DIEVAS • GOD OF LIGHT

Dievas was the primordial supreme god in the Baltic mythology, one of the most important deities together with Perkūnas, and the brother of Potrimpo. He was the god of light,sky, prosperity, wealth, ruler of gods, and the creator of the universe. Dievas is a direct successor of the Proto-Indo-European supreme sky father god Dyēus.

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Eugène Delacroix (1798 – 1863)

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