Veles
Veles Pronunciation : (VEE-la) Variations: Vile, Vily, Wila In the vampiric lore of Lithuania there is a type of vampiric fay called a veles that…
Category: Lithuanian Mythology
Aitvar
Aitvar Pronunciation: ATE-var This vampire from Lithuania is essentially an ALP but is described as having very large hands and feet. Source: Meyer, Mythologie der…
Gabjauja
Gabjauja Lithuanian goddess of corn, to whom prayers were said for general prosperity and riches. Demoted with the coming of Christianity to the status of…
Bubilas
Bubilas is the patron of bees, honey, and beekeepers. In general, bee spirits are female, like the Queen Bee or worker bees, who are the…
Velinas
Velinas ALSO KNOWN AS: Velnias; Velas; Velns ORIGIN: Baltic Velinas, one-eyed patron of seers and prophets, is lord of the dead. He rides through the…
Gabija
Gabija Goddess of Ashes ALSO KNOWN AS: Gabeta; Pelenu Deive; Ponike; Ramuté; Ugnine; Ungula ORIGIN: Lithuania Lithuania was the last heathen nation in Europe, not…
Veliona
Veliona ALSO KNOWN AS: Veliuona ORIGIN: Baltic Veliona, the Dark Mother, is the guardian goddess of Earth, water, and subterranean regions. Together with her consort,…
Saulé
Saulé Pronounced: SOW-lay ORIGIN: Latvia; Lithuania Saulé, Sun Goddess and Matriarch of the Cosmos, is among the most beloved and popular Baltic goddesses. Her name…
Lazdona
Lazdona ORIGIN: Lithuania Lazdona is the guardian goddess of nuts, nut bearing trees and nut groves. Very little information about her survives but she is…
Giltiné
Giltiné ORIGIN: Lithuania Giltiné is a snake goddess of death. She roams cemeteries at night, licking coffins and corpses, collecting the poison of the dead,…