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Encyclopedia > Dievs

In art, Dievs is an ancient man with a long white beard.


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Dievs (328 words)
Dievs ("god") is the supreme deity of the Latvians, with the same position Zeus has in Greek religion.
Dievs is the most frequently mentioned Latvian deity (counting all the usage of the word), and a sky and fertility god.
Either because of predominance of Christianity or any other reason in accounts of Latvian religion in the Middle Ages, the leading position is given to Perkons ("thunder").
Dievs (133 words)
In ancient Latvia, Dievs was not the just the father of the gods, he was the essence of them -- every other deity was a different aspect or manifestation of Dievs; this is most true with Mara and Laima.
Dievs was a god of the sky and fertility.
In art, Dievs is an ancient man with a long white beard.
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