Velnias
demonic underworld single tradition · 2
Velnias is a devil. In some stories, Velnias, named Tuolius, stole the bride of Perkūnas, who was Laumė.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vaiva, Straublys, Meilius, Veles, Afsati, Welnos, Vṛtra, Ouranos, Veleda, Perkūnas, Hades, Odin, Hermes, Varuna, Aruṇa
- consort of
- Laumės
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“In other stories, the bride was stolen by the devil Velnias, named Tuolius. That's why Laumė liked moonshine.”
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“Words semantically connected with the dead found in the Baltic sphere like Lithuanian vėlės, Latvian veļi (loosely transl. "souls of the dead") are associated with the figure of Velnias.”
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