Patollo
Patollo was a god in the pagan Prussian mythology who was worshiped by the Old Prussians. Researchers believe that Peckols and Patollo were probably the same god in charge of the underworld and the dead. He was portrayed as an old man with a white beard and a white headdress similar to a turban and was a frightening and ruthless god of the dead who would haunt and taunt the living if they disobeyed their pagan priests or buried the dead without proper sacrifices to the gods.
When
- First attested
- 1418 CE
- Attested period
- 1418 – 1529
- Historical notes
- First mentioned in 1418, described in detail by Simon Grunau in 1529.
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“Peckols and Patollo, (in Lithuanian, Pikulas arba Pikuolis (Pocols, Pecols, Picullus, Pykullas) usually identified with Patulu (Patollo, Patollum, Patolli, Patolen)) were gods in the pagan Prussian mythology who were worshiped by the Old Prussians. Most researchers believe that, despite varying names”
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