Norbertas Velius
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Norbertas Vėlius was a Lithuania
n folklorist specializing in the Lithuanian mythology
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Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n folklorist specializing in the Lithuanian mythology
Lithuanian mythology
Lithuanian mythology is an example of Baltic mythology, developed by Lithuanians throughout the centuries.-History of scholarship:Surviving information about Baltic paganism in general is very sketchy and incomplete. As with most ancient Indo-European cultures Lithuanian mythology is an example of...
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Major works
- Mitinės lietuvių sakmių būtybės (1977)
- Laumių dovanos (1979) (translated into English as Lithuanian mythological tales in 1998)
- Senovės baltų pasaulėžiūra (1983) (translated into English as The World Outlook of the Ancient Balts in 1989)
- Chtoniškasis lietuvių mitologijos pasaulis (1987)
- Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai, 4 volumes (1996–2005). ISBN 5-420-01579-X