{"database": "deitydb", "table": "sources", "rows": [["SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN", "Algirdas Julien Greimas, Of Gods and Men: Studies in Lithuanian Mythology (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1992; trans. Milda Newman and Joseph Fitzgerald)", null, "secondary scholarship", "Structuralist analysis of Lithuanian mythology by a leading semiotician and linguist. Covers the Dievas\u2013Velnias\u2013Perk\u016bnas triad, the celestial family myth cycle (Saul\u0117, Meness, A\u0161vieniai), Laima as the fate-spinner, and the deep structure of Baltic cosmic myth. Greimas distinguishes the Lithuanian mythological tradition from Slavic parallels and traces Indo-European cognates. The most analytically rigorous secondary source for Lithuanian mythology; supplements Gimbutas on theological structure. Reference for the celestial myth cycle and the Perk\u016bnas vs. Velnias cosmic battle."]], "columns": ["source_id", "title", "url", "source_type", "scope"], "primary_keys": ["source_id"], "primary_key_values": ["SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 6.155602997750975, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}