Knygos "Paganism of Lithuanians and Prussians. Volume 1" aprasymas
Content
Introduction / 7
1. Sacred sites, cult buildings and sacrifice sites of the Lithuanians and Prussians: From Romava to the granary-barn fireplace / 15
1.1. Sacred Sites / 20
1.2. Temples / 24
1.2.1. Romava / 26
1.2.1.1. Written sources 26
1.2.1.2. Name of temple / 32
1.2.1.3. Location of temple / 37
1.2.2. The Temple of Perkunas / 40
1.3. Sacrificial offering sites / 43
1.3.1. The Granary Barn / 43
1.3.1.1. Name and function of the building / 44
1.3.1.2. Offerings in the jauja in the 16th-18th centuries / 46
1.3.1.3. The jauja in 19th-20th century folklore and folk beliefs / 56
1.3.2. The Sauna / 62
1.3.2.1. Building name and function / 63
1.3.2.2. Heating the sauna for the gods / 67
1.3.2.3. Heating the sauna for the ancestors / 72
1.3.2.4. The sauna and family holidays / 76
1.3.2.5. The sauna and health / 79
2. Lithuanian and Prussian zyniai 83
2.1. Tulissones, Ligaschones / 85
2.1.1. Attempts to determine functions and the origin of titles / 87
2.1.2. Tulissones, Ligaschones and mourners / 99
2.1.3. Tulissones, Ligasehones and preachers of sermons / 109
2. 2. Criwe, crywe kyrvaito /111
2.2.1. History of research 114
2.2.2. Functions of the krivis / 1 18
2.3. Wourschkaity, Segnote, waideler / weideler, Maldininks, Weiduluttin 123
2.4. The Beggar-Pilgrim 133
2.4.1. The pilgrim-beggar in Prussian Lithuania / 136
2.4.2. The pilgrim-beggar in Lithuania / 144
2.4.3. The image of the pilgrim-beggar in folklore and customs / 149
3. Images of the gods of Lithuania and Prussia / 161
3.1. History of research / 163
3.2. Information from the written sources / 166
3.2.1. Pre-Christian-era sources / 171
3.2.2. Sources describing the pre-Christian era but written after the introduction of Christianity / 174
3.2.2.1. Authenticity of information in Simon Grunau's chronicle / 177
3.2.2.2. Authenticity of information in the Bykhovts Chronicle / 182
3.2.2.3. Authenticity of information from Augustinus Rotundus / 185
3.2.3. Sources from after the introduction of Christianity dealing with the Christian period / 187
Conclusion 192
Literature and sources 196
