.
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Vahagn Vahagn Vishapakagh ("Vahagn the Dragon Reaper") or Vahakn (Armenian: Վահագն ) was a god of fire and war worshiped anciently and historically in Armenia. Some time during Ancient history, he formed a "triad" with Aramazd and Anahit. Vahagn was identified with the Greek deity Heracles. The priests of Vahévahian temple, who claimed Vahagn as their own ancestor, placed a statue of the Greek hero in their sanctuary. In the Armenian translation of the Bible, "Heracles, worshipped at Tyr" is renamed "Vahagn".
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Ingvar Yngvar Harra (or Ingvar) Proto-Norse *"Ingu-Hariz" (d. early 7th century) was the son of Östen and reclaimed the Swedish throne for the House of Yngling after the Swedes had rebelled against Sölvi.
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Henrik Gabriel Porthan Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739 born in Viitasaari, died 1804 in Turku) was a scholar sometimes known as "The Father of Finnish History". He was a student of Daniel Juslenius and a Fennophile. He brought Finnish history-writing, study of mythology and folk poetry, and other humanistic sciences to an international level. His "De Poësi Fennica" (published in five parts 1776-78), a study on Finnish folk poetry, had great importance in awakening public interest in the Kalevala-poetry and Finnish mythology, and the study was also the basis of all later study of the poetry. He was among the founders of the Aurora Society that advocated Finnish literary pursuits and was the editor of the first Finnish newspaper, "Tidningar ugifne af et sällskap i Åbo", founded in 1771. He supervised Christian Erici Lencqvist, whose 1782 dissertation "De superstitione veterum Fennorum theoretica et practica" was a seminal study of Finnish charms.
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Tantalus Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος , "Tántalos") was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. He was the father of Pelops, Niobe and Broteas, and was a son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one.