Lithuanian mythology
Lithuanian gods and goddesses
An English gateway to Lithuanian deities, their source status, domains, and cultural traces.
A source note on Lithuanian gods and goddesses
Old Lithuanian religion is reconstructed from written sources, folklore, ethnography, language, and place memory. The pages distinguish better-attested figures from late lists and cautious interpretation.
Deity guides
English pages about Lithuanian gods and goddesses, with sources, symbols, and cultural context.
Gods
Male deities in Lithuanian mythology, from sky, storm, and fire powers to household, road, and herd guardians.
Aitvaras is a Lithuanian mythical household spirit who in legends flies as a ball of fire and brings its owner grain, money, or abundance, often taken from…
Andajus (Andojas) is mentioned in the 1261 insertion in the Slavic translation of John Malalas' Chronicle among the most important Lithuanian gods.
Ašvieniai is a scholarly name for the Baltic divine twins, heavenly horses who draw the Sun and protect her daughters.
Aukštėjas Visagalis (Auxtheias Vissagistis) opens Jan Łasicki's list of Samogitian gods.
Aušautas is an Old Prussian god of healing, guardian of the sick and the healthy, compared in sources with the classical healing god Asclepius.
Bangpūtys is a western Lithuanian and Old Prussian sea god, close to Vėjopatis.
Bardaitis (Prussian Bardoayts) is an Old Prussian god of seafaring, patron of sailors, fishers, and ships, to whom fish were offered.
Bubilas is mentioned in sixteenth-century sources as a Lithuanian bee god to whom honey was offered so that bees would swarm better.
In old Lithuanian religion Dievas is the supreme sky deity, often thought to correspond to Andajas; in folklore he becomes Dievas senelis, the old God who…
Dimstipatis is mentioned in sources as a Lithuanian god of home and fire: lord of the homestead, protecting the house from fire and guarding housewives.
Ežerinis is the Lithuanian god of lakes, mentioned by Jan Łasicki in the sixteenth century.
Ganiklis is recorded in Maciej Stryjkowski's list as a god of shepherds, Goniglis Dziewos.
The God of Roads (Kielu Dziewos) is mentioned in Maciej Stryjkowski's list of gods as a guardian of roads, a deity connected with journeys, crossroads, and…
Kovas (Karorius) is a deity reconstructed from Maciej Stryjkowski's list of gods whose function is disputed: in some readings the entry is a horse god…
Kremata is a deity known from Jan Łasicki's list of Samogitian gods, connected with pigs and the protection of domestic animals.
Krukis is a deity known from Jan Łasicki's list of Samogitian gods, connected with pigs and domestic animals.
Kurkas, recorded as Curche, is the earliest documented Baltic deity, first mentioned in the 1249 Treaty of Christburg as an idol that Prussians made each year…
Lietuvonis (Lituwanis) appears in Maciej Stryjkowski's list as a deity who sends rain.
Mėnuo or Mėnulis is the Lithuanian god of the moon, married to Saulė in folklore and punished by Perkūnas for infidelity with Aušrinė.
Nunadievis is named first among the gods secretly worshipped by King Mindaugas in the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle.
Patrimpas is one of the most important Prussian gods, described unevenly in the sources: either as a god of success and grain, shown as a beardless youth with a…
Pergrubrijus is an old Prussian god of spring, vegetation, and fertility who grows leaves and grass and drives out winter.
Perkūnas is one of the clearest gods in Lithuanian and broader Baltic mythology: lord of thunder, lightning, storm, and rain, a pursuer of Velnias in folklore,…
Pikulas (Patulas) is a Prussian god of the underworld and darkness, listed after Perkūnas in the Prussian divine triad.
Pilvytis, called Pilnytis in the Sudovian Book, is an old Prussian god of wealth and abundance who enriches people and fills barns.
Prakorimas (Prokorimos) is named by Maciej Stryjkowski as the supreme god in his list of gods.
Pušaitis (Puškaitis) is mentioned in sixteenth-century sources as a deity connected with earth and the underworld, living beneath a sacred elder tree and ruling…
Rūgutis, recorded by Maciej Stryjkowski as Ruguczis, is named as a god of fermented foods.
Sutvaras (Sotwaros) is described in Maciej Stryjkowski's list as a god protecting cattle.
Svaikstikas is an old Prussian god of light, believed to promote the growth of grain, grass, and livestock.
Teliavelis is mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle among the gods of King Mindaugas, and in the 1261 Malalas Chronicle insertion he is called a smith who forged…
Upinis Dievas (Upinis Dewos) is mentioned by Maciej Stryjkowski as a deity ruling rivers, to whom white piglets were offered so that river water would be clear.
Vėjopatis is the Lithuanian god of wind, worshipped by fishers according to Prätorius.
Velnias in Lithuanian folklore is the most common chthonic mythical being, whose prototype is linked with the older underworld god Vėlinas: a figure of the…
Žemėpatis is an old Lithuanian god of earth and homestead: the lord of the farmstead, on whom household prosperity depends.
Žemininkas, recorded by Maciej Stryjkowski as Ziemiennik, is an earth god in whose honor sacred grass snakes were fed with milk.
Goddesses
Female deities connected with earth, fate, the hearth, water, harvest, household, and seasonal life.
Aušrinė is the goddess of the Morning Star, the Lithuanian name for the planet Venus when it is visible in the east before sunrise.
Austėja is mentioned in sixteenth-century sources as a Lithuanian bee goddess.
Gabija is the Lithuanian guardian goddess of domestic fire, the hearth, and sacred flame.
Giltinė is the Lithuanian goddess of death and a personification of death: in folklore she is a threatening, often blind being who kills by touch or with a…
Javinė is a deity of grain and the jauja, the drying and threshing barn, mentioned in late sources.
Krūminė is mentioned by Maciej Stryjkowski in 1582 as a deity who gives grain, Kruminie pradziu warpu.
Laima (Laimė, Laimės Motė) is the Baltic goddess of birth and fate: she cares for pregnant women, helps at childbirth, and determines a newborn's lot.
Laumė is one of the mythical female beings most often mentioned in Lithuanian legends: she is associated with water, weaving and spinning, protecting or…
Lazdona is a goddess of hazel trees and hazelnuts mentioned in Jan Łasicki's list of Samogitian gods.
Medeina, associated with Žvorūna, is a goddess of forests, animals, and hunting, first mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle among the gods secretly worshipped by…
In Lithuanian folklore, Ragana is a being with special powers, supposedly allied with evil forces: she can cast spells, fly, turn into an animal or object, and…
Saulė is the Lithuanian and Baltic goddess of heavenly light, warmth, life, and the daily cycle.
Vakarinė is the Lithuanian goddess of the Evening Star, connected with Aušrinė and Saulė.
Žemyna is the old Lithuanian earth goddess, making the land fertile and protecting grain, fruit, livestock, and people.