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Velnias (Velas, Velinas) – chthonic god of the underworld, related to the cult of dead. [28] The root of the word is the same as of Lithuanian: vėlė ('soul of the deceased'). After the introduction of Christianity it was equated with evil and Velnias became a Lithuanian name for devil. In some tales, Velnias (the
Velnias hides in trees, under stones, or turns into various animals: a black cat, dog, pig, goat, lamb, pike, cow (compare to the Latvian representations of jods a creature with the cow hoofs) or a person. Perkūnas pursues an opponent in the sky on a chariot, made from stone and fire (Lithuanian ugnies ratai). Sometimes the chariot is made ...
Vilnius (/ ˈ v ɪ l n i ə s / ⓘ VIL-nee-əs, Lithuanian: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] ⓘ) is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the most-populous city in the Baltic states.The city's estimated January 2025 population was 607,404, [7] and the Vilnius urban area (which extends beyond the city limits) has an estimated population of 747,864.
Also, the Lithuanian side argued that the election area covered only the territory of Central Lithuania, that is the areas under Lithuanian administration before Żeligowski's action, while it should also cover the areas promised to Lithuania in the Soviet-Lithuanian Treaty of 1920, known as the Vilnius region.
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - JULY 09: People enjoy their time in Vilnius, the largest city and capital of Lithuania, also is included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 09, 2023. With city's ...
Jonas Misiūnas also known by his codename Žalias Velnias (green devil) (15 January 1911 – 11 March 1947) was a commander of the anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisans and the founder of the Didžioji Kova military district. [1] Misiūnas joined the Lithuanian Army in 1931.
The Old Town of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus senamiestis), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, as inscribed within UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres). It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings with a total floor area of 1,497,000 ...
Vörnir is a jötunn in Nordic mythology. [1] He is only extant in Nafnaþulur in the Prose Edda.. The name has been connected to the PIE root *ver-(from *verunyos?), meaning "to cover".