Studia Mythologica Slavica (May 2015)

Zur Verehrung des Herdfeuers bei den Balten und zu einer Litauischen Feuergottheit<br>K čaščenju ognjiščnega ognja pri Baltih in k nekemu litavskemu božanstvu ognja</br>

  • Rainer Eckert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v4i0.1821
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4
pp. 253 – 263

Abstract

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The author writes about the worship of holy fire (hearth) among the Baltic peoples, and about the role and functions of Gabij, the Lithuanian deity of fire. His analysis is based on older historical sources and ethnographic material.