Teliavelis
Teliavelis is a smith who made the Sun and threw it into the sky, according to the Slavic translation of the Chronicle by John Malalas (1261).
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 1920
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Slavic translation of Chronicle by John Malalas (1261).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Signa Zodiaci, Dazhbog, Žvoruna, Andajus, Nonadievis, Diviriks, Dievas, Sovijus, Saulė, Hephaestus, Svarog, Diana, Perkūnas, Medeina
- syncretized with
- Ilmarinen
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“According to the Slavic translation of the Chronicle by John Malalas (1261), a smith named Teliavelis made the Sun and threw it into the sky.”
#16072 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Such an affinity may be indicated by the Baltic parallel where Teliavelis forges the sun and casts it on the sky.”
#17458 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Teliavelis (Televelis) was a powerful smith who made the sun and threw it to the sky. This myth survived in folk tales in the beginning of the 20th century. Teliavelis has connections with Finnish Ilmarinen.”
#18534 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Teliavelis (Televelis) was a powerful smith who made the sun and threw it to the sky. This myth survived in folk tales in the beginning of the 20th century. Some scholars, like K. Būga, tried to prove that Televelis is incorrectly written Kalvelis (smith diminutive in Lithuanian).”
#26521 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001