Romuva
English
editEtymology
editFrom Lithuanian Romuva, a Baltic pagan temple known in mediaeval records as Romowe. The term "Romuva" means "sanctuary" or "adobe of inner peace", from the Baltic root ram-/rām- (peaceful, quiet), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-.
Proper noun
editRomuva
- (religion) a neopagan religion from Lithuania that practices reconstructions of the ancient Baltic polytheistic religion.
Coordinate terms
edit- alkas, a Romuva temple
- darna, the concept of harmony
- vaidila and vaidilute, a Romuva priest and priestess
See also
edit- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
- Dievturi, Latvian neopaganism
- Asatru, Norse or Germanic neopaganism
- Rodnovery, Slavic neopaganism