alka (in baltic religion
1Baltic religion — Ancient beliefs and practices of the Balts of Eastern Europe. They are believed to give evidence of a common source with Vedic and Iranian religion. The most important Baltic divinities were sky gods: Dievs (the sky), Perkons (the thunderer),… …
2alka — ▪ Baltic religion also called Alkas, in Baltic religion, an open air religious site, a natural sanctuary forest, hill, river that was sacred and inviolate. Trees could not be cut in such forests, sacred fields could not be plowed, and… …
3Romuva (church) — Romuva is a Baltic pagan organization, reviving the religious practices of the Lithuanian people before their Christianization. Romuva is an ethnic religion community that claims to continue living Baltic pagan traditions which survived in… …
4Sacred grove — Sacred groves were a feature of the mythological landscape and the cult practice of Old Europe, of the most ancient levels of Germanic paganism, Greek mythology, Slavic mythology, Roman mythology, and in Druidic practice. Sacred groves also… …
