- Bangpūtys
: "This article is about the Lithuanian deity. For the Lithuanian poet who used this name as one of his
pen name s, seeAntanas Baranauskas .Bangpūtys is the name of a masculine deity [Straižys, Vytautas; Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Balts, Lietuvos Dangus (Sky of Lithuania), Vilnius, p.115, 1990.] in
Lithuanian mythology . Basing on very scanty sources, some mythologists have reconstructed him as a god of sea and storm. According to the reconstructions, he is austere and unrelenting. He has a beard, wings and two faces. He is commonly portrayed as having a fish in his left hand, a utensil in his right hand, and a rooster on the head.His sons are the gods of wind:
Rytys ,Pietys ,Šiaurys andVakaris (easterly, southern, northern and westerly).Bangpūtys is considered a very vindictive god, for example one story talks of how
Auštaras (son ofAušrinė andMėnuo , the other god of easterly wind) was swimming in the sea and made a storm. Bangpūtys wanted to drown him.Sometimes Bangpūtys is referred to as associating with
Vėjopatis .See also
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Bangu mate (Latvia )References
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