Oct 31, 2007
Just how similar are the Baltic States to one another? Not
as much as one might think.
The Baltic States are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. For
starters all three speak different languages and they can’t
understand each other. The Latvian and Lithuanian languages
were the same language many hundreds of years ago,...
Oct 31, 2007
According to Wikipedia, in the ancient Lithuanian religion,
Perkūnas is the Lithuanian God of thunder, the God of the sky, the
Lord of rain, mountains, oak trees and storms. Quite a
powerful god indeed.
In songs about a “heavenly wedding" Saulė (the Sun) cheats on
Perkūnas with Mėnulis (the Moon); Perkūnas...