- deity,
Young Avestan: Dāšt-āɣni, Balto-Slavic: *ungnis, Lithuanian:
Ugnis szwenta, 'Holy Fire', Latvian:
Uguns māte, 'Mother of Fire', Proto-Albanian: *agni-...
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sources report that
Lithuanian priests worshipped a "holy Fire"
named Ugnis (
szwenta),
which they
tried to
maintain in
perpetual life,
while Uguns (māte) was...
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harms it can
cause to the community. The Holy Fire is
referred to as
Ugnis szwenta in Lithuanian, and the 'Mother of Fire' is
referred to as
Uguns māte in...
