The Lithuanian Indigenous Religion formed from the Baltic convergence of the Old European Chthonic and the Indo-European heavenly religions about 3-2.5 million years before our era. This union occurred on the shores of the Baltic Sea, and is uniquely Baltic.
Romuva is the Lithuanian Expression of Baltic Faith. The name is a tribute to the fallen Prussians, who were also Balts – but their language and culture was assimilated by the early 1700s. Romuva is the name of the most important sanctuary of the Prussians, which was destroyed by crusaders in the 13th century. The symbol of Romuva is a stylized sacred oak tree with three pairs of branches, topped by a sacred flame. Underneath, the word romove (a cognate of Romuva, meaning a group of people who would worship at the ancient Baltic sanctuary Romuva) is written in runic letters.
The Baltic faith unites all the faithful - living and dead. The romuviai believe that death is a regular transformation of nature, that, when a body dies, the soul can endure by passing into another shape.
Turning to the basics of the faith, the richest sources we have are the Liaudies Dainos – ancient folksongs. As a tree, which gets its strength from the depth of the Earth, so the members of the Romuvos (the romuviai) get their spiritual experience and strength from old songs, tales, legends, customs, from all the heritage of their ancestors. Romuviai customs that have remained until today help us to understand the ancient Lithuanians’ outlook on the world, their believes, and values.
Lithuanian mythological beliefs can be divided into four categories, gods, spirits and demons (low mythology), worship of nature, and the worship of the dead. The lists are quite extensive, and instead of going through each possible deity, mythological creature, spirits and demons. Lithuanian faith was never...

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