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Lithuanian god of blacksmiths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kalvis is a deity from the Baltic religion.[1] He is the Lithuanian god of blacksmiths.[2]
He is a divine blacksmith who creates the sun every day and makes rings so Aušrinė can marry the sun.[3] He is also said to create a new sun every morning for Aušrinė, he also makes a silver belt and golden stirrups for Dievo sūneliai. Kalvis was worshipped by the lithuanians up until the 15th century.[1]
Marija Gimbutas mentions that the deity is similar to Hephaestus, Volundr, and Ilmarinen.[4]
The god also goes by Kalvaitis, Kalvelis, or Kalējs.[1] The word Kalvaitis derives from the word Kalvis meaning smith.[5] In modern Lithuanian kalvis means black smith with the word being a derivative of the word kalti meaning to hammer.[6]
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