Praamžius- Baltic PrimordialPrimordial
Also known as: Praamzius
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Description
The god who existed before time in Lithuanian cosmogony. Before sky parted from earth or the sun traced her first path, Praamžius stood alone in the void. He shaped the cosmos, then withdrew into silence, leaving the world to the gods who came after him.
Mythology & Lore
Before Everything
His name joins pra- (before) with amžius (eternity): the god from before eternity itself. Teodor Narbutt recorded his story in 1835.
Before there was sky or earth, Praamžius existed alone in the void. He parted them and set the sun in her course. Then he withdrew. Perkūnas took up the thunderbolts and Laima began measuring human fates. The first creator fell silent.
Whether Praamžius and Dievas, the sky father, were the same god seen from different distances, no source settles. Direct folk attestation of Praamžius is sparse. He survives in cosmogonic memory: the name for what came before everything else.
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