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The Namejs ring is a common symbol in Latvian culture. In 1928, Aleksandrs Grīns wrote a novel titled “Nameja gredzens” (“Ring of Namejs”), which popularized the ring and its symbolism. [4] In 2018, Aigars Grauba produced a film called The Pagan King (Latvian: Nameja gredzens), which depicts an alternate version of the ring's legend. [5]
The Pagan King (Latvian: Nameja gredzens – 'Namejs Ring', initially The King's Ring) is a historical fiction action film directed by Aigars Grauba and co-written by Max Kinnings and Grauba. The film stars Edvin Endre , James Bloor , Aistė Diržiūtė and others.
Nameisis or Namejs (also Nameise, Nameyxe) was a Semigallian duke in the second half of the 13th century. [1] He ruled in the western part of Semigallia, with his capital at Tērvete (present-day Latvia). [1] In 1279–81, he led a Semigallian uprising against the Livonian Order, a crusading military order. [1] Very little is known about his life.
And for this reason Namejs is a popular ring for Latvians. In 1287, the Semigallian castle was destroyed by the Livonian Order . In 1335, the wooden castle Hof zum Berg Kalnamuiža was built by the Order of Livonia near to the site of the former Semigallian fortifications, destroyed by the Lithuanian forces in 1345.
Aleksandrs Grīns is known for several successful historical novels. Most notable is the novel "Blizzard of Souls " (Dvēseļu Putenis), where the main protagonist is a young Latvian schoolboy who enlists in a Latvian Riflemen battalion and participates in battles in Latvia and, later, the Russian Civil War. In this novel, he used his own ...
America First Legal filed the case on behalf of a group of Texas small businesses who objected on religious grounds to a mandate that their employee health plans cover pre-exposure prophylaxis ...
Auseklis is a Latvian pagan [1] god, a stellar deity [2] that represents a celestial body, but possibly not the same as Venus (Rīta zvaigzne) [3] - the first "star" (how Latvians call it) to appear in the mornings on the east side of the sky.
George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival . Toniatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, and Bill Condon at the Sundance premiere of 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'