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Dievas is a
direct successor of the Proto-Indo-European
supreme sky
father god *Dyēus of the root *deiwo-. Its Proto-Baltic form was *Deivas.
Dievas had...
- beggar.
Dievas Senelis is
proficient at
magic and medicine.
Epithet of
Dievas. Gabija, the
foster of the Holy Fire, a goddess, a
daughter of
Dievas ("dievaitė")...
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Latvian name
Dieva Dēli ('Sons of Dievs', the sky-god) is
indeed comparable with the
Lithuanian expression Dievo sūneliai ('sons of
Dievas'), referring...
- thunder, and the
second most
important deity in the
Baltic pantheon after Dievas. In both
Lithuanian and
Latvian mythology, he is do****ented as the god of...
- children, so
Dievas Senelis (manifestation of
supreme god
Dievas)
allots each
newborn with a
proper share.
Dalia is seen more as an
enforcer of
Dievas' will...
- to
celestial wedding mythos in
which sun or her
daughter is
courted by
Dieva dēli (sons of god),
Auseklis (Venus) or Pērkons (Thunder). Also, as in Latvian...
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social strata of
ancient Lithuanian society.
Dievas, also
called Dievas senelis ('old man God'),
Dangaus Dievas ('the God of heaven') - the
supreme sky god...
- mitologija. Vilnius: Mokslas. p. 165. Laurinkienė, Nijolė. Senovės lietuvių
dievas Perkūnas: kalboje, tautosakoje,
istoriniuose šaltiniuose. Vilnius: Lietuviu...
- as the
Dieva dēli (Latvian 'sons of god') and
Dievo sūneliai (Lithuanian 'sons of god').
According to folklore, they are the
children of
Dievas (Lithuanian...
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words deus ("god") and
divinus ("godly, godlike"), Gr**** Zeus,
Lithuanian Dievas and the name for the sky god *Dyēus
present throughout Indo-European religions...
