Footprint Stones in Lithuania: Origin, Names, and Rites

This study will examine unique monuments of the Baltic religion consisting of 231 stones with impressions reminiscent of human and/or animal footprints recorded in Lithuania. Data are drawn from archaeology, linguistics, folklore, ethnology, and history related to these stones. Footprint stones are...

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Subtitles:"Special Issue - Religion and the Experience of Nature"
Main Author: Vaitkevičius, Vykintas 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2024
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2024, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-61
Further subjects:B sacred landscape
B Balts
B Rituals
B Natural places
B Religion
B footprint stones
B Lithuania
B natural places
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