Lizdeika interpreting the dream of Gediminas, by Michał Elwiro Andriolli, 1882
Lizdeika was a semi-legendary pagan priest (krivis) in 14th-century Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is associated with the legend of founding of Vilnius recorded in the 16th-century Lithuanian Chronicles.[1] The legend was popularized by 19th-century romantic nationalism.
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Lizdeika was a semi-legendary pagan priest (krivis) in 14th-century Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is associated with the legend of founding of Vilnius recorded...
hundred wolves. Upon awakening, the Duke asked the krivis (pagan priest) Lizdeika to interpret the dream. The priest told him: "What is destined for the...
a hill and howling as loud as a hundred wolves. Krivis (pagan priest) Lizdeika interpreted the dream that the Iron Wolf represents Vilnius Castles. Gediminas...
Baltic mythology Prussian mythology Latvian mythology Romuva (religion) Lizdeika Matthews, W. K. (1948). "Baltic origins". Revue des Études Slaves. 24:...
wolves would be howling at once. He consulted his vision with his priest Lizdeika who told him the dream spoke of a city that must be built at the exact...
howling on a top of the hill. When he asked a krivis (a pagan priest) Lizdeika for an explanation of the dream, he was told that he must build a castle...
was attended by kriwe. Maciej Stryjkowski (c. 1547 – c. 1593) wrote that Lizdeika who interpreted a dream of Grand Duke Gediminas about the Iron Wolf (the...
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